18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
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3/03/2019 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | A Seat at the Table: Diverse Perspectives on Parent-School-Professional Cooperation | International A
A Seat at the Table: Diverse Perspectives on Parent-School-Professional Cooperation
This workshop will be conducted by professionals representing the three perspectives parent, school and outside professional. Open to all EHDI attendees, this presentation will highlight the importance of cooperation and advocacy on behalf of the child by every one of the adults "at the table." The instructional session will include four parts: 1. An introduction to parent-school-professional cooperation and why it matters; 2. A panel discussion on 'having a seat at the table'; 3. A role play of a planning meeting, modeling the implementation of parent-school-professional cooperation; and 4. A presentation on practical strategies for ensuring that diverse perspectives are included in establishing goals and determining programming for young deaf and hard of hearing children.
- Partipants will be able to describe a minimum of two benefits to ensuring that diverse perspectives are represented "at the table."
- Participants will be able to list a minimum of three strategies to ensure that the perspectives of each person "at the table" is acknolwedged and recognized.
- Participants will be able to write a minimum of two "take home strategies" that can be employed in future planning meanings, regardless of whether the participant is a parent, a school representative or an outside professional.
Presentation:
18878_10189AmySzarkowski.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
18878_10189AmySzarkowski.docx
Presenters/Authors
Amy Szarkowski
(), Children's Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf, amyszarkowski@cccbsd.org;
Amy Szarkowski, PhD, is the Director of The Institute at the Children's Center for Communication/ Beverly School for the Deaf (CCCBSD), and faculty for LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities), at Boston Children's Hospital. She is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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• Receives Salary for Employment from Boston Children's Hospital .
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Karen Hopkins
(), The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Governor Baxter School for the Deaf, karen.hopkins@mecdhh.org;
Karen Hopkins is the Executive Director of The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Governor Baxter School for the Deaf and the principal investigator of Maine's HRSA grant. She brings over 30 years of experience as a collaborative teacher of the deaf, special educator, early interventionist and educational administrator to her work with Deaf and hard of hearing children. Her work with families, coupled with her own personal experience as a Deaf adult and parent of a daughter who is hard of hearing have inspired her to create systems that empower families. Karen oversees early intervention and statewide educational programming for children who are Deaf or hard of hearing birth to age 22 throughout the state of Maine. She is active in many organizations and boards in Maine, the Hands & Voices HQ Board of Directors and is involved with international FCEI programming including the Deaf Leadership International Alliance. Karen is the Board President of Hands & Voices Headquarters. Karen's current research as she finalizes her doctoral journey is focused on perspectives of family empowerment in early intervention systems for Deaf and hard of hearing children.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Djenne-amal Morris
(), Hands & Voices HQ, djennemorris@gmail.com ;
Djenne-amal N. Morris, BA Djenne-amal N. Morris, BA brings passion, humor, and real-life
experience to her role as a national and international parent/professional trainer, facilitator,
and motivational speaker whose view of the world is not as it is, but as it could be. As a mother
of an amazing son with CHARGE Syndrome, she strives to build an atmosphere of support and
empowerment for families of children with special needs and the professionals who serve
them. This has led to her career working with families of children with special needs in various
roles as Women’s Ministry Leader, and Family Specialist for the New England and North
Carolina Deaf-Blind Projects, Parent Educator. She currently is the Family Faculty Advisor for the
NC-LEND program at UNC-Chapel Hill and President of the Board of Directors for Hands &
Voices Headquarters. Djenne is committed to creating an atmosphere of diversity wherever she
goes. She received her certification in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion from Cornell University and
does consulting and training professionally.
Djenne and her husband Michael of 30 years have 3 children. Malik, 26 a graduate of the
Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf. He is independent and living his best life in a group
home for Deaf young men. Imani, 27, is a future MPH focusing on Maternal and Child Health.
Her youngest Zakiya, 21, is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and a future Audiologist. Djenne and
Michael is enjoying their empty nest by traveling, growing their consulting business, and
enjoying evening wine on the porch!
Please visit her website:(www.todaywithdjenne.com)
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