18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
3/09/2015 | 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Supporting Families Without Bias: An H&V Panel Discussion | Nunn | 7
Supporting Families Without Bias: An H&V Panel Discussion
As the effective implementation of EHDI systems continues throughout the nation, the importance of providing good information to families which results in informed decision making is at the heart of conversations around the use of the term ‘unbiased’ when describing parent support. This facilitated panel discussion explores how, at Hands & Voices, we honor and share our own personal stories without manipulating outcomes for families relative to communication choice-making and other deaf/hard of hearing issues. Taking the principles used in self-reflection for sharing our own stories, this session will also explore how organizations and systems can ensure the integrity of support to families. The H&V GBYS program and integrating the philosophy of unbiased support programmatically will also be highlighted. Areas of exploration in this session will include: the difference between sharing personal opinion and being biased; getting stuck over semantics and the types of words used to describe components of the family journey and EHDI systems; and sharing concrete strategies for ensuring continuity across programs and staff in an organization. Panelists will include, parents, d/hh individuals, professionals from the H&V leadership ranks.
- Define and identify bias and perception of bias as an individual and as an organization.
- Understand and utilize tools to assess unbiased delivery of information within EHDI systems as organizations
- Develop identified areas of common ground for the good of families across sometimes conflicting organizational missions and values of different organizations.
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Presenters/Authors
Stephanie Olson
(Primary Presenter,POC), 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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