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Title: 'Tele-intervention: Supporting the New Generation of our Workforce ' Track: 7-EHDI Workforce Issues Keyword(s): telepractice, tele-intervention, early intervention, personnel training, interdisciplinary Learning Objectives: Objectives: 1. Understand the significant workforce shortage of professionals trained to serve infants and toddlers with hearing loss, particularly via a listening and spoken language approach. 2. Learn about resources and strategies for training providers in the provision of tele-intervention to address workforce shortages. 3. Gain insights into the potential of using tele-intervention for inter-disciplinary teaming to address real-life challenges associated with home environments and family interaction dynamics. Abstract: Tele-intervention (TI) is a type of telepractice that pertains to the provision of early intervention services to families of infants and toddlers. The National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management (NCHAM) initiated the use of TI three years ago as a strategy for addressing the paucity of therapists and developmental specialists with the needed qualifications and experience to meet demands, particularly in rural areas. This shortage in the workforce is particularly evident when families of children with hearing are unable to receive services from professionals trained in a listening and spoken language approach. Over the past three years, NCHAM has partnered with others in the field of listening and spoken language to increase the knowledge base in implementing high-quality TI services. As a result, we have learned more about the implementation of TI, particularly on the “next generation” aspects of training providers, addressing real-life challenges in serving diverse families, and how to use TI to support inter-disciplinary teaming. This session will bring together the collective work of providers and researchers who formed a “learning community” to guide the provision of TI services. The session will begin with an overview of national data on the shortage of providers trained to serve children in the birth to three age range with hearing loss, emphasizing the rationale for providing TI. Additionally, real-life examples of challenges faced by providers will be shared, offering interdisciplinary teaming strategies for addressing these challenges. The importance of training and coaching of providers planning to implement TI will be discussed, with specific tools to guide training. Finally, information about a newly-developed TI resource guide to support training of the early intervention workforce will be shared, offering critical information related to service delivery, licensure, reimbursement to name a few key topics it addresses. 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): Diane Behl - NCHAM      Credentials: M.Ed.       Diane Behl is a Senior Faculty member at the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management. She facilitates telehealth learning communities and is a co-investigator for cost-effectiveness studies. She has expertise in evaluating the effectiveness of service coordination provided via Part C Early Intervention and Maternal and Child Health programs. Arlene Stredler-Brown - University of Colorado      Credentials: Ph.D.; CCC-SLP      Other Affiliations: University of British Columbia; Salus University       Arlene Stredler-Brown, PhD, CCC-SLP provides consultation and technical assistance to programs working with infants, toddlers, and young 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. Current research focuses on telepractice; she is the co-investigator for a Phase II Clinical Trial funded by the National Institutes of Health to study services delivered to young children who are deaf via telepractice. Since retiring from her position as Director of the Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP), Dr. Stredler-Brown continues to work with initiatives promoting evidence-based early intervention practices, the measurement of effective intervention and education options, and the use of individualized assessments and treatments. She publishes regularly on these topics. Dr. Stredler-Brown works as an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia. Marjorie Edwards - Sound Beginnings      Credentials: M.S.       Marge Edwards is a Speech Language Pathologist for the Sound Beginnings birth to three program and has been providing services via Teleintervention to families for three years. She received her Bachelor’s and Masters degrees at Utah State University in Speech Language Pathology. As part of her Master’s Degree, she received specialized training in facilitating auditory learning and spoken language. Her interest in speech language pathology, hearing loss and auditory learning began when she had two sons with hearing loss. After growing up in Colorado, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland and living in Idaho, she has moved to Logan with her husband and two sons to be a part of the Sound Beginnings program. Kim Hamren - Listen and Talk      Credentials: M.Ed., CED, LSLS Cert. AVT       Kim Hamren, M.Ed., CED, LSLS Cert. AVT, has worked at Listen and Talk since 1997. She is the Early Intervention Coordinator and also provides early intervention services. Over the years Kim has served as a preschool teacher, Auditory-Verbal Therapist, and Preschool Coordinator. She received her Teacher of the Deaf certification and her B.S. in Education from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and her M.Ed in Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She became a LSLS Cert. AVT in 2003. Previously, Kim taught preschool and provided early intervention at the Omaha Hearing School. She worked as a Home-Based Special Educator for Birth-3 services with the Lincoln Public School District where she worked with families whose children had a variety of special challenges.   AUTHOR(S): Diane Behl - NCHAM      Credentials: M.Ed.       BIO: Diane Behl is a Senior Faculty member at the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management. She facilitates telehealth learning communities and is a co-investigator for cost-effectiveness studies. She has expertise in evaluating the effectiveness of service coordination provided via Part C Early Intervention and Maternal and Child Health programs. Marjorie Edwards - Sound Beginnings      Credentials: M.S.       BIO: Marge Edwards is a Speech Language Pathologist for the Sound Beginnings birth to three program and has been providing services via Teleintervention to families for three years. She received her Bachelor’s and Masters degrees at Utah State University in Speech Language Pathology. As part of her Master’s Degree, she received specialized training in facilitating auditory learning and spoken language. Her interest in speech language pathology, hearing loss and auditory learning began when she had two sons with hearing loss. After growing up in Colorado, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland and living in Idaho, she has moved to Logan with her husband and two sons to be a part of the Sound Beginnings program. Kim Hamren - Listen and Talk      Credentials: M.Ed., CED, LSLS Cert. AVT       BIO: Kim Hamren, M.Ed., CED, LSLS Cert. AVT, has worked at Listen and Talk since 1997. She is the Early Intervention Coordinator and also provides early intervention services. Over the years Kim has served as a preschool teacher, Auditory-Verbal Therapist, and Preschool Coordinator. She received her Teacher of the Deaf certification and her B.S. in Education from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and her M.Ed in Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She became a LSLS Cert. AVT in 2003. Previously, Kim taught preschool and provided early intervention at the Omaha Hearing School. She worked as a Home-Based Special Educator for Birth-3 services with the Lincoln Public School District where she worked with families whose children had a variety of special challenges.