2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
3/18/2024 | 3:10 PM - 3:35 PM | The Community Code of Kindness | Capitol 1
The Community Code of Kindness
In 2022, seven national organizations gathered together in what was known as the 2022 FL3 Partnership Summit, to develop and build upon existing organizational partnerships and to create opportunities for systemic improvement through policy and promising practices discussions. These organizations were identified as organizations that provide direct family-to-family support, including: Alexander Graham Bell Association, American Society for Deaf Children, Family Voices, Hands & Voices, Hearing First, National Cued Speech Association, and the National Center of Deaf-Blindness. The result of this meeting created action steps towards a project together, now known as The Community Code of Kindness. This presentation will share the process by which the group came together through consensus, and how other stakeholders can adopt and apply the commitments and agreements contained within.
- Build understanding on the genesis, evolution, and end result of a joint statement that was created and adopted to guide collaborative interactions.
- Discuss application of the commitments and agreements that can be utilized in EHDI stakeholder circles.
- Empower participants to adopt and utilize the commitments and agreements for partnerships they may be involved in.
Presentation:
3478265_16302JanetDesGeorges.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
3478265_16302JanetDesGeorges.docx
Presenters/Authors
Janet DesGeorges
(Primary Presenter,Co-Presenter,Author), Hands & Voices, Headquarters, janet@handsandvoices.org;
Janet DesGeorges lives in Boulder, Colorado and is Executive Director of Hands & Voices Headquarters and the P.I. for the FL3 Center. Janet has presented to groups worldwide about the experiences of families as they journey through life with a child with deafness or hearing loss. Ms. DesGeorges received a program certificate from the MCH Public Health Leadership Institute in 2011 at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.
As an EHDI Systems advocate, Janet believes in the principles and guiding philosophies of Hands & Voices towards a parent-driven, professionally-collaborative approach when supporting families in the early years. Her areas of interest include Leadership Development for parents who participate in systemic improvement; Deaf Education Reform and Improvement; Children’s Safety and Success(preventing child abuse and neglect); Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Systems; and Parent/Professional partnerships in Quality Improvement processes.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Cheri Dowling
(Co-Presenter,Author,Co-Author), American Society for Deaf Children, cheri@deafchildren.org;
Cheri Dowling is a parent of a 29 year old young man who is deaf with intellectual disabilities. Cheri is the Executive Director of the American Society for Deaf Children has worked with the Family Support and Resource Center at the Maryland School for the Deaf supporting families in Maryland for over 25 years. She has served on state and national committees and councils over the years.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
AAA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exists.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Gayla Guignard
(Co-Presenter), Alexander Graham Bell Association, gguignard@agbell.org;
Gayla Hutsell Guignard is the Chief Strategy Officer for the Alexander Graham Bell Association. She was the Indiana State EHDI Coordinator for six year and also spent two years as the inaugural Director of the Indiana Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education. Gayla also as many years of direct experience in providing services to children who are deaf/hard of hearing and their families and training of undergraduate and graduate audiology, speech-language pathology and deaf education students. Gayla's work as an audiologist, speech-language pathologist, certified listening and spoken language specialist, and non-profit and government program administrator has provided her with multi perspectives of the field.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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• Receives Salary for Employment from AG Bell.
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AAA DISCLOSURE:
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Financial relationship with AG Bell.
Nature: FL3 Advisory Committee, HRSA EHDI Committee, World Hearing Forum.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.