EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
3/02/2021 | 1:20 PM - 1:40 PM | Welcome to the Family Leadership in Language and Learning (FL3) Center! | Topical Breakout
Welcome to the Family Leadership in Language and Learning (FL3) Center!
In April of 2017, Hands & Voices was the first recipient of the Heath Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Family Leadership in Language and Learning (FL3) Center cooperative agreement. In April of 2020, Hands & Voices received the new four-year funding award that will continue through March 31st, 2024. According to the 2013 supplement to the 2007 Joint Commission of Infant Hearing (JCIH) Position Statement, the success of EHDI systems depends on families working in partnership with professionals as a well-coordinated team. The FL3 Center provides a critical infrastructure to convene national family-based and family-led organizations, family leaders, and community stakeholders to support state and territory EHDI programs. This session will cover the purpose, program goals and objectives, and progress to date of the FL3 Center. Come learn about the technical support provided through the FL3 Center to national, state, territory, and local Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) systems of care in order to increase family engagement and leadership, and to strengthen family support for families, parents, and caregivers, with newborns and young children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
- Participants will be able to name the four objectives of the FL3 Center.
- Participants will be able to give examples of how to access the supports and resources of the FL3 Center.
- Participants will be able to identify how the FL3 Center compliments and partners with the other HRSA funded programs focused on enhancing multiple components of the national and state EHDI systems.
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Presenters/Authors
Lisa Kovacs
(), Hands & Voices , lisakovacs@handsandvoices.org ;
Lisa Kovacs is the Director of Programs for Hands & Voices Headquarters and the Director of the Family Leadership in Language and Learning (FL3) Center. She and her husband Brian have four young adult children including her son who is hard of hearing/deaf. Lisa was the 2019 Antonio Brancia Maxon Award for EHDI Excellence recipient. Her professional interest include; Parent Advocacy; Implementation of parent participation and engagement in systems building; Parent to Parent support; Deaf Education Reform; IDEA, ESSA, Part C and Part B Training to Parents, and Parent Leadership Training and Development.
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Michelle Koplitz
(), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), mkoplitz@hrsa.gov;
Michelle Koplitz, MHS, is a Project Officer for the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) program within the Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Michelle oversees UNHS state grant programs and is the lead on the new Family Leadership in Language and Learning (FL3) program. Michelle has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biotechnology from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a Master of Health Science degree in Health Education and Health Communications from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Michelle is Deaf and currently resides in Washington, DC.
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