2022 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Virtual Conference
March 13 - 15, 2022
3/14/2022 | 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM | Language acquisition and deprivation in children who are deaf/hard of hearing; a proposal to reduce the trauma experienced by these children and their parents | Room 7
Language acquisition and deprivation in children who are deaf/hard of hearing; a proposal to reduce the trauma experienced by these children and their parents
Our current system of early intervention primarily begins in a medical setting, when parents, the great perecentage of whom are hearing, are given the often surprising and unwelcome news of their child needing to be 'referred' due to the newborn hearing screening results. This presentation will review the impact of our current system with what happens next, and suggests an approach that focuses on incorporating the gifts/strengths of the Deaf Community to ensure that an infant's cognitive and linguistic development can begin immediately, as opposed to waiting until the hearing technology is in place.
- Review/critique of current system of early intervention for children who are deaf/hard of hearing and families
- Review of linguistic and cognitive development among children who are deaf/hard of hearing
- Consider an alternate approach/change to our current system, one that ensures linguistic/cognitive access and simulation from day one
Presentation:
3353554_15044DanRoche.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Dan Roche
(InPerson), Early Intervention Provider, droche4559@gmail.com;
Dan has worked in the Early Intervention system of Illinois for more than 20 years as a Developmental Therapist--Deaf/Hard of Hearing (DT--D/HH). He works on the south side of Chicago, as well as in the southern suburbs of Chicago. Dan retired from teaching high school special education in May of 2016, and since then has been focusing his time and energy as a DT-D/HH. He has been an active member of Children of Deaf Adults (CODA) since 1991.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.