2024 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 17-19, 2024 • Denver, CO
| Identifying the gaps between best practice and service delivery in serving children who are DHH: Where do we go from here?
Identifying the gaps between best practice and service delivery in serving children who are DHH: Where do we go from here?
Unlike Part B services where there are federal guidelines for Part B services, there are significant differences in the funding and implementation of Part C services from region-to-region, state-to-state. This, combined with the varying educational and philosophical differences of providers who work with families with children who are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing in early intervention, can result in gaps in service delivery relative to what guidelines are offered as best practice for assessment and intervention. This presentation will offer a comprehensive overview at the guidelines and recommendations from a variety of resources and share examples of what four states are doing to meet these challenges.
- Review best practice guidelines
- List the inconsistencies that can exist in Part C services
- Describe models that have been employed in four states to meet early intervention challenges
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Presenters/Authors
Kristina Blaiser
(Primary Presenter,Author), Idaho State University, Kristina.Blaiser@isu.edu;
Kristina Blaiser, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is
a Professor of Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and directs the HATCH (Helping Adults Talk to Children) Lab at Idaho State University. Dr. Blaiser has extensive experience leading early childhood education programs and evaluating the outcomes of children who are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing. Her research interests include program evaluation and graduate training related to assessment and early intervention practices of children who are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing. Dr. Blaiser’s recent work has focused on using telehealth to support families in early intervention. Kristina is the Coordinator for ASHA SIG 9: Hearing Loss and Hearing Disorders in Childhood.
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• Receives Grants for Independent contractor from Idaho State University.
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• Has a Professional
relationship for Board membership.
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Financial relationship with Idaho Sound Beginnings.
Nature: This work is funded by Idaho Sound Beginnings.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Ashley Ben-Jacob
(Co-Presenter,Co-Author), Idaho State University, ashleybenjacob@isu.edu ;
Ashley Ben-Jacob, M.Ed., LSLS Cand., is a Deaf/Hard of Hearing (DHH) Educational Specialist and Listening and Spoken Language Specialist Candidate. She received her Master of Education and Credential through University of San Diego & John Tracy Center where she discovered her passion of working with children who are DH. Ashley is currently enrolled at Idaho State University as a PhD student in the Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences Program. Her professional interests include using coaching strategies in working with colleagues and teams that work with children who are DHH.
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Blair Richlin
(Co-Presenter,Author,Co-Author), Idaho State University & Mass Eye And Ear Infirmary, blairrichlin@isu.edu;
Blair Richlin, M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS AVEd is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Listening and Spoken Language Specialist (LSLS™). She is currently enrolled as a PhD student at Idaho State University in the Rehabilitation & Communication Sciences program. As an expert in modalities, she is highly specialized to provide support for listening and spoken language, total communication, Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC), and maximizing auditory input when American Sign Language is the primary language.
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Kameron Carden
(Author,Co-Author), The University of Alabama, kcarden1@crimson.ua.edu;
Kameron Carden is a Speech-Language Pathologist/Listening and Spoken Language Certified Auditory-Verbal Educator pursuing her doctoral degree in early childhood special education at the University of Alabama. Kameron has taught in an oral preschool programs, served families through early intervention, and provided outreach services to deaf and hard of hearing students and their teachers in public schools throughout the state of Alabama for over a decade. Kameron holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, a state license from the Alabama Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and a teaching certificate in Speech-Language Impairment from the Alabama State Department of Education, and a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist – Auditory-Verbal Educator certification through The Alexander Graham Bell Association. Her professional interests include parent coaching and morphosyntactic language development in children 2 through 5 years of age.
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JANE PUHLMAN
(Co-Author), University of Maine, jane.puhlman@maine.edu;
Jane Puhlman is an assistant professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders department at the University of Maine.
Her expertise is in the language and literacy development of children who are Deaf or hard of hearing. She also investigates ways in which to better support families in early intervention.
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