18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
Flourishing Families - Attitudes and Perspectives of Parents Raising Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Infants/toddlers
This study aims to increase the understanding of the impact of early intervention on parents and children who are deaf/hard of hearing. Moreover, this study focuses on families of children that have met the guidelines outline by JCIH (2007), which recommends that children with hearing loss are identified by 1 month of age, receive a diagnostic evaluation by 3 months, and are participating in early intervention services by 6 months. The participants, which consists of parents/caregivers and the child(ren), receive early intervention services though a center based program that emphasizes the development of listening and spoken language for children with hearing loss. Specifically, the parent/caregivers’ perspective is crucial to the successful implementation of early intervention services and strategies. The researchers employed qualitative research methods and data collection through the use of interviews and semi-structured focus groups to gain insight as to the perception and attitudes of parents/caregivers raising a child with hearing loss who is receiving these services. The themes extracted from the data will be discussed. Furthermore, the results of this study can influence early intervention practices of children with hearing loss and their families as well as coaching strategies used with parents/caregivers. The results as well as the implications of the study will be presented and discussed during the presentation.
Joint Committee on Infant Hearing. (2007). Year 2007 position statement of the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing: Principles and guidelines for early hearing detection and intervention programs. Pediatrics, 120, 898–921.
- Participants will describe current literature in the field related to parents’ attitudes and perspectives of raising an infant/toddler who is deaf or hard-of-hearing
- Participants will identify current themes associated with attitudes and perspectives of parents raising an infant/toddle who is deaf or hard of hearing
- Participants will identify methods of assessing parent/caregiver perception of early intervention services
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Presenter: Ronda Rufsvold
Ronda Rufsvold, Ph.D., LSLS Cert AVEd, a certified teacher of the deaf and listening and spoken language specialist, earned her BS in Speech Language Pathology from University of the Pacific in Northern California and MEd in Special Education from University of San Diego/John Tracy Clinic. She completed her Ph.D. in Deaf and Hard of Hearing From Columbia University in NYC. She is currently a special education administrator in Northern California.
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Elaine Smolen, PhD, CED, LSLS Cert. AVEd, is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Special Education: Deaf and Hard of Hearing program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research work centers around language and literacy development for young deaf and hard of hearing children who use listening and spoken language. Smolen received her PhD in deaf and hard of hearing education from Columbia as a National Leadership Consortium in Sensory Disabilities scholar. An experienced teacher of the deaf and certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Smolen has served young children with hearing loss and their families as a head classroom teacher and in an itinerant role. She holds teaching certification in the areas of deaf education, elementary education, and English.
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Sonia Arora is a certified teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing with experience as an itinerant teacher. Her education includes a B.G.S. in Speech, Language and Hearing from University of Kansas and a M.S. in Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing from Missouri State University. She graduated with her Ph.D. from Columbia University in May of 2017.
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Maria Hartman, Ph.D., is a NYS certified Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing with many years of classroom teaching experience. She is currently a lecturer and the director of the the Program of Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Ye Wang, a professor and the director for Education of the d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing (EDHH) Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, earned both of her M.A. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. Her primary research interest is the language and literacy development of children and young adults who are d/DHH. She is currently the Senior Associate Editor of American Annals of the Deaf.
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