2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
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3/21/2018 | 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Don’t just do something. Stand there! Becoming a Trauma-Informed Parent-To-Parent/Early Intervention Support System. | Mineral D/E
Don’t just do something. Stand there! Becoming a Trauma-Informed Parent-To-Parent/Early Intervention Support System.
Early interventionists and parent-to-parent support staff often provide support to families shortly after they receive the news that their child is deaf or hard of hearing. Providers often wonder, “What can I or should I be doing with a baby that is otherwise a typically developing 6 week old?” or “What can I say to a family to make them feel better?” Sometimes, we provide information and resources. Sometimes we provide communication or technology tips or training. Sometimes we “assess and monitor” the child for delay. Often we overlook what the family needs most in those first weeks and months: connection. The first step to providing intervention of any kind is to intentionally initiate, nurture, and model relationship. Sometimes this relationship happens easily and naturally. Other times it does not.
In this session, we will identify a variety of relational practices and explore the practice of holding space for feelings, healing, acceptance and growth. We will inform participants about the link between the importance of these relational practices when a family is struggling to apply interventions, make decisions, or follow-through with recommendations.
The instructional setting, along with the diverse interdisciplinary instructional team (Audiologist, Interventionist/Counselor, and a Parent/Counselor) will enable participants to bridge EHDI services with infant and family mental health, through interactive case studies and hands-on experiential activities.
The timely introduction to emerging evidence-based relational practices will encourage a more sustainable EHDI system by promoting system-wide self-care practices which have been shown to reduce burnout. By acknowledging and enhancing the role of relationships with families, interventionists can provide more attuned support so that parents/caregivers, in turn, can provide attuned support to their infant. We will share ideas of ways that we can enhance our support of the parent-child relationship and thereby, mitigate the potential long-term effects of unresolved 'diagnostic trauma’. With this information, experience, and collaboration, we hope this workshop will also help providers start to dream big about the potential for "improving and protecting community health and well-being" (HRSA-17-059 grant synopsis).
- Participants will understand how basic infant mental health and trauma-informed care concepts relate to the experience of providing relational interventions to families during the initial adjustment period after a baby is identified as deaf or hard of hearing.
- Participants will learn about the importance of self-regulation on the provider-parent-infant relationship and about the impact of nervous system dysregulation.
- Participants will understand their role in the multi-faceted layers of “parallel process”; including self-care strategies that will allow for personal growth and healing, which will in turn allow participants to nurture personal growth and healing of the families they support, which will facilitate the growth and development of the infants who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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Presenters/Authors
Elizabeth Seeliger
(Co-Presenter), Department of Health Services, elizabeth.seeliger@dhs.wisconsin.gov;
Elizabeth Seeliger, AuD, is the Wisconsin Sound Beginnings Program Director and has worked as a clinical audiologist in a variety of settings, helping guide children and families through the process of hearing loss diagnosis and intervention. Elizabeth has been a leader in developing a data, tracking and referral system; educational resources for hospitals and providers; and an interactive notebook for parents. Elizabeth spearheaded the initiative to enable Wisconsin homebirth midwives to provide UNHS. Elizabeth has also provided technical assistance and consultation locally and internationally on quality improvement in EHDI systems. Elizabeth served on the board of directors for the WI Chapter of Families for Hands & Voices and Hands & Voices HQ. She is endorsed in Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health.
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Jessica Dallman
(Point of Contact,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.
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Leigh Hardin
(Co-Presenter), Leigh Hardin LLC, hardinleigh@gmail.com;
Leigh Hardin is the mother of a 12-year-old son with a severe bilateral hearing loss and an 9-year-old daughter with typical hearing. She is also a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing psychotherapy with adolescents and families. Leigh specializes in trauma recovery and experiential healing modalities. Her work is constantly informed by her personal experiences, including the ongoing processes involved with raising a DHH child. Leigh enjoys adventuring with her husband and children, including skiing, dancing to live music, and camping. Leigh also finds tremendous personal value in practicing yoga and connecting with friends.
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