2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
DUKE ENERGY CONVENTION CENTER
Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) Digital Handbook
In many areas around the country, there are few early interventionists with knowledge about the listening and spoken language approach to early intervention services for children ages 0-5 who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH). A question often asked by early interventionists, tasked with supporting families in the LSL approach is, “Where do I start?” Historically, these early interventionists have been sent to various websites, books, and articles to begin their journeys in learning about providing or supporting LSL intervention services. This process can be overwhelming for early interventionists, with no guarantee that the information they are finding is of high quality or actually results in carryover of effective intervention services for children who are DHH. By creating a digital handbook in the form of a Padlet, containing vetted resources, handouts, practical strategies, videos, assessments, and trainings, early intervention professionals can find the answer to their question of where to start. The LSL handbook Padlet provides quick hits of information all in one place; organized by topic, and readily accessible on a phone, iPad, laptop or other digital devices. Unlike a written resource document, this digital LSL handbook offers opportunities for continuous updates and additions as innovations in listening technology occur or new research presents more current strategies. This presentation will describe and demonstrate the digital LSL Handbook in the form of a Padlet and share ideas for utilization of the resources within the Padlet. Discussion will be encouraged regarding how to incorporate the Padlet into family centered practice and ideas investigated for the widespread sharing of this resource with early intervention professionals seeking a practical guide to supporting families using a listening and spoken language approach with children who are deaf or hard of hearing ages 0-5.
- Participants will examine a Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) digital handbook in the form of a Padlet. Sections within the Padlet include such topics as: What is LSL? LSL Strategies, Auditory Skill Development, Family Centered Intervention, LSL and the IEP, LSL and the IFSP, and more.
- Participants will discuss utilization of the resources within this digital LSL Handbook Padlet and compare/contrast it with how hard copy resource guides are used in the field.
- Participants will identify ways in which to use the LSL Digital Handbook Padlet in family centered practice and how this resource can be widely shared with early interventionists in need of a practical, accessible resource guide.
Poster:
3420032_15705ChristieFritz.pdf
Presenter: Lauri Nelson
Lauri Nelson is a Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education at Utah State University. She is the Deaf Education Division Chair, the Director of the Listening and Spoken Language Deaf Education graduate training program and Sound Beginnings. She was one of the co-founders of the Hear to Learn website. She has a dual background as both a pediatric audiologist and LSL deaf educator.
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Christie Fritz is a Teacher of the Deaf/HH with 28 years of experience in the field of deaf education. She began her career serving children B-21 years who are D/HH and their families in South Dakota, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Wyoming. She joined the Wyoming Department of Education’s Deaf/HH Outreach team in 2008 and continues in her role there today as a consultant providing technical assistance in the education of children with hearing loss to 48 school districts and 14 child development centers across Wyoming. Christie is knowledgeable about amplification devices, impacts of hearing loss, IDEA, sign language, parent coaching, educational strategies, and auditory development. Christie holds Bachelor of Science Degrees in both Deaf Education and Elementary Education, from Minot State University, a Post Graduate Credential in Special Education from the University of Wyoming, and is currently completing a Masters of Education Degree in Listening and Spoken Language with a focus on family-centered practice, at Utah State University. Additionally, she holds an Advanced Plus rating on the Signed Language Proficiency Rating Scale (SLPI). Christie serves as a member of the TASK-12 National Board, Wyoming’s Statewide Transition Team for Deaf/HH, and the WEII Plus Program Core Team
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• Receives Salary for Employment from Wyoming Department of Education .
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.