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ABSTRACT INFORMATION
Title: 'Language Outcomes: Results of a Multi-State Collaboration' Track: 8-Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance Audience: Primary Audience: Secondary Audience: Tertiary Audeince: Keyword(s): Language outcomes, assessment, accountability, multi-state collaboration Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, participants will be able to: 1. Describe the National Early Childhood Assessment Project and how to join this effort 2. Compare and contrast the commonalities and differences in language outcomes across multiple states. 3. Discuss state system and early intervention program characteristics that may contribute to more successful language outcomes Abstract: Assessing the language skills of deaf/hard-of-hearing children who are receiving early intervention allows interventionists to practice a data-driven approach to establishing goals and making educational programming decisions. Regular and consistent use of specific assessments provides statewide accountability data that can be used to evaluate an intervention program as a whole, guide program development, and inform professional preparation needs. Including these data within a state’s EHDI database, allows states to track children from screening through completion of an early intervention program The National Early Childhood Assessment Project (NECAP) provides an opportunity for states to establish a statewide accountability system. In addition, it allows states to be part of a larger effort to examine language outcomes at the national level. A national outcomes database can provide much-needed data on the progress of a large group of young children who are deaf or hard of hearing with varying characteristics. This database will allow us to characterize the language strengths and weaknesses of children with hearing loss and identify factors (including state system and intervention program characteristics) that are predictive of more successful language outcomes. To date, 10 states have participated in the NECAP. In this presentation, we will describe the project, provide information on how to join this national effort, and present language outcome data across the individual participating states. Commonalities and differences in outcomes across states will be highlighted along with a discussion of program/state characteristics that may help explain some of the differences in outcomes. Handouts: Handout is not Available
SPEAKER INFORMATION
PRESENTER(S): Allison Sedey - University of Colorado-Boulder      Credentials: Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CCC-A      Other Affiliations: Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind       Allison Sedey is a speech pathologist, audiologist, and research associate. She works for the University of Colorado-Boulder and the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind tracking speech and language outcomes of children who are deaf or hard of hearing between birth and 3 years of age throughout the state of Colorado. She is currently managing a project (NECAP) that involves establishing a national database of language outcomes for children with hearing loss from birth to 4. As part of this project she is assisting interested states in implementing statewide outcomes assessment. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano - University of Colorado-Boulder      Credentials: Ph.D., CCC-A, CED      Other Affiliations: Marion Downs Center, Institute of Cognitive Science       Dr. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano is a Research Professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, faculty of the Institute of Cognitive Science, Center for Neurosciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Otolaryngology and Audiology at the University of Colorado, Denver and the Marion Downs Center. In 1996 she developed the Marion Downs National Center. Since 1996, Dr. Yoshinaga-Itano has assisted many state departments of education and public health agencies, schools for the deaf and blind, and early intervention programs throughout the United States and its territories. In addition, she has served as a consultant for many countries currently developing their early hearing detection and intervention programs, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Korea, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, Philippines, and South Africa.   AUTHOR(S): Allison Sedey - University of Colorado-Boulder      Credentials: Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CCC-A      Other Affiliations: Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind       BIO: Allison Sedey is a speech pathologist, audiologist, and research associate. She works for the University of Colorado-Boulder and the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind tracking speech and language outcomes of children who are deaf or hard of hearing between birth and 3 years of age throughout the state of Colorado. She is currently managing a project (NECAP) that involves establishing a national database of language outcomes for children with hearing loss from birth to 4. As part of this project she is assisting interested states in implementing statewide outcomes assessment. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano - University of Colorado-Boulder      Credentials: Ph.D., CCC-A, CED      Other Affiliations: Marion Downs Center, Institute of Cognitive Science       BIO: Dr. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano is a Research Professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, faculty of the Institute of Cognitive Science, Center for Neurosciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Otolaryngology and Audiology at the University of Colorado, Denver and the Marion Downs Center. In 1996 she developed the Marion Downs National Center. Since 1996, Dr. Yoshinaga-Itano has assisted many state departments of education and public health agencies, schools for the deaf and blind, and early intervention programs throughout the United States and its territories. In addition, she has served as a consultant for many countries currently developing their early hearing detection and intervention programs, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Korea, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, Philippines, and South Africa.