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| Presenter 1: |
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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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: Gayla Hutsell
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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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| Abstract Information: |
| Title: |
Capitalizing on the I in EHDI! |
| Primary Track: |
3-Early Intervention
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| Keyword(s): |
early intervention, Part C |
Abstract: |
Professionals and families often feel that Early Intervention is the great unknown or next big challenge in our model of service delivery for children who are deaf/hard of hearing and their families. This session, set up in a round table format, is designed to engage all stakeholders in discussion on the challenges and opportunities on the EI end of the EHDI continuum. Participants will have an opportunity to listen, learn, respond and react to topics such as identifying what the skill set is for an EI provider and how to define the word “qualified” in the context of services to this population. Another area of focus will center on shared roles in EI and engaging all providers in collaborative endeavors to serve families. Each Round Table will have a moderator with guidelines to promote brainstorming and resourceful “out of the box” thinking, as well as a recorder who will summarize the discussion and “A-HAs” to post after the meeting. |
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