| Presenter Information: |
| Presenter 1: |
Name: Jill Ellis
Affiliation: Center for Early Intervention on Deafness
Jill Ellis is the Executive Director of the Center for Early Intervention on Deafness in Berkeley, CA. She co-founded CEID in 1980 as a 3-year federally funded organization and led the program's growth to include a model site that includes a multi-disciplinary team offering morning special education nursery school classes, home visits, parent education, speech therapy, audiology, occupational therapy, inclusive childcare and pediatric training for community medical providers. Ms. Ellis has produced sign language video tapes to increase parent child early communication and literacy, along with the Pediatric Research Guide to Infant and Childhood Hearing Loss, a nationally recognized resource for specialists, parents and providers. Ms. Ellis has worked as a teacher, parent specialist, administrator, trainer, consultant, auditory training, lecturer, author, sign language interpreter and evaluator and community partner over the past 30 years.
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Name: Helisa Katz
Affiliation: CEID
Helisa Katz graduated from Gallaudet University with a Masters degree in Family Centered Early Intervention. She holds a teaching credential in Deaf Education from San Jose State University. Ms. Katz has been working closely with the Deaf community for many years. She has worked with agencies serving Deaf and hard of hearing children and adults as an educator, interpreter, medical trainer, and early intervention specialist. Ms. Katz trains health care providers and pediatric residents at the Center for Early Intervention on Deafness, in Berkeley, CA, on infant and childhood hearing loss, available resources and making services accessible to deaf and hard of hearing parents and children. In addition, she works directly with parents of deaf children on navigating educational systems, legal rights of deaf and hard of hearing people, and community supports. She is also a certified sign language interpreter.
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| Abstract Information: |
| Title: |
Developing Community Partners to Support Increased Access to Cultural Diversity Access |
| Primary Track: |
4-Medical Home
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| Keyword(s): |
Medical Home Training, Access, Partnerships |
Abstract: |
Many Medical Home and pediatric providers who serve low income and non English speaking families, face increasingly demanding work schedules and patient loads that limit their regular participation in hospital based professional trainings, Grand Rounds, and specialty conferences. Limited access and information to and for these providers often translates into minimized access and services for low income and culturally diverse families.
This presentation will address one Center's experience (Project Cross Talks) in developing successful options for partnering with providers who serve low income, and culturally diverse families, (many of whom do not speak English fluently,) to continue to increase their skills and active participation in supporting equal access to early diagnosis, optimal intervention, support and services for all families whose baby has a hearing loss.
Examples of agendas outlining specially designed provider trainings based on 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour or one-half day presentation venues, will be shared with conference participants. Video tape interviews will highlight one parent's perspective of how provider-patient miscommunication, based on a language barrier, resulted in significant delays in the early diagnosis and intervention process, as well as the parent's emotional response in the ensuing years.
Parent information handouts, created and translated into various languages, will be available to participants to bring back to their centers, facilities, patients and community. |
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