2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/06/2023 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Implementing a Standardized Assessment Plan Program Wide: Benefits and Barriers | DECC 230/231
Implementing a Standardized Assessment Plan Program Wide: Benefits and Barriers
In this presentation we will describe an opportunity to join with early intervention programs across the United States in implementing a common set of standardized, norm-referenced developmental assessments. At the individual child level, these evaluation tools can assist early intervention programs in objectively identifying if children are falling within or below the expected range for their chronological age. Additionally, these assessments can determine if a child is making adequate progress in language growth over time. At the program level, implementation of an agreed upon set of standardized assessment instruments allows early intervention programs to compile language and other developmental outcomes across all children in their program for accountability and program improvement purposes. Joining with other intervention programs using the same assessment battery allows programs to examine their outcomes relative to others across the United States. Currently 17 early intervention programs have implemented a robust, program-wide accountability plan using a common set of standardized evaluation tools by partnering with the Outcomes and Developmental Data Assistance Center for EHDI Programs (ODDACE). Results from focused interviews with participating programs regarding the benefits and barriers to program-wide implementation of this common set of standardized, norm-referenced assessments will be presented along with strategies to overcoming barriers.
- Describe an assessment battery that can be used to monitor language and other developmental outcomes over time across the birth to 3-year period
- Explain how to partner with the Outcomes and Developmental Data Assistance Center for EHDI Programs (ODDACE) in establishing a program-wide accountability plan
- Identify benefits and barriers to program-wide implementation of a common set of standardized assessment instruments
Presentation:
3420032_15677AllisonSedey.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Allison Sedey
(Primary Presenter,Author), University of Colorado-Boulder, Allison.Sedey@colorado.edu;
Allison Sedey is a speech pathologist, audiologist, and researcher at the University of Colorado-Boulder and is the assessment and accountability coordinator for the Early Intervention Outreach Program at the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind. Dr. Sedey received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied language acquisition in children who are deaf/hard of hearing as well as in children who have Down syndrome. Since that time, she has served as the project coordinator on a variety of grant-funded research projects examining predictors of developmental outcomes in young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Dr. Sedey is currently the director of the Outcomes and Developmental Data Assistance Center for EHDI Programs (ODDACE) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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• Receives Grants for Employment from Centers for Disease Control.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
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Financial relationship with University of Colorado-Boulder.
Nature: Receives a salary from a cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control supporting the collection of language outcomes.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Eric Cahill
(Co-Presenter,Co-Author), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, ECahill@cdc.gov;
Eric Cahill, MS has been with the CDC EHDI Team since 2009. As a Health Scientist, Eric provides technical assistance to state EHDI programs and investigates public health related issues for the team. Before coming to CDC, Eric served in the EHDI program for the state of Kentucky. He originally trained as a clinical audiologist and has worked at Temple University Hospital, Temple University Children’s Medical Center and Children’s Hospital Boston.
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AAA DISCLOSURE:
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