2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/06/2023 | 3:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Growth in Grief- Building Bridges Through Postpartum Depression | DECC 205
Growth in Grief- Building Bridges Through Postpartum Depression
As newborn hearing screenings identify babies with hearing loss at younger ages, we face a different barrier to early intervention. Clinically diagnosed postpartum depression affects 19% of parents following the birth of their child (Gavin, et al; 2005). Parents also experience depression and grief as they adjust to having a newborn and to a hearing loss diagnosis. As early intervention providers, it is pivotal for us to tailor our intervention to work with parents in these situations. Slomian et al (2019) found that mothers with postpartum depression had a difficult time bonding with their infants. These infants then experienced communication delays. This creates a compounded risk of language delay for children with hearing loss. As we share information regarding communication methods, medical interventions, or sign language resources, we can overwhelm a parent who is also experiencing depression. The best way to support children’s language development during the critical period for language is to first attend to the parents. Early interventionists need to be aware of the signs and symptoms of postpartum and be sensitive to the basic needs of those parents.
In this presentation we will address the following objectives:
Participants will identify markers of postpartum depression
Participants will discuss postpartum mood disorders and their effect on early language development in children with hearing loss.
Participants will discuss methods for supporting parents during the early postpartum period in learning about hearing loss.
References:
Gavin NI, Gaynes BN, Lohr KN, Meltzer-Brody S, Gartlehner G, Swinson T. Perinatal depression: a systematic review of prevalence and incidence. Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Nov;106(5 Pt 1):1071-83. doi: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000183597.31630.db. PMID: 16260528.
Slomian J, Honvo G, Emonts P, Reginster J-Y, Bruyère O. Consequences of maternal postpartum depression: A systematic review of maternal and infant outcomes. Women’s Health. 2019;15. doi:10.1177/1745506519844044
- Participants will identify markers of postpartum depression.
- Participants will discuss postpartum mood disorders and their potential effect on early language development in children with hearing loss.
- Participants will discuss methods for supporting parents during the early postpartum period in learning about hearing loss.
Presentation:
3420032_15678LaurenMunkondya.pdf
Handouts:
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Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Morgan Scadden
(Primary Presenter), Arizona Department of Health , morganscadden@gmail.com ;
Morgan is dedicated to connecting parents of children with sensory losses to intervention and support. She graduated with her Master's from Utah State University. While working as an early intervention specialist with Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, Morgan became passionate about facilitating parent engagement in intervention and helping families build and maintain relationships with their child through access to a shared language. She recently became the Sensory Screening Program Manager for the state of Arizona.
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Lauren Munkondya
(Co-Presenter), Utah State School for the Deaf, lauren.smith08@gmail.com;
Lauren Smith is a teacher of the Deaf in St. George Utah. She has coached parents and guardians of students from birth to age 10. She loves coaching over teleintervention and in person. Her special interests in the field include speech babble, coaching, and music as a teaching tool.
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