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ABSTRACT INFORMATION
Title: 'Build Your Skills and Capacity to Develop Community-based Screening Programs' Track: - Keyword(s): Learning Objectives: Abstract: Early Head Start, Head Start, Part C Early Intervention and other early care and education have a growing commitment to developing community-based hearing screening and follow-up practices. The success of such practices is highly dependent on quality planning, training and follow-up technical support from pediatric audiologists or others skilled in evidenced-based hearing screening practices for infants and young children. While many audiologists and experienced screeners may have advanced skills for conducting otoacoustic emissions screening, a broader set of skills, resources and tools are necessary to help programs design, implement and evaluate their own OAE screening practices. Building on more than 14 years of experience developing OAE screening practices in Early Head Start and other early care and education program settings, the ECHO Initiative is making a concerted effort to build the capacity of audiologists and other experienced OAE screeners who are interested and able to serve as consultants, trainers and technical assistance providers to programs in their state and local communities. This hands-on instructional session will provide participants with information about how to identify programs who may need their help (either as volunteers or as contracted consultants), the specific ways to help programs in developing their OAE screening practices, and the many tools and resources that are available that will make the process of developing community-based hearing screening practices relatively easy and successful. Whether you are looking for additional income and using your skills in a new way, have a current job that encourages community outreach, or have an interest and ability to offer your services as a volunteer, this session will provide you with information and a set of easy-to-use tools enabling you to hit the ground running with programs seeking help in designing and implementing evidence-based hearing screening and follow-up practices with infants and young children. 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
William Eiserman - POC,Primary Presenter ECHO Initiative Head Start      Credentials: Ph.D. Director of Early Childhood Projects and the Early Childhood Hearing Outreach (ECHO) Initiative at the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM), Utah State University.       Dr. William Eiserman is the Director of Early Childhood Projects and the Early Childhood Hearing Outreach (ECHO) Initiative at the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM), Utah State University. Dr. Eiserman's background includes program evaluation, instructional design, project management, and training.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exist. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist. Jeff Hoffman - Co-Presenter NCHAM      Credentials: MS CCC-A       Jeff Hoffman, MS, CCC-A, is an outreach coordinator with the Early Childhood Hearing Outreach (ECHO) Initiative with the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM) at Utah State University. He served as the program manager for the Nebraska Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program for six years and as an EHDI Network Consultant for NCHAM for two years. In addition to audiology and public health, Jeff has also worked in elementary education, counseling and family services, administration of early childhood programs, and provision of training and technical assistance services to Head Start programs in Nebraska and surrounding states in the areas of management, administration, and child outcomes. Jeff has served on the board of the Dimensions Educational Research Foundation since 2002 and was chair from 2006-2012. He also served as president of the Directors of Speech and Hearing Programs for State Health and Welfare Agencies in 2008.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist. Terry Foust - Co-Presenter Intermountain Healthcare      Credentials: Senior Healthcare Executive, Intermountain Health Care Au.D., Audiologist SLP - Speech-:Language Pathologist      Other Affiliations: National Center for Hearing Assessment an Management - Consultant       Terry Foust, AuD., has implemented and directed large newborn hearing screening programs in Utah and Idaho. He has provided consultation services to the Maternal Child Health Bureau (MCHB), the HRSA Office of Performance Review (OPR), the Medicaid and Medicare Policy Research Center and the NCHAM. He is a National Technical Assistance Network audiologist for NCHAM providing support to state EHDI programs and the Early Childhood Hearing Outreach program. International experience includes work and consultation in Accra (Ghana Africa), Costa Rica, Cairo Egypt, and most recently in Mumbai India. Professional honors include being the first recipient of the newly established Mary J. Webster Distinguished Service Award from the Utah Speech-Language and Hearing Association, recognition by Utah Business Magazine as the 2007 Healthcare Hero of the year as an administrator, the 2006 recipient of the national Larry H. Mauldin award for excellence in audiology education and other honors.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exist. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.