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 | 1:45 PM - 2:05 PM | Zoom in the Room: Fifty Ways to Fascinate Toddlers, Fortify Parents and Foster Language through Virtual Visits | Topical Breakout
Zoom in the Room: Fifty Ways to Fascinate Toddlers, Fortify Parents and Foster Language through Virtual Visits
The leap into telepractice happened virtually overnight following implementation of the Covid 19 restrictions in March 2020. Speech-language pathologists were charged with navigating continuing education, new technology, connectivity and equipment, HIPAA guidelines, billing, and working from home to maintain high standards for patient care in the context of a global pandemic. The learning curve was steep and clinicians depended on IT staff, administration, and continuing education sources – but most importantly on each other. The spirit of collegiality and mutual support was alive and well, bolstered securely by creativity and resourcefulness.
The parents’ role as primary teacher and communication partner can be strengthened during virtual visits. However, with the extraordinary stressors on families associated with working from home and managing remote schooling and childcare, clinicians also found parents in need of extra support.
The goal remained the same: to foster speech, language and communication development for deaf and hard of hearing babies and toddlers within natural family interactions. Methodology and materials necessarily shifted into uncharted territory. This presentation highlights 50 resources, songs, videos, toys, games, strategies and surprises beginning with planning and ending with data collection to maximize the effectiveness of virtual visits.
- Participants will identify resources for progress monitoring
- Participants will list strategies for "back and forth" communication between caregiver and child
- Participants will discuss setting up the home environment to optimize virtual visits
Presentation:
23278_13647DeniseEng.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Denise Eng
(), Children's Hospital Boston, denise.eng@childrens.harvard.edu;
Denise Fournier Eng, MA, CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program of Boston Children’s Hospital and a member of the hospital’s Cochlear Implant Team. Mrs. Eng has worked in private school programs for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children, public school settings, and in early intervention. One of the joys of Denise’s professional life has been training new speech-language pathologists who have gone on to specialize in supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing children and their families. Teaching responsibilities have included instructor positions in the Deaf education master’s degree program at Boston University and at Framingham State College and Emerson College. Mrs. Eng has coordinated several partnerships in the community to support accessible opportunities for Deaf and Hard of hearing children and their families, created parent education programming and in-service training programs for public school personnel. She is the co-author of High and Appropriate Expectations for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children: The Role of Assessment (2014), and has presented at regional, national, and international conferences, including the Family-Centred Early Intervention Congress for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Bad Ischl, Austria in 2018. Mrs. Eng is passionate about addressing issues related to equity, diversity and inclusion, including an ASHA Boston 2023 presentation on Access and Advocacy for DHH Students.
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• Receives Salary for Employment from Boston Children's Hospital.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Nicole Salamy
(), Boston Children's Hospital, nicole.salamy@childrens.harvard.edu;
Nicole Salamy graduated with a Master of Science degree from Boston University. She is currently a speech-language pathologist at Boston Children's Hospital. Previously, she was a speech-language pathologist at The Learning Center for the Deaf in Framingham, MA for 14 years. Nicole's experience includes working with a variety of children with hearing loss, some who have hearing aids and cochlear implants and others who do not. Her clinical work also includes working with children who have apraxia of speech, cerebral palsy and autism spectrum disorder. She has enjoyed presenting at a variety of conferences throughout the country.
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Jennifer Johnston
(), Boston Children's Hospital, Jennifer.Johnston@childrens.harvard.edu;
Jennifer Johnston is a speech-language pathologist at Boston Children's Hospital in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program. Dr. Johnston began her career as a teacher of the deaf and subsequently received her master's degree in speech-language pathology from Emerson College and her EdD with a specialty in psycholinguistics at Boston University. Publications include a focus on deaf and hard of hearing children with complex medical histories and autism spectrum disorder. Dr. Johnston's special areas of interest center on language development and literacy.
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