2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
DUKE ENERGY CONVENTION CENTER
Child-Centered Care in Audiology: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
With the continuous expansion of knowledge relating to audiology and child-centered care (CCC), there is an equally rising demand for the accessible dissemination of information to parents and providers. CCC is a relatively new holistic treatment modality where children and young individuals are prioritized decision-makers in their healthcare (Carter & Ford, 2013; Ford et al., 2018). CCC emerged from the family-centered care modality (FCC), and while the concept of FCC has moved best-practice in the right direction, there are still a few problems with FCC – for example, children often have a more passive role in their healthcare (Carter et al., 2014). FCC has failed to engage children in their healthcare and has resulted in collaboration solely with the parents/guardians (Ford et al., 2018; Ida Institute, 2021). The CCC modality is an essential step forward in child healthcare. The purpose of this project was to synthesize information regarding CCC into an accessible document to close the gap between the literature and informed care for both providers and parents. A team of students from varying disciplines in the Utah Regional Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities program (URLEND) gathered the current research in CCC and created an accessible infographic. Stakeholders, including audiologists, teachers of the deaf, speech-language pathologists, self-advocates, and families, had the opportunity to provide feedback regarding the quality of information, accessibility, and usefulness of the document before the final document was complete.
- The difference between family-centered care and child-centered care
- The importance of child-centered care in audiology
- Examples of what child-centered care looks like in the 3-to-6-year-old range in audiology
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Presenter: Cierra Daugherty
Cierra Daugherty is currently a third-year Doctor of Audiology graduate Student at Utah State University. She grew up in the small town Woodland, Washington, and attended undergraduate school at Western Washington University. She loves to travel and try new foods. Before graduate school, she took a gap year to travel, shadow audiologists, and tour schools. Cierra plans to work with patients of all ages and specialize in cochlear implants and vestibular audiology and will be completing her fourth-year residency in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Shelby Clark is an early intervention speech-language pathologist working remotely for the Minot Infant Development Program in North Dakota. She completed her Bachelor's degree at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point and her Master's degree at Minot State University. She has clinical experience in skilled nursing facilities, home health, private practice, and K-12 school settings. She lives near St Louis, Missouri with her husband, Andrew, and their dog, Sarge. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, renovating their home, and reading good books.
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Aliya Halterman is a fourth-year student at Utah State University, in the School Psychology Doctoral program. She is interested in learning about, advocating for, and working alongside neurodiverse folks. Aliya is also interested in research literature related to self-regulated learning (SRL) and minority populations. Most recently, she completed her Master's Thesis project, which measured SRL skills within the neurodiverse middle school population. Aliya currently lives in Logan and she enjoys hiking, swimming, and Friday night pizza parties with her husband, poodles, and cat.
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Grace Young is a doctorate of audiology student at Idaho State University. She finished her undergraduate degree in communication sciences and disorders at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. Grace is originally from a small town in Wisconsin but lived in Washington for many years before coming to Idaho. She has a history of working with children with disabilities at Access Point Family Services as a behavioral interventionist. Her audiologic interests include diagnostics across the age range, hearing aids, and cochlear implants. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, friends, and her church family as well as spending time outdoors exploring Pocatello, Idaho.
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Faith Dryden is a doctorate student at the University of Utah studying audiology. She graduated from Utah State University in 2018 with a bachelor of science in Communication Disorders and Deaf Education. Faith is from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She enjoys walking dogs, reading, and listening to k-pop in her free time. Faith is passionate about working with children and plans to specialize in pediatric audiology.
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