2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
DUKE ENERGY CONVENTION CENTER
3/07/2023 | 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM | Toolbox for Deaf Children with Disabilities | DECC 236
Toolbox for Deaf Children with Disabilities
At least 40% of children who are d/Deaf or hard of hearing have other disabilities, according to the Office of Research Support and International Affairs(2014). While hearing loss impacts language acquisition, when other disabilities are present, it can substantially affect every area of development. Early interventionists working with this population of children need to creatively apply everything they have learned while collaborating with other providers to support developmental progress. Language delays, behavioral challenges, visual impairments, and autism are a few of the comorbidities experienced by hearing differences. Given the heterogeneous nature of the population of Deaf children with disabilities (DWD), early intervention providers need a toolkit of strategies they can apply based on each child’s needs.
Since there is a lack of research regarding DWD, professionals must collaborate with those from other specialties to create developmentally appropriate individualized interventions. During this presentation, interventionists will learn to recognize the functions of behavior and how to respond to each one. They will gain the tools to employ a variety of ways to increase infant and child engagement with people, objects, and their environment. Within daily routines, providers will embed activities that support language acquisition in appropriate ways to suit each child. Professionals will be challenged to be creative as they work with infants and children who are DWD.
Office of Research Support and International Affairs. Regional and National Summary Report of Data from the 2013-2014 Annual Survey of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Youth; Office of Research Support and International Affairs: Washington, DC, USA, 2014.
- Participant will be able to identify basic functions of behavior.
- Participant will be able to list three strategies to support functional behavior change.
- The participant will use a variety of strategies to support language acquisition.
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Presenters/Authors
Jennifer Hills
(), University of Northern Colorado, hill2249@bears.unco.edu;
Jennifer is the clinical director of Deaf and hard of hearing services for Springs Learning Community (SLC). The clinic offers services in natural environment-based applied behavior analysis. Prior to her current position, she was a teacher of the Deaf for 8 years. She is working on her PhD in special education, with research interests in Deafness with autism. Jennifer lives in Colorado Springs with her husband and adult son who is Deaf.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
• Has a Personal,Professional (Parent of a Deaf adult) (Professional representation on the board)
relationship for Board membership.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.