18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
3/05/2019 | 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM | Kansas Language Assessment Program | Vienna
Kansas Language Assessment Program
In June 2016, SB 323 (now KSA 75-5397e) was passed into law which established a language assessment program for children who are deaf/hard of hearing ages birth through eight. The purpose of this program is to assess, monitor, and track the language developmental milestones of these children in both American Sign Language and English. The purpose of this session is to educate participants on how Kansas developed a language assessment program for children who are deaf/hard of hearing that is 1) coordinated across state and local programs, including the state EHDI program; 2) uses appropriate assessment tools to track development and provide unbiased recommendations to families and local teams; and 3) creates a surveillance system for long-term language outcome measurements of children identified through the EHDI program.
- Participants will be able to describe the collaborative process behind K.S.A. 75-5397e.
- Participants will learn how the program will be integrated into the EHDI system.
- Participants will be able to describe the assessment and tracking process.
Presentation:
18878_10100ElizabethSchardine.pdf
18878_10100ErinSchuweiler.pdf
Handouts:
18878_10100ErinSchuweiler.pdf
18878_10100ErinSchuweiler_x.pdf
Transcripts:
18878_10100ErinSchuweiler.rtf
Presenters/Authors
Elizabeth Schardine
(), KDHE SoundBeginnings EHDI, elizabeth.schardine@ks.gov;
Liz Schardine is the coordinator for the Kansas Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Program. She attended the University of Kansas where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Speech Language Hearing and a Master’s degree in Audiology. She has worked with the newborn hearing screening program throughout the state for the past 21 years.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Erin Schuweiler
(), Kansas School for the Deaf, eschuweiler@kssdb.org;
Erin Schuweiler, M.S., Ed. is the Sound START (Birth-Three) Coordinator at the Kansas School for the Deaf (KSD). She is also a Language Assessment Program-Deaf/Hard of Hearing (LAP-DHH) specialist. Erin has worked at KSD for 20 years, 2 years as a preschool teacher and 18 years in birth to three. Erin provides services and resources to service providers and families who have children ages birth to three who are deaf and hard of hearing throughout the state of Kansas. Erin graduated from the University of Kansas with a master’s degree in Early Childhood Deaf Education and Early Childhood Special Education.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.