2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/19/2018 | 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | The Dance - Interpreting in Early Childhood Settings | Mineral F/G
The Dance - Interpreting in Early Childhood Settings
When Deaf and hard of hearing children are enrolled in early childhood programming access should become a critical focus. Sometimes children are in inclusive early childhood programming where language facilitation and interpreting is necessary in order to provide access. Understanding best practices in early childhood programming, as well as educational interpreting, and merging these two focuses to provide an environment where a Deaf or hard of hearing children can develop language will be the focus of this presentation. Supporting ways to support the development of bilingual programming within early childhood settings and embedding ASL instruction and cultural perspectives into the curriculum will be shared. The collaborative relationship between the child's parent, childcare or preschool provider, the teacher of the deaf, and interpreter will be explored. The importance of, and strategies for, relationship building, role definition, reflective collaboration, and language planning will all be shared. Strategies for supporting self advocacy and independence of young children will also be explored. Videos of effective interpreting in early childhood programs will be shared and analyzed.
- Participants will be able to identify three strategies for effective communication facilitation in early childhood classrooms.
- Participants will be able to identify three reasons why relationship building is important in early childhood teams of interpreters and teachers.
- Participants will be able to identify three principles of early childhood education that relate to interpreting in early childhood settings.
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Presenters/Authors
Karen Hopkins
(), The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Governor Baxter School for the Deaf, karen.hopkins@mecdhh.org;
Karen Hopkins is the Executive Director of The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Governor Baxter School for the Deaf and the principal investigator of Maine's HRSA grant. She brings over 30 years of experience as a collaborative teacher of the deaf, special educator, early interventionist and educational administrator to her work with Deaf and hard of hearing children. Her work with families, coupled with her own personal experience as a Deaf adult and parent of a daughter who is hard of hearing have inspired her to create systems that empower families. Karen oversees early intervention and statewide educational programming for children who are Deaf or hard of hearing birth to age 22 throughout the state of Maine. She is active in many organizations and boards in Maine, the Hands & Voices HQ Board of Directors and is involved with international FCEI programming including the Deaf Leadership International Alliance. Karen's current research is focused on perspectives of family empowerment in early intervention systems for Deaf and hard of hearing children.
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• Receives Salary,Grants for Management position from HRSA Maine Educational Center for the Deaf.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Catherine Lushman
(), MECDHH, catherine.lushman@mecdhh.org;
Catherine J. Lushman received her Master’s degree in Deaf Education from Western Maryland College. She started her career as a drama teacher working at the Texas School for the Deaf, in Austin, Texas. She has taught preschool through third grade at the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing since 1996. She currently resides in Maine with her husband Rob, and their daughter Norah Jane. She can be contacted at catherine.lushman@mecdhh.org.
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Marisa Zastrow
(), MECDHH, marisa.zastrow@mecdhh.org;
Marisa is the interpreter coordinator for The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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