2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/14/2022 | 12:00 PM - 12:25 PM | Raising a DHH Child, my Hispanic perspective | Room 6
Raising a DHH Child, my Hispanic perspective
Raising a DHH child as a Hispanic mother has been an unexpected experience that led me to a position of support for my community. During this presentation I will share my lived experience and learning opportunities that have allowed me to walk alongside the Hispanic community and provide support through the Hands & Voices Programs in Indiana.
- The audience will gain better understanding about the Hispanic community.
- The audience will learn about strategies and considerations to better support the Hispanic community.
- The audience will learn about differences and similarities between the Deaf Community and the Hispanic Community.
Presentation:
3353554_14914MarianaBarquet.pdf
Handouts:
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Transcripts:
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Presenters/Authors
Mariana Barquet
(Primary Presenter), Indiana Hands & Voices, mbarquet@health.in.gov;
Mariana Barquet was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico. She moved to the US in 2004 and married an Indiana native in 2005. She started working as the Hispanic Parent Guide in Indiana in 2015 and has served in that position since. She spearheaded the efforts to start the Educational Advocacy Program under Hands & Voices, ASTra (Advocacy, Support and Training) and became the ASTra Program Coordinator in April 2019, when the Program officially started to operate. Shortly after, she took over the position of the Guide By Your Side Program coordinator as the previous coordinator stepped down. As the Programs Coordinator she oversees all operations of the ASTra and GBYS Programs that provide Parent to Parent support for all families of newly identified children with hearing differences all the way to exit of High School.
She was awarded the National Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Family Leadership Award for improving the involvement of the Hispanic families with children with hearing difference in the Early Intervention Program by 11% over this population growth in the State of Indiana through the last 4 years grant period under CDC requirements. She has served in the Hands & Voices Latino Council since 2016 and has presented in the EHDI National Conference, Hands & Voices Leadership Conference, and several state conferences in Indiana.
She has a deep passion for supporting families through the different stages of the educational process that often require the parents to become skilled advocates.
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