2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/04/2019 | 11:50 AM - 12:15 PM | Bridging the Gap: Connecting Early Intervention and Education | Paris
Bridging the Gap: Connecting Early Intervention and Education
The importance of early identification of hearing loss has been well-established, and there are increasing global efforts towards ensuring children with hearing loss receive appropriate and timely intervention. However, early intervention alone does not ensure that a child with hearing loss will meet developmental and academic milestones. Proper school placement and appropriate accommodations is an essential component to ensuring optimal outcomes for a child with hearing loss. In the United States, on average, children spend 1,000 hours per year at school (Education Commission of the States, 2003). Accommodations and support in the academic setting are dependent on a number of variables. After diagnosis, it often becomes the parents and caregivers role to become the educational advocate for their child. This can be a very daunting task and there are limited resources in place to support parents in this endeavor. Due to this, the family rather than the clinician often incurs the burden of navigating the school system and advocating for appropriate resources. This presentation will review the challenges faced by families of children with hearing loss in ensuring appropriate management of the hearing loss in the academic setting as well as provide novel concepts in bridging the gap between the clinical and educational management of hearing loss.
- Discuss the importance of connecting the medical setting with the educational setting.
- Describe simple tools to empower various providers to help families advocate for children with hearing loss in the academic setting.
- Identify novel ways to provide family-centered care that support positive outcomes for children with hearing loss.
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Alexandria Mestres
(), University of Miami Children's Hearing Program, asm120@med.miami.edu;
Alex Mestres, a Miami native, attended Flagler College where she received a degree in Education of the Hearing Impaired and Elementary Education. She also recently received a Master's Degree in Applied Learning Sciences from University of Miami. Alex also has a wide variety of experience and credentialing in early childhood. She has worked in the private sector as an administrator, professional development trainer, and consultant. More recently she served as the department chairperson for Deaf and Hard of Hearing services with Miami Dade County Public School. While with the county she oversaw the itinerant teacher program and provided technical assistance to a wide variety of schools. Alex currently serves as a consultant and provides all deaf and hard of hearing services for Academica Charter Schools as well as Charter Schools USA. Along with those responsibilities, she is the educational specialist at the University Miami's Children's Hearing Program where she provides educational support for families of children with hearing loss.
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