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ABSTRACT INFORMATION
Title: 'Language Outcomes of Young Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Across 11 States: Strengths, Limitations, and Predictors of Success' Track: 3 - Language Acquisition and Development Keyword(s): accountability, language, outcomes, assessment, predictive factors Learning Objectives: Describe the National Early Childhood Assessment Project (NECAP) Characterize the language strengths and limitations of children with hearing loss across 11 states Discuss the commonalities and differences in young children's language skills across states and identify characteristics that may contribute to more successful language outcomes. Abstract: In response to guidelines established by both the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing and the Centers for Disease Control, the National Early Childhood Assessment Project (NECAP) is supporting states in establishing statewide accountability systems to examine the effectiveness of early intervention programming for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Current project goals include incorporating these outcome data within each state’s EHDI database. This would allow states to track children from screening through completion of an early intervention program. As part of this presentation, we will describe the NECAP project and provide information on how to join this national effort. To date, 11 states have contributed over 1,200 assessments to the NECAP project creating a large national database of language outcomes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing from birth to 3 years of age. In this presentation, we will describe the language strengths and limitations of children assessed through this large, multi-state project. Commonalities and differences in outcomes across states will be highlighted along with a discussion of child, family, and state characteristics that are predictive of more successful language outcomes. Presentation: This presentation has not yet been uploaded or the speaker has opted not to make the presentation available online. Handouts: Handout is not Available
PRESENTER(S) / AUTHOR(S) INFORMATION
Allison Sedey - Primary Presenter 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.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exist. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano - Co-Presenter 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.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - Nonfinancial - Mallene Wiggin - Co-Presenter University of Colorado-Boulder      Credentials: M.A., CCC-SLP       Mallene Wiggin received her Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from University of the Pacific. She continued her studies at University of Kansas and earned her Master of Arts degree in Speech Pathology. Mallene specialized in children with hearing impairment and worked in cochlear implant centers, early intervention, and educational settings prior to returning to pursue her Ph.D. at University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research interests include speech, language and auditory development in young children with cochlear implants.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exist. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.