2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/05/2019 | 11:35 AM - 12:00 PM | Building a Family Support Network | London
Building a Family Support Network
In this presentation, Ohio EHDI, Family Child Learning Center (FCLC), and Ohio Hands & Voices (OHV) will share the results of our collaborative work to support families in Ohio. In 2016 HRSA required state EDHI programs to increase support to families, with 25% of grant funds being used to support a family-based organization.
We will discuss our state systems and inconsistencies in services for families and how we addressed the needs together. We will present our collaborative process and grant requirements and the resulting training for professionals, supports and resources developed for families, and networks that have been created from families. The grant work produced four pieces of training for professionals, each of the pieces of training was designed to share families’ perspectives and experience with targeted professionals. Family resources were also developed, such as an extensive regional resource lists, roadmaps for families to use at one month of age, three months of age, and six months of age.
- Participants will learn how the Ohio EHDI program collaborated with family support organizations to meet HRSA requirements and are working together to develop a stronger family support infrastructure in the state.
- Participants will learn how Ohio EDHI system addressed consistency of services among family support systems after changes in state systems occurred.
- Participants will learn about at least three new family support resources developed through EHDI collaborative activities.
Presentation:
18878_10522TabithaBelhorn.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
18878_10522TabithaBelhorn.doc
Presenters/Authors
Sandi Brotman Domoracki
(), Family Child Learning Center, sdomorac@kent.edu;
Sandi Brotman-Domoracki, MA, CCC-A, is employed by the Family Child Learning Center, a program of Akron Children's Hospital in association with Kent State University, as Project Director for the Regional Infant Hearing Program, Region IX, and Educational Audiologist. She also serves as the Audiology Representative for the ohio School Speech Pathology and Educational Audiology Consortium. She was co-founder of the Northeast Ohio Consortium for Children With Cochlear Implants.
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Tabitha Belhorn
(), Ohio Hands & Voices, tbelhorn@gmail.com;
Tabitha Belhorn is a parent of Deaf child. She has worked with families for 13 years, providing resources, guidance, and support to families of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. She has experience supporting families of children who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, and deaf plus additional disabilities. She is the Executive Director of Ohio Hands & Voices and Ohio ASTra Coordinator. She serves as the Regional Coordinator. Tabitha has presented on a variety of topics such as special education law, educational advocacy, preschool transition, and family support and is a co-author of the Communication Planning Guide for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Allyson Van Horn
(), The Ohio Department of Health, Allyson.VanHorn@odh.ohio.gov;
Allyson Van Horn, MPH, MEd is the State of Ohio Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Coordinator and manages the Infant Hearing Program, Children’s Hearing Program, Children’s Vision Program and the Save Our Sight Program. Allyson has over 10 years’ experience with statewide programs that focus on early detection, diagnosis and treatment of children with hearing and vision problems. She has given many presentations on the importance of evidenced-based screening practices in the primary care, childcare and school settings. Allyson also participates on various statewide initiatives to improve hearing and vision screening, diagnostic and treatment rates.
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