2025 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 9-11, 2025 • Pittsburgh, PA
DAVID L. LAWRENCE CONVENTION CENTER
| Nothing Happens in Isolation: Benefits of Wearing Multiple Hats in EHDI
Nothing Happens in Isolation: Benefits of Wearing Multiple Hats in EHDI
In smaller states or organizations, it is not uncommon for some professionals to wear multiple hats or fill multiple roles in the support of the state EHDI system. This presentation will outline how wearing multiple hats can benefit the EHDI system, increasing safety nets and simplifying communication within the system. Specifically, the multiple hats of an Audiology Consultant, Early Intervention Coordinator, and Family Based Organization Leader will be reviewed. This presentation will also outline how a collaboration between the EHDI program and a state-wide agency supporting children who are deaf/hard of hearing from birth to 22 years of age benefits both programs.
- Participants will be able to list additional roles an Audiology Consultant, Early Intervention Coordinators, and FBO Leaders can fill within the state EHDI system.
- Participants will be able to describe the benefits of wearing multiple hats to support the state EHDI system.
- Participants will be able to explain how a collaboration between the state EHDI program and other local stakeholder groups can be beneficial for meeting 1-3-6 benchmarks
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Presenters/Authors
Amber Woodcock
(Co-Presenter), Maine Hands & Voices , amberwoodcock85@gmail.com;
Amber Woodcock is a parent of three children, including one who is Deaf. She is the President of Maine Hands & Voices, the Guide By Your Side Coordinator and ASTra Coordinator for Maine Hands & Voices, as well as the Parent Consultant for the Maine Newborn Hearing Program. She serves on Maine’s EHDI Team as a member of the Earliest Interactions Maine/HRSA grant team under the Maine Newborn Hearing Program.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Grants for Employment from HRSA.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with HRSA.
Nature: My Guide By Your Side Coordinator, ASTra Coordinator, and Parent Consultant Positions are all paid for by the HRSA grant. .
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Katherine Duncan
(Co-Presenter), Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, katherine.duncan@mecdhh.org;
Katherine Duncan obtained her doctorate of audiology (Au.D.) from The Ohio State University. She is currently in her eleventh year as an educational audiologist at the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Falmouth, Maine. She supports outreach programs for both the birth to five and K-12 populations. Katherine is the Audiology Consultant for the Maine Newborn Hearing Program. She is also the coordinator of the hearing assistive technology program for Child Development Services, Maine's early intervention system.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment from Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
• Receives Other financial benefit for Consulting from Maine Newborn Hearing Program.
Nonfinancial -
• Has a Professional
(Audiology Consultant to the Maine Newborn Hearing Program)
relationship for Other volunteer activities.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with Maine Educational Center for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Maine Newborn Hearing Program.
Nature: Employed by Maine Educational Center for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Consultant for the Maine Newborn Hearing Program; MNHP pays percentage of my salary to MECDHH.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Amy Spencer
(Primary Presenter), Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, amy.spencer@mecdhh.org;
Amy is the early intervention and family services coordinator at MECDHH/GBSD. She is a certified SLP and Teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. She serves on Maine’s EHDI Team as a member of the Earliest Interactions Maine/HRSA grant team under the Maine Newborn Hearing program. Additionally she is part of the Maine Interagency Coordinating Council that ensures collaboration between partners in the state serving children 0-3 and their families. As part of her Infant Toddler Family Leadership and Collaboration Certificate Program from Gallaudet, Amy began her work on the Exploring Language and Communication Opportunities process and it has continued to evolve throughout the last ten years. Amy lives in southern Maine exploring both the ocean and mountains regularly with her husband and two young daughters.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
• Receives Salary for Employment from MECDHH.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with MECDHH.
Nature: Paid employee.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.