18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
4/15/2014 | 9:40 AM - 10:10 AM | A Deaf Child’s Voice: Things I Wish EHDI Told my Parents | Daytona | 3
A Deaf Child’s Voice: Things I Wish EHDI Told my Parents
This presentation will present information based on real life early childhood experiences, which has impacted the socio-emotional and academic journeys as students from mainstream middle and high school.
Discussion entails recommendations from every parent of what they wish they knew during the early intervention process. Presenters will show a series of video interviews of families who participated in this project.
- Discuss the point-of view of Deaf youth's experience with how decisions made during EHDI period impacted their socio-emotional development and academic achievement.
- Examine each interviewee's (parent or child) experience with EHDi and explore solutions which can be shared with future families.
- Assess different perspectives of the long-term impact of early intervention.
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Presenters/Authors
Julie Rems-Smario
(Primary Presenter,Co-Presenter), California Department of Education, jsmario@csdf-cde.ca.gov;
Dr. Julie Rems-Smario, Ed.D works as an Early Language and Education Consultant in California at CORE, California School for the Deaf, a program of State Special Schools and Services at the Department of Education. Julie's work includes working as a co-director of California's Early Hearing Detection and Intervention, training Early Start professionals on how to develop language milestones goals for IFSP/IEP, supervising SB 210 data, developing resources for families of Deaf children, and providing technical assistance to Early Childhood Education professionals. During her free time, she volunteers as one of the Public Relations Director of a national campaign, Language Equality, and Acquisition for Deaf Kids (LEAD-K).
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Christopher Patterson
(Co-Presenter), University of Georgia, cmpasl@uga.edu;
Christopher Patterson: Currently a doctoral student in the Elementary Education employed at University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, Christopher M. Patterson is passionate about his advocacy work on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing individuals. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah and went on to work Deaf Education and Specialist degree in Teacher Leadership from Mercer University in Atlanta.
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