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Name: Todd Houston
Affiliation:
Dr. K. Todd Houston is an Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education at Utah State University where he continues to develop auditory-based intervention and educational opportunities for children with hearing loss who are acquiring spoken language. He also serves as Director of the Graduate Studies Program in Auditory Learning and Spoken Language, an innovative personnel preparation program for graduate students in Speech-Language Pathology, Audiology, and Deaf Education. Prior to joining the faculty at Utah State University, Dr. Houston was the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (AG Bell), located in Washington, DC.
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Name: Karen Clark
Affiliation:
Karen Clark is the Director of the Education Division at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her responsibilities include supervision of the deaf education early intervention and preschool programs for the Dallas Independent School District. Karen is a trainer for the SKI-HI Curriculum for Families of Infants and Young Children with Hearing Loss and consults with the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM) in the area of early intervention. She has an M. A. Degree and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology and holds Texas State Certification in Education of the Deaf and Early Childhood Education.
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Name: Patti Martin
Affiliation:
Patti Martin is the Director of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH). Her areas of expertise include infant screening/assessment, family support and program development. Her efforts with infant hearing screening began with a collaboration project to investigate the efficacy of TEOAEs as a newborn screening tool in the early 1990s and continue through her work on the board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Special Interest Division on Childhood Hearing Disorders and as the Family Support Consultant for NCHAM. She has chaired the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Speech Pathology and Audiology, as well as the Arkansas Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, Tracking and Intervention Board. Currently, Dr. Martin co-chairs the 4th National Family Support Conference scheduled for October, 2008. Dr. Martin’s ongoing passion centers around how professionals can help support families in improving the outcomes of children with hearing loss.
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| Author Information: |
| Author 1: |
Name: Todd Houston
Affiliation: National Center for Hearing Assessment & Intervention
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| Author 2: |
Name: Karen Clark
Affiliation: University of Texas at Dallas
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| Author 3: |
Name: Patti Martin
Affiliation: Arkansas Children's Hospital
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| Abstract Information: |
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Achieving 'Best Practices' in Early Intervention |
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3-Early Intervention
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| Keyword(s): |
early intervention, service provision, best practices |
Abstract: |
Considerable variability exists among states in terms of how Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Programs and Part C-Early Intervention services are coordinated. Differences exist in the roles of lead agencies, the timing of service delivery, the frequency and intensity of services, roles of service providers, and in the training, background, and experience of early interventionists and related service providers. This presentation will discuss the results of a study that analyzed how 10 states address these issues and a set of best practice policies and procedures will be proposed. |
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