2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/19/2024 | 11:30 AM - 11:55 AM | Nature as Interventionist: An Experiential Guide to Learning | Capitol 4
Nature as Interventionist: An Experiential Guide to Learning
In the last 125 years, the pace of life rapidly increased as we have mechanized, digitalized, and drastically reduced our personal connections to the natural world. This relatively recent and rapid change has a significant impact on our bodies and our brains ("Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv)--especially for young deaf and hard-of-hearing children using technology and working with multiple interventionists. Research has accumulated, demonstrating ways in which time in nature can lift mood, reduce cognitive fatigue, facilitate sensory integration and development, prompt communication and linguistic development, and encourage gross and fine motor skills. As people who live and work in a field with significant interaction with new technologies, nature exposure may be a poignant balancing point for our job satisfaction, as well as a means of interdisciplinary intervention that supports overall health and well-being for deaf children and their families. This workshop will experientially explore potential nature-based interventions and their utility for multi-dimensional growth.
- Participants will name and discuss at least three ways that nature exposure supports health and well-being.
- Participants will identify and discuss at least three developmental (i.e. linguistic, social, etc.) areas in which nature exposure can stimulate growth.
- Participants will personally experience nature-based interventions that support interdisciplinary (linguistic, social, motor, emotional, etc.) growth.
Presentation:
3478265_16189JessicaDallman.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
3478265_16189JessicaDallman.pdf
Presenters/Authors
Jessica Dallman
(Primary Presenter), Natural Wisdom Counseling LLC, jessicadallmancounseling@gmail.com;
Jessica Dallman is a tri-lingual (English, ASL, Spanish) multicultural counselor based out of Wisconsin. Jess is passionate about weaving together trainings as a wilderness/equine therapist (Naropa University), special education teacher (Teach for America), early interventionist (Gallaudet University), and infant mental health clinical mentor (UW-Madison) to serve clients and the community. They have an interdisciplinary, relational, and social justice framework that she brings to all of their work. Jess launched the Wisconsin Hawthorn Project, a free trauma-informed care resource for agencies that serve children and families, and provides Reflective Supervision/Consultation to organizations serving young children.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Financial relationship with Natural Wisdom Counseling LLC.
Nature: founder/owner/rights to curriculum development .
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.