2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
DUKE ENERGY CONVENTION CENTER
3/07/2023 | 9:40 AM - 10:40 AM | Achieving and Documenting Early Intervention Outcomes | DECC 206
Achieving and Documenting Early Intervention Outcomes
Early intervention, over recent years, is becoming a more integral part of an EHDI Coordinator’s responsibilities. In 2013, the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH) published a Supplement to the 2007 Position Statement addressing the principles and guidelines for early intervention after confirmation that a child is deaf or hard of hearing (DHH). This Supplement includes 12 goals, the rationale for each goal, and numerous recommendations for action.
This session will discuss the varying roles of EHDI Coordinators in early intervention (EI) systems in their states. Most often, if not always, the agency or agencies providing EI services are independent of the agency supporting other EHDI activities. How can these agencies collaborate to support goals for EI? An additional topic focuses specifically on child outcomes. Programs in states, to varying degrees, conduct testing to document the development of the children we serve. Does your state have a program to measure child outcomes? If it does, are all children being tested using the same instrument(s)? For those states that conduct some measure of developmental monitoring, how is the outcome data shared with the EHDI program? Is it documented in states’ data systems?
Our task, as EHDI Coordinators, is to review and prioritize ways we can participate in the early intervention system(s) in our states. Participants will leave this session with new ideas about making an investment in the EI activities within our EHDI systems.
Presentation:
3420032_15508ArleneStredler-Brown.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
3420032_15508ArleneStredler-Brown.docx
Presenters/Authors
Arlene Stredler-Brown
(), Colorado EHDI, astredlerbrown@coehdi.org;
Arlene Stredler-Brown, PhD, CCC-SLP provides consultation and technical assistance to programs working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing in the United States and internationally. She has graduate degrees in Speech/Language Pathology, Education of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing, and a doctoral degree in Special Education. Her recent research focuses on telehealth and the use of coaching strategies in the delivery of family-centered early intervention. Having worked many years in program administration and policy development, Dr. Stredler-Brown brings this skill set to her role as Director of the Colorado Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program. Common themes guiding her work are: inclusiveness, collaboration, evidence-based practice and a commitment to infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
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.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
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Financial relationship with Idaho Sound Beginnings.
Nature: EHDI Program.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Terri Ibieta
(), Louisiana OPH EHDI Program, terri.ibieta@la.gov;
Terri Ibieta, M.Ed.
LA EHDI Program Coordinator
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
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Financial relationship with Louisiana EHDI.
Nature: I am employed by LA EHDI. Louisiana EHDI has a HRSA and CDC grant.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Perry Smith
(), Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, pgsmith@health.nv.gov;
Perry Smith has over twenty years of experience managing health and medical related programs and services within hospital/medical centers and in public health. He has been accountable for the fiscal management, business direction, program implementation, and human resources for these services ensuring efficient and effective performance. He has directed the work of clinical, non-clinical and professional staff to providing high quality client centered services. He has public speaking experience, addressing groups from youth, students, and medical professionals. He taught graduate and undergraduate level courses at the University of Nevada-Reno as an adjunct faculty. Mr. Smith has served on a variety of committees and boards ranging from a medical center institutional review board (IRB) to a prevent child abuse non-profit. He is currently the program coordinator for the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program within the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health.
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.