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| Presenter 1: |
Name: Brenda Chouffi
Affiliation:
Ms. Knudson Chouffi is the Assistant Director of the New York State Department of Health's Bureau of Early Intervention and the Early Intervention Detection and Intervention (EDHI) Coordinator for New York State. She is the Principal Investigator for the Special Projects of Regional and National Interest Grant for Newborn Hearing Screening and the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Manager for the New York State Newborn Hearing Screening Program. Ms. Knusdon Chouffi has been with the Department of Health for ten years. Previously, she provided special education services for 15 years in public schools, preschool special education programs, and early intervention settings. She has a Master of Science degree in Educational Psychology/Special Education and has been an adjunct faculty member with several local colleges.
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Name: Prashil Govind
Affiliation:
Prashil Govind MD, MPH, serves as the Medical Director of the New York City Early Intervention Program (EI). In this role, Dr. Govind provides clinical oversight of all aspects of EI and supervises the Program Monitoring and Quality Improvement Unit, the Evaluation Standards Unit, and the Assistive Technology Unit. Dr. Govind is a board certified Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. He completed his fellowship training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and received a Masters of Public Health from Columbia University. In addition to his role as Medical Director of EI, he also serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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| Presenter 3: |
Name: Laura Tocci
Affiliation:
Laura L Tocci, Au.D., Director of Audiology at Montefiore Medical Center, has been in the field of Audiology for 20 years. She got her Bachelor's Degree from Hunter College, Rutgers University, NJ, her Master's Degree from Hunter College, NY, and her clinical doctorate from The School of Audiology of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. She has been involved with this new wave of infant hearing screening since the early 1990's. She was involved with the development of the first infant hearing screening program in the Bronx, NY - piloting equipment that was still in the beta testing phase. She co-authored a chapter with Judy Gravel, PhD., in the book "Setting the Stage for Newborn Hearing Screening", and gave presentations at both ASHA and AAA conventions about implementing universal newborn hearing screening.
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| Presenter 4: |
Name: Linda Stone
Affiliation:
N/A
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| Abstract Information: |
| Title: |
Learning Collaborative Approach to Improve Hospital Referrals to the New York City Early Intervention Program |
| Primary Track: |
7-Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance
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| Keyword(s): |
early intervention, newborn, hearing, screening |
Abstract: |
The New York City Early Intervention Program (NYC EIP) wants to ensure that all hospitals/birthing centers in NYC understand the criteria and process for referring children to the Early Intervention Program, since it was reported that referral rates for infants who failed the initial screening were very low relative to the number of births that occur in New York City. NYC births for 2007 totaled 127,428. For 2007, NYC EIP reports that only 390 infants who had failed the initial screening and had no re-screen results documented were referred to their NYC EIP.
The presentation will describe a very brief overview of the current New York State Early Intervention Program and the pilot initiative that took place with five hospitals in New York City to ensure that following infants are being referred to the Early Intervention Program (1)Infants who have missed an initial newborn hearing screening; (2) Infants who have failed their newborn hearing screening and have not been re-screened within 75 days post of discharge; (3) Infants who failed two newborn hearing screenings; and (4) Children under the age of 3 years who have failed an audiological evaluation.
The theory behind this initiative was to target hospitals that have poor loss to follow-up rates and ensure that newborn hearing screening hospital staff has an understanding of their responsibilities with regard to follow-up and referral to early intervention. Activities and materials for this initiative will be described. In addition, the presentation will address the results of the pilot initiative, problems and barriers, plans for NYC EIP collaborating with NYC hospitals, and next-step activities. |
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