18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
4/16/2013 | 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM | Implementing a Communication Plan within Part C | Cira A | 4
Implementing a Communication Plan within Part C
The IDEA special factors requirement [34CFR300.324(2)(iv)] may be the most important part of the IEP for children who are deaf and hard of hearing. This regulation requires IEP teams to:
“Consider the communication needs of the child, and in the case of a child who is deaf or hard of hearing, consider the child’s language and communication needs, opportunities for direct communications with peers and professional personnel in the child’s language and communication mode, academic level, and full range of needs, including opportunities for direct instruction in the child’s language and communication mode. Consider whether the child needs assistive technology devices and services.”
This past year the CDC Family Support Committee completed a document, Making a Plan for your Child: IFSP Considerations for Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing. This document provides a suggested Communication Plan that can be incorporated within the IFSP. While special factors is not a requirement within Part C, OSEP’s responses to questions and comments from the IDEA Part C regulation reviewers clearly opens the door to application of special factors in the IFSP. There is compelling rationale to do so. One important reason to use a Communication Plan with the IFSP is that it defines the child’s communication needs prior to the transition to Part B thereby putting more emphasis on parent preferences and insuring the discussion continues under Part B.
This session will discuss the legal basis and rationale for incorporating a special factors discussion in the IFSP, strategies for the implementation of the IFSP Communication Plan, and pros and cons associated with state Deaf Child Bill of Rights legislation.
- Discuss the IDEA Part B special factors for deaf and hard of hearing children.
- Discuss the rationale and importance for including a discussion of special factors and development of a Communication Plan within the IFSP.
- Discuss strategies for implementing special factors within Part C and using them in the transition to Part B.
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Presenters/Authors
Stephanie Olson
(Co-Presenter), Children's Hospital Colorado, stephanie.olson@childrenscolorado.org;
Stephanie Olson, B.A., is the Family Consultant for the Bill Daniels Center for Children’s Hearing at Children’s Hospital, Colorado. Stephanie has been in this position for 18 years and serves as a liaison between families and the audiology health care system. Previously she worked with families and children from birth to three through the Colorado Home Intervention Program and for Hands and Voices Headquarters.
Stephanie has traveled to Northern China, London, South Africa, Brazil and New Zealand and St. Petersburg, Russia, and FCEI Austria- Family Centered Early Intervention in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2022. Stephanie’s passion is to increase the understanding and impact of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the parenting journey and with the professionals who work with those families. Stephanie was identified deaf/hard of hearing at the age of three and brings a variety of perspectives into her work and presentations.
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Cheryl DeConde Johnson
(POC,Co-Presenter), ADEvantage consulting, cdj1951@gmail.com;
Cheryl DeConde Johnson, Ed.D., provides consulting services for educational audiology and deaf education specializing in program evaluation and development and state deaf education service delivery and accountability systems through her practice, The ADE vantage. Previously she provided technical assistance and leadership in audiology and deaf education as a state consultant with the Colorado Department of Education. Cheryl has also been employed as a school-based audiologist, an early intervention provider, and a coordinator of a public school program serving deaf and hard of hearing students. She currently holds adjunct faculty appointments at the University of Arizona and Salus University. Cheryl is a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors for Hands & Voices. Cheryl has many publications including co-author of the Educational Audiology Handbook, 3rd Ed., and provides workshops and consultation worldwide.
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