2026 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 15-17, 2026 • Jacksonville, FL
3/10/2025 | 3:10 PM - 3:40 PM | Serving All Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in EHDI Programs: Bridging Gaps in Programming and Marketing | 304/305
Serving All Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in EHDI Programs: Bridging Gaps in Programming and Marketing
The Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) community is richly diverse, encompassing varied cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic backgrounds. As providers, audiologists, stakeholders, and parents collaborate to support this community, it is crucial to implement programs and marketing strategies that truly reflect this heterogeneity.
We will address the following key areas:
- The role of cultural competence in developing accessible services tailored to underserved and underrepresented groups within the DHH community, including racial, ethnic, and linguistic minorities.
- Best practices in marketing to ensure outreach materials are inclusive and accessible to all, utilizing appropriate language, imagery, and formats.
- Strategies to create programming that supports varied communication modes (ASL, spoken language, cued speech) and technological access.
- Insights into overcoming biases and barriers that can inadvertently exclude members of the DHH community, particularly in healthcare and educational environments.
Attendees will leave with practical strategies to create more inclusive environments that uplift the entire DHH community, ensuring no one is left behind.
- The Role of Cultural Competencies in Developing Accessible Services
- Best practices in Multicultural Marketing
- Strategies to create programming
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Presenters/Authors
Rashaun Davis
(Primary Presenter), Hands & Voices HQ; RCharles Davis Consulting, drrashaundavis@gmail.com;
Dr. Rashaun Davis is a 21st Century Advocate, Educator, and Strategist specializing in helping others maximize their potential to maximize impact. A Multifaceted, and goal oriented professional with a passion for equity, Dr. Davis possesses over 20 years of experience working in training and development and leadership roles with varied populations. Dr. Davis considers himself self-motivated, and an energetic problem solver that places emphasis on inclusion, a drive for results, and leveraging innovation.
These acquired skill were obtained at an early age while growing up in Trenton, NJ and garnered while gaining his undergraduate degree at University of Delaware and post graduate degrees from New Brunswick Theological Seminary and United Theological Seminary. The acquired passion was focused and unleashed when his daughter was born with hearing loss. Dr. Davis and his wife swiftly embraced their roles as advocates and passionately pursued avenues that would develop their daughter into the most productive, self-aware and confident child possible. Dr. Davis is married to his wife of 19 years Tyheshia, and parent to Jyare and Maddison Davis.
Dr. Davis’s affiliations and appointments include former board member of the Parent Information Center of Delaware, an organization that educates, informs, and advocates for families of children with special needs. Governor appointment to the state of Delaware Early Hearing and Detective Intervention (EHDI), Delaware Hands and Voices advisory board member, Fostering Joy Core Team Member, and Omega Psi Fraternity, Inc. This commitment to advocacy is driven by the philosophy that accessibility is only beneficial if it is accessible to all.
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