18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
2/27/2017 | 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Holding Space: Family-Centered Informed Choice | Learning Center
Holding Space: Family-Centered Informed Choice
Informed Choice and Decision Making is Principle 3 of the Best Practices in Family-Centered Early Intervention for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: An International Consensus Statement. This presentation will train early interventionists and providers how to empower and support families through informed choice and decision making borrowing from nursing techniques used to help families make medical decisions in times of crisis. The technique referred to in nursing programs as BAR (Benefits, Alternatives, Risks) is adapted here as BRU (Benefits, Risks, Uncertainties). This session will use real life scenarios and audience participation to demonstrate application of the BRU techniques to educate families on communication modalities. "Holding Space" is a method of supporting an individual or family through decision making or through difficult times. Techniques of Holding Space within the realm of EHDI will discussed and demonstrated.
- Learn strategies for empowering families to make informed choices about communication options.
- Understand how to break down benefits, risks and uncertainties related to various communication modalities.
- Learn the concept of Holding Space for a family as they make decisions that are right for them.
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Erika Blanchard
(), Idaho Elks Hearing & Balance Center, St. Luke's Health System, blanchae@slhs.org;
Erika Blanchard manages the audiology program at St. Luke’s with a focus on quality program development and compliance. She specializes in pediatric and adult diagnostics and amplification, and is a pediatric audiology mentor and educator for pediatric audiologists across the country. Erika is the network audiologist with National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management for the Pacific Northwest and an audiology consultant for Idaho Sound Beginnings, Idaho's Early Hearing Detection and Intervention program. She earned her bachelor’s degree in speech pathology and audiology with an emphasis in developmental disabilities and teaching English as a second language from the University of Nevada, Reno. She completed her postgraduate studies in audiology at Idaho State University.
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Andrea Amestoy
(), Idaho Hands and Voices, andrea_corn@yahoo.com;
Andrea Amestoy, R.N., has been a pediatric and neonatal intensive care unit nurse and teaches classes at St. Luke’s.
She has worked for the past 12 years at Idaho Sound Beginnings as a parent outreach consultant in which she markets and promotes Idaho Sound Beginnings, gives presentations and contacts parents for follow up.
In addtion, Andrea works for Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and Blind with children 0-3 who are blind or visually impaired. She earned her Health Science and Nursing Degrees from Boise State University and is a certified teacher of the blind and visually impaired with a Master's in Special Education from Texas Tech University. She recently completed her orientation and mobility certificate from Texas Tech University in August of 2019.
She is the mother of three kids, two of whom have Usher's Syndrome.
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Brian Shakespeare
(), Idaho Sound Beginnings, Brian.Shakespeare@dhw.idaho.gov;
Brian Shakespeare has worked for Idaho Sound Beginnings since 2011; starting as the Data Manager and being promoted as Program Coordinator in 2014. He received his Baccalaureate of Science in Psychology from Boise State University in 2009. Following graduation he worked with children with developmental disabilities for two years, eventually becoming a Certified Behavioral Interventionist. Brian’s major accomplishments with Idaho Sound Beginnings include receiving the Outstanding Organization of the Year Award from the Idaho Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, overseeing data linkages between HiTrack, Idaho’s Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Information System, and the databases of both Idaho Vital Records and ITPKIDS, Idaho’s Part C database, as well as implementing process improvements in screening programs and audiology clinics across the state. Brian enjoys playing soccer, rock climbing, and taking his two Boston Terriers to the park to play Frisbee golf.
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Kristina Blaiser
(), Idaho State University, Kristina.Blaiser@isu.edu;
Kristina Blaiser, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is
a Professor of Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and directs the HATCH (Helping Adults Talk to Children) Lab at Idaho State University. Dr. Blaiser has extensive experience leading early childhood education programs and evaluating the outcomes of children who are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing. Her research interests include program evaluation and graduate training related to assessment and early intervention practices of children who are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing. Dr. Blaiser’s recent work has focused on using telehealth to support families in early intervention. Kristina is the Coordinator for ASHA SIG 9: Hearing Loss and Hearing Disorders in Childhood.
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Gabriel Bargen
(), Idaho State University, barggabr@isu.edu;
Gabriel Anne Bargen, Ph.D., is the Executive Director for the Idaho State University Health Science Center in Meridian, Idaho and an Associate Professor of Audiology in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Her clinical and research training includes master's degrees in both speech-language pathology and audiology and a PhD in Audiology from the University of Kansas. She instructs ISU courses including pediatric audiology and advance aural rehabilitation. Professional interests include pediatric audiology specifically diagnostic hearing assessment and treatment; assessing risks associated with hearing dysfunction in infants; clinical application of screening and diagnostic auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing; otoprotective agents. Dr. Bargen’s current research focuses on evaluating risk indicators for delayed-onset hearing loss and finding ways to make resources accessible to all children who are hard of hearing or deaf in Idaho by connecting community entities across the state. She also has a grant to evaluate the efficacy of an otoprotective agent against noise induced hearing loss. Dr. Bargen is on the Idaho Sound Beginnings (EHDI) Advisory Board, she is a member of the ASHA Special Interest Group (SIG) 6 Coordinating Committee, she is on the American Journal of Audiology Editorial Review Board and the SIG 9 Editorial Review Board, and serves as co-faculty lead for the Infant Pediatric Audiology supplement for the Utah Regional Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (URLEND) program.
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Susan Jones
(), Idaho Elks Hearing and Balance Center, jonessus@slhs.org;
Susie Jones, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT is a licensed speech-language pathologist. She earned her master's degree from Idaho State University and has experience in both pediatric and adult communication disorders. She has extended training in aural rehabilitation and treatment of auditory processing delays, and is a certified listening and spoken language specialist. Susie is a founding member of Idaho Hands and Voices, a member of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, and past board member of Idaho Sound Beginnings.
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Anna Smith
(), Infant Toddler Program, smitha@dhw.idaho.gov;
Anna Smith has been employed with the Idaho Infant Toddler Program since its inception in 1991. During this time, she has been a therapist, service coordinator, Early Intervention Specialist, and currently a Program Specialist overseeing the Infant Toddler Child Find program called Developmental Milestones and working directly with the statewide regional Infant Toddler Programs to ensure compliance with IDEA Part C regulations. In addition, she is the product owner for the Idaho Infant Toddler data system known as ITPKIDS. This data system interfaces with the HiTrack system and also does automated billing of intervention provided by the Idaho Infant Toddler staff and contractors.
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Paula Mason
(), Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind, paula.mason@iesdb.org ;
Paula Mason, MS, is Director of Outreach for Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind's (IESDB), supporting students throughout the state of Idaho. She has a bachelor degree in elementary education and a master degree in education of the hearing impaired both earned at Idaho State University. She is currently working on her education specialist in education leadership at the University of Idaho. Paula worked for 10 years as the IESDB Post-Secondary Transition Specialist and 3 years as a classroom teacher at the IESDB.
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Jill Muir
(), Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind, jill.muir@iesdb.org;
Jill Muir, M.Ed. NIC Master, is in her 30th year of working as a Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) Educational Specialist for the Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind. She works with DHH students and their families from birth through high school graduation. She is also a staff mentor and is the state coordinator for Idaho's participation in the National Early Childhood Assessment Project (NECAP). Additionally, she is a certified sign language interpreter at the master level. She holds an AAS in Sign Language Interpreting, BS in Deaf Education and M.Ed in Counseling.
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