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Title: 'Extreme Staff Development Make Over: Creating Meaningful Professional Learning Opportunities to Improve Child and Family Outcomes' Track: 9-Policy, Advocacy, and Legislative Issues Keyword(s): Staff Development; Professional learning; Effective models; Improving Outcomes Learning Objectives: detail at least two critical components to consider when planning and implementing professional education training to improve service providers’ essential knowledge and skills for serving children with hearing loss. Abstract: Despite the marvelous opportunities of newborn hearing screening and advanced technology, there is widespread agreement among researchers, clinicians, program administrators and policy makers that many children with hearing loss are not receiving the full benefit of these remarkable advances due to the lack of qualified service providers. The existing early intervention and educational infrastructure were developed at a time when most children with hearing loss were not identified until 2 to 5 years of age and cochlear implants were not available. University training programs for audiologists, teachers, and clinicians are not graduating the needed number of professionals who are equipped with the essential knowledge and skills to support children with hearing loss and their families. Today’s professionals have an immediate need to expand their knowledge and skills and work collaboratively to create changes that will provide comprehensive state of the art early intervention and related services to children who are deaf or hard of hearing. It is time for an extreme makeover in staff development programs. This presentation will discuss in detail one proven model for professional education and training to improve outcomes for infants, toddlers, and children touched by hearing loss. It time for an extreme makeover! Presentation: This presentation has not yet been uploaded or the speaker has opted not to make the presentation available online. Handouts: Handout is not Available
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PRESENTER(S): Teresa Caraway - Hearing First      Credentials: PhD, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT       Dr. Teresa Caraway, CEO of the educational endeavor of the Oberkotter Foundation to improve outcomes for children and their families through family and professional support and learning. She is the Founder and President of Learning Innovation Associates, and the Founder of Hearts for Hearing. A Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist, Dr. Caraway served as the founding President of the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language and as a founding board member of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance. She has previously served as a Director of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language, and Auditory-Verbal International. She has been recognized by her peers for outstanding clinical skills. A former Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Dr. Caraway is an international consultant and skillful workshop presenter on teaching spoken language through listening.   AUTHOR(S): Teresa Caraway - Hearing First      Credentials: PhD, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT       BIO: Dr. Teresa Caraway, CEO of the educational endeavor of the Oberkotter Foundation to improve outcomes for children and their families through family and professional support and learning. She is the Founder and President of Learning Innovation Associates, and the Founder of Hearts for Hearing. A Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist, Dr. Caraway served as the founding President of the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language and as a founding board member of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance. She has previously served as a Director of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language, and Auditory-Verbal International. She has been recognized by her peers for outstanding clinical skills. A former Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Dr. Caraway is an international consultant and skillful workshop presenter on teaching spoken language through listening.