2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/18/2024 | 2:25 PM - 2:50 PM | Addressing Child Language Outcomes: Building and Maintaining a Statewide Initiative | Mineral A
Addressing Child Language Outcomes: Building and Maintaining a Statewide Initiative
Over 35 years ago, at the request of our state legislature, Colorado set out to measure child language outcomes of children who were DHH. At that time, The FAMILY Assessment (Family Assessment of Multi-Disciplinary Interactional Learning for the Young Child) (Stredler-Brown & Yoshinaga-Itano, 1994; Hafer & Stredler-Brown, 2003) was conceived. This assessment collects developmental and language outcome data specifically for children who are DHH from birth to 36 months of age. It measures child outcomes in multiple domains including: receptive language, expressive language, speech production, auditory skills, pre-verbal communication, and pragmatics. Once used exclusively to inform early intervention and teach parents about their children’s development, the use of assessments of child developmental outcomes has become more systemic. The FAMILY Assessment served as a prototype for the CDC-funded National Early Childhood Assessment Project (NECAP) and for the Outcomes and Developmental Data Assistance Center for EHDI Programs (ODDACE). This presentation will review the inception of and the rationale behind the FAMILY Assessment and its ability to withstand the test of time. An early interventionist will share how assessment results inform intervention. And, apropos to the newly-announced HRSA grant, the inter-agency support for utilizing child language outcome data to inform system improvement – including identifying health disparities -- will be discussed. The opportunity to integrate our rich data set of language outcomes with other databases in the state will also be explored.
- Describe how results from language and other developmental assessments can be used to impact a child’s early intervention plan
- Explain how consistent and objective measures of language outcomes can positively impact a state’s EHDI system
- Recount a possible process and structure for including outcome measures in an EHDI data system
Presentation:
3478265_16284ArleneStredler-Brown.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
3478265_16284ArleneStredler-Brown.docx
Presenters/Authors
Arlene Stredler-Brown
(Primary Presenter), Colorado EHDI, astredlerbrown@coehdi.org;
Arlene Stredler-Brown, PhD, CCC-SLP provides consultation and technical assistance to programs working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing in the United States and internationally. She has graduate degrees in Speech/Language Pathology, Education of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing, and a doctoral degree in Special Education. Her recent research focuses on telehealth and the use of coaching strategies in the delivery of family-centered early intervention. Having worked many years in program administration and policy development, Dr. Stredler-Brown brings this skill set to her role as Director of the Colorado Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Program. Common themes guiding her work are: inclusiveness, collaboration, evidence-based practice and a commitment to infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Allison Sedey
(Co-Presenter), University of Colorado-Boulder, Allison.Sedey@colorado.edu;
Allison Sedey is a speech pathologist, audiologist, and researcher at the University of Colorado-Boulder and is the assessment and accountability coordinator for the Early Intervention Outreach Program at the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind. Dr. Sedey received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she studied language acquisition in children who are deaf/hard of hearing as well as in children who have Down syndrome. Since that time, she has served as the project coordinator on a variety of grant-funded research projects examining predictors of developmental outcomes in young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Dr. Sedey is currently the director of the Outcomes and Developmental Data Assistance Center for EHDI Programs (ODDACE) funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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• Receives Grants for Employment from Centers for Disease Control.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
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Financial relationship with University of Colorado-Boulder.
Nature: Receives a salary from a cooperative agreement from the Centers for Disease Control supporting the collection of language outcomes.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Lynn Wismann
(Co-Presenter), CSDB, lwismann@csdb.org;
Lynn Wismann received her M.A. from Gallaudet University. Since that time, she has worked as a Teacher of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing, interpreter and adjunct professor in a variety of programs in the USA and other countries. Lynn Wismann is a Colorado Hearing (CO-Hear) Resource Coordinator for the Early Intervention Outreach Program at the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exists.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
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Financial relationship with CSDB.
Nature: none.
Nonfinancial -
Non-Financial relationship with CSDB.
Nature: none.