15th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 13-15, 2016 • San Diego, CA
2/21/2011 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Topical Session 2 | Hazelnut (M3) | 8 - EHDI Workforce Issues
Parent Panel: Our Journey to Today and Our Wish for Tomorrow
EHDI professionals are in the honored and challenging position to counsel and guide families at a critical time in their lives. This session will offer conference attendees a chance to meet parents and families raising children who are deaf or hard of hearing in a listening and spoken language environment. Learn of their successes, struggles and joys through a panel format with lots of conversation and questions/answers. Included in this session will be a brief description of the certification for Listening and Spoken Language Specialists – the only certification to identify qualified professionals when seeking a listening and spoken outcome.
- 1. Describe the experiences that some families have had with EHDI programs. 2. Identify challenges that families have encountered. 3. Describe at least three areas for program improvement.
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Presenters/Authors
Ellen Estes
(), Atlanta Speech School, eestes@atlspsch.org;
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Carianne Muse
(Primary Presenter,Co-Presenter), Parent, muse_carianne@bah.com;
Carianne Muse has worked as a public health professional, supporting organization of programs to from Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to the local public health level. She experienced the personal odyssey of a hearing loss diagnosis of her infant daughter beginning in the summer of 2009. Ms. Muse has made professional presentations on public health topics at national conferences.
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