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Presenter Information:	Presenter 1: Name: Kathleen Watts Affiliation: North Carolina Division of Public Health Kathleen Watts, MA, is currently the EHDI Program Manager for North Carolina. Previously she was the Director of Training and Technical Assistance for the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management. She was responsible for implementing a distance education grant to train audiologists to work with children identified through newborn hearing screening programs, and provided technical assistance and program evaluation for states. She has worked with children of all ages and families on a variety of health-related topics. Presenter 2: Name: Anne McNally Affiliation: The John Tracy Clinic Anne McNally, M.A., Director of Parent Distance Education joined John Tracy Clinic in 2008. She coordinates production of distance learning materials for families worldwide. Ms. McNally has served as a state project coordinator, national grant director, university adjunct instructor, regional early intervention trainer, hospital educational consultant, school parent liaison and special education teacher. She has been involved in the development of video series, web courses, parent materials and training curriculums. Ms. McNally has experience with multiple communication approaches for individuals with hearing loss from preschool programs through college.
Author Information:	Author 1: Name: Anne McNally Affiliation: The John Tracy Clinic Author 2: Name: Kathleen Watts Affiliation: North Carolina Division of Public Health
Abstract Information:	Title: Medical Home Viewed through the Eyes of Families Primary Track: 4-Medical Home Keyword(s): Medical Home Abstract: MCHB programs support a medical home for all children. North Carolina decided a tool was needed to promote and facilitate implementation of the medical home principles, especially for the families of children with hearing loss. The term “medical home” is often unfamiliar to families and difficult to define clearly. The complete set of principles that define the medical home approach can be overwhelming to both families and providers. The intent is to use this video in a variety of trainings and discussions with families and professionals across the state. Six families of children with hearing loss are depicted in the video. These families share their personal stories about how they forged a successful partnership with their health care providers to create a medical home. Each story highlights a different way to empower families and to promote shared decision making and coordination with families. The purpose of the video is to promote family-centered strategies as critical to the success and value of having a medical home team for a child with hearing loss. The video was created as part of North Carolina’s MCHB Early Hearing Detection and Intervention grant to address monitoring hearing loss within the medical home. National organizations have been promoting the use of individual stories to give more meaning to an issue or cause. Our state Title V agency sees the use of video to tell family stories as a promising practice to increase the understanding and use of key medical home elements. Presentation(s): Not Available Handouts: Not Available