2025 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 9-11, 2025 • Pittsburgh, PA
DAVID L. LAWRENCE CONVENTION CENTER
| Share a SNIPPET - Simple N Informative Parent-to-Parent Education Tools
Share a SNIPPET - Simple N Informative Parent-to-Parent Education Tools
Are families overwhelmed with processing information? Getting confused when navigating who’s who? Finding it difficult to pass down information to other family members? Then these SNIPPETS are for you! When we transitioned to direct referrals from our state EHDI program we quickly experienced a change in the needs and concerns of incoming families. Our parent-to-parent support team shifted to meet the needs of these new concerns. From this, we identified typical areas of concern and created SNIPPETS - Simple N Informative Parent-to-Parent Education Tools that our parent team uses to share information with the families we support. These tools can also be handed over to the parent so they could revisit it later and have the ability to pass it along to other family members to learn more. This presentation will share the SNIPPET’s we’ve created, what languages they are translated to, how to access them and our findings from our parent support team utilizing them with the families they work with.
- Attendees will recall at least 3 SNIPPET topics available to families to educate themselves on their journey of raising a child who is deaf/hard of hearing.
- Participants will know where to locate these SNIPPETS for educating families they work with.
- Summarize at least 3 benefits the SNIPPETS provide for families.
Presentation:
3545975_18134CarrieBalian.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Carrie Balian
(Primary Presenter), Illinois Hands & Voices Guide By Your Side, cbalian6@outlook.com;
Carrie Balian is a mother of five children. Her oldest son, Jack, was born deaf. She is the Coordinator of her state Guide By Your Side (GBYS) program and has presented to groups nationwide and co-authored several publications. She currently serves as a member on the Illinois Universal Newborn Screening Advisory Committee and the Illinois Hands & Voices board. Carrie also works with Hands & Voices HQ as a Region V Coordinator and as the GBYS Program Lead. She is a graduate of the Hands & Voices L2L (Leadership to Leadership) program. Carrie has also been recognized and awarded most recently with the 2022 Family Leadership award for her support, commitment, and leadership within the field. Ms. Balian was part of the leadership team which was awarded the Generating Real Action by Cultivating Engagement (GRACE) Award from Expecting Health and Baby’s First Test.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.