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Presenter Information:	Presenter 1: Name: Patti Martin Affiliation: Arkanas Chidlren's Hospital 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. Presenter 2: Name: Leeanne Seaver Affiliation: Hands & Voices National Leeanne Seaver, is mom to three kids, including Dane, who’s profoundly deaf. She sits on the Board for the National Center on Low Incidence Disabilities, the American College Educators/DHH Join-Together Executive Advisory, the Quality of Life-DHH Research Advisory Board, and the Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Alliance. She was an award-winning writer/television producer for 20 years before joining Hands & Voices National full time in 2006. She produced numerous videos on deafness, including “A is for Access: Creating Full & Effective Communication Access for D/HH Students” and “Early Intervention Illustrated: The Art & Science of Home Visits.” She was a founding member of the Colorado Commission for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing. Leeanne presents nationally and internationally; as Executive Director for Hands & Voices, she hopes to strengthen the voice and presence of the deaf and hard of hearing and their families through an organization that unites all members of this unique community.
Author Information:	Author 1: Name: Patti Martin Affiliation: Arkanas Chidlren's Hospital Author 2: Name: Leeanne Seaver Affiliation: Hands & Voices
Abstract Information:	Title: Family Support: It’s Time for Your Check-Up! Primary Track: 6-Family Issues Keyword(s): family support Abstract: Every program recognizes the critical value and positive impact on outcomes when a healthy system of family support is in place. This session offers a yearly checkup to evaluate how “in shape” your EHDI program is in this area. Participants will “check their vitals” using the components of a family support system model developed by members of the Investing in Family Support conference committees and highlighted at IFSC1, 2 and 3. • Do you have a headache when it comes to figuring out how to best support families? • Is your system in shock when it comes to balancing the information needs of families with the quantity/quality of materials available? • Does assessment reveal that you are in good shape, borderline or at risk when it comes to how professionals in your state support families? • Are efforts to connect families with each other and with deaf/hard of hearing role models in an emergency situation? • Is there a systemic upset or major blockage that needs to be resolved? Make an appointment to attend this session! We will share strategies that have been successfully implemented to improve the health of family support systems around the country so that you can take home a prescription that will speed your recovery or help keep you fit as a fiddle! Presentation(s): Not Available Handouts: Not Available