2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/15/2022 | 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Deaf Adults in Early Intervention: Recommendations and Strategies | Room 2
Deaf Adults in Early Intervention: Recommendations and Strategies
??There are studies that show the positive impact of deaf* adults serving young deaf children and their families (Watkins, Pittman & Walden, 1998; Hintermair,2000; Delk & WeideKamp, 2001; Petersen, Kinoglu, Gozali-Lee & MartinRogers, 2016). However, recent studies show that there is still a need to diversify roles of deaf adults in EI programs (Gale et al., 2019) and to increase access to deaf adults for families with young deaf children (Ward et al., 2019). This presentation identifies patterns in recommendations in two position statements in2013 (Muse et al., 2013; Moeller et al., 2013) and shares Deaf Leadership accomplishments, challenges, and recommended strategies for moving forward.
* The term “deaf” is an inclusive term representing all individuals with various hearing levels and cultural experiences.
- describe the positive impact and the need to increase and infuse Deaf Leadership in EI
- identify patterns of deaf adults recommendations in position statements
- apply strategies for moving forward with infusing deaf adults in EI
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Presenters/Authors
Elaine Gale
(Primary Presenter), Hunter College, CUNY, egale@hunter.cuny.edu;
Elaine Gale is an associate professor and program leader of the deaf and hard of hearing teacher preparation program at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY). She is currently the chair of the Deaf Leadership International Alliance (DLIA), an organization established to advocate deaf adults collaborating with professionals and connecting with young deaf children and their families. Her research experiences include joint attention, theory of mind, and sign language development. At present, she is the Lead Investigator for the Hunter College consortium on a research project titled Family ASL: Bimodal Bilingual Acquisition by Deaf Children of Hearing Parents supported by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Grants for Other activities from PI.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
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Financial relationship with .
Nature: National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health under award number 1R01DC016901.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Patrice Creamer
(Co-Presenter), Hunter College, pcreamer20s@huntersoe.org;
Patrice Creamer is currently an ASL Specialist for the Hunter College consortium on a research project titled Family ASL: Bimodal Bilingual Acquisition by Deaf Children of Hearing Parents. The research project is supported by the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with .
Nature: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) of the National Institutes of Health under award number 1R01DC016901
.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.