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ABSTRACT INFORMATION
Title: 'Comprehensive Assessment and Planning Profiles for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing' Track: - Keyword(s): assessment, planning, transition, case studies Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to list the components of a comprehensive assessment for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Participants will be able to use the communication continuums to describe a child’s communication performance. Abstract: The Assessment and Planning Profile is a framework created by Boys Town’s Auditory Consultant Resource Network to assist professionals in performing comprehensive communication assessments of young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Considerations for children using a variety of communication methods will be discussed. This session will present the components of a comprehensive communication assessment and introduce tools for facilitating conversations with families and educational teams on a variety of topics including communication methods, performance expectations, and transition to preschool programming. The Profile is designed to be a complete history of the child’s communication development which can travel with him through his educational years. Participants will have opportunities to analyze case studies and practice using Profile tools. 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
Catherine Carotta - Primary Presenter Boys Town National Research Hospital      Credentials: Ed. D., CCC-SLP       Catherine Cronin Carotta Ed.D., CCC-SLP is the Associate Director of the Center for Childhood Deafness at Boys Town National Research Hospital. She is a speech-language pathologist with many years of experience in the assessment and education of children who are deaf or hard of hearing using sign and spoken language modalities. Dr. Carotta has worked in public/private school settings, hospitals, and university-based clinical programs. With a doctorate in leadership education, she works to cre¬ate learning organizations using current leadership models. She has created a teacher renewal model entitled The Work of Your Life and has authored the work, Sustaining the Spirit to Teach, Lead, Serve. She is actively involved in providing consultation to organizations regarding leadership, renewal, and services for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - Nonfinancial - Katie Brennan - Co-Presenter Boys Town National Research Hospital      Credentials: CCC-SLP       Katie Brennan is a speech-language pathologist in the Center for Childhood Deafness at Boys Town National Research Hospital. Ms. Brennan has experience assessing speech, language and auditory skills in children who are deaf or hard of hearing from birth to age 21. She provides individual listening sessions for families whose children have a range of degrees of hearing loss and use a variety of communication modes with the goal of maximizing their ability to learn through listening. She works as an auditory consultant providing training and coaching for school agencies nationally to support students with hearing loss. Katie also is an instructor at the Universities of Nebraska at Lincoln and Omaha.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exist. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.