2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
Award Winner/Nominee Details 2023
Sheila Moodie
We respectfully nominate Sheila Moodie, Ph.D. for the 2023 Antonia Brancia Maxon Award. Her body of professional work, as well as her contributions and commitment to parent engagement and partnerships, would honor the memory of Dr. Maxon and her contributions to the EHDI community.
Our nomination for Dr. Moodie comes from the impact that she has made in her definitive research regarding the specific components of effective Parent-to-Parent Support and her commitment to the parent voice in research, partnerships, and implementing research into practice that improves the lives of families in the EHDI system. As parent-to-parent support is increasingly integrated in EHDI programs, best practice suggests that providers ensure that all families have access to parent-to-parent support from other families of children who are D/HH and recognize the key role of parent-to-parent support in promoting social and emotional well-being for families.
Sheila Moodie is an Associate Professor at The University of Western Ontario in the Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders. She is also an Associate Member at The National Centre of Audiology at Western. As Principal Investigator in the Family-Centred Early Intervention Laboratory at Western University (www.uwo.ca/nca/fcei) her recent research is focused on developing strategies and tools to support families within early hearing detection and intervention programs, including the development of video-based tools (www.uwo.ca/nca/fcei/hearon). Dr. Moodie has published over 60 peer- and non-peer-reviewed publications and has delivered more than 100 presentations of her work world-wide.
In 2016 an Evidence-based Conceptual Framework was developed by researchers from Western University, led by Dr. Sheila Moodie. The findings from a dual stage scoping review and electronic Delphi study provide a conceptual framework that defines the vital contribution of parents in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention programs. http://aja.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=2527221. The purpose of the eDelphi study helped confirm the vital importance of parent-to-parent support in the overall care of children who are DHH.
Lisa Kovacs, Director of Programs for Hands & Voices and the FL3 Center shared "having an evidence-based model that is backed by research provides us with the confirmation of what we've known for years -- parent-to-parent support plays a key role in promoting social and emotional well-being for families. Not only have we been able to implement the constructs of the Conceptual Framework into our family support training and education, but we have also been able to use the model in developing outcome measures to collect data that demonstrates the impact parent-to-parent support has for families with children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Sheila is incredible to work with, always willing to roll up her sleeves and engage in any work that will advance family support in the systems that serve D/HH children."
Sheila's eagerness to not just 'research' parents, but to learn, partner and respect the parent perspective and role of Parent-to-Parent support in EHDI systems, and her authentic desire to strive for excellence are the reasons her nomination for the Maxon Award reflects the spirit in which the award is given.