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Title: 'Tracking Intervention and Language Outcomes Statewide via the EHDI Database' Track: 8-Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance Keyword(s): intervention, outcomes, tracking, database, accountability Learning Objectives: 1. Describe how the EHDI database can be used to: a. track entry into and exit from early intervention b. coordinate the administration of language assessments statewide c. track language outcomes of children with hearing loss, birth to 3 throughout a state 2. Identify two language assessments appropriate for children who are deaf/hard of hearing, birth to 3 Abstract: In 2007, the Joint Committee on Infant Hearing published the following guideline: “Information systems should be designed to… measure outcomes and report the effectiveness of EHDI services at the community, state, and federal levels.” The majority of states have created EHDI databases capable of tracking children from newborn hearing screening to identification of hearing loss. Much less common is the ability of a state database to capture the “I” in EHDI. That is, enrollment into intervention and child outcomes attained after enrollment. In this presentation, we will describe and demonstrate the components of our EHDI database that allow us to track a variety of features regarding the intervention a child with hearing loss receives during the birth to 3 period. In addition, we will share information about two language assessments that are used statewide with young children identified with hearing loss. Also, we will explain and demonstrate how we use the EHDI database to coordinate regular language assessments of children and track child language outcomes at the state level. Finally, we will explain how this comprehensive data system permits multiple professionals to input and view data on a given child, encouraging collaboration and teaming across disciplines. 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): Allison Sedey - University of Colorado-Boulder      Credentials: Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CCC-A      Other Affiliations: Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind       Allison Sedey is a speech pathologist, audiologist, and research associate. She works for the University of Colorado-Boulder and the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind tracking speech and language outcomes of children who are deaf or hard of hearing between birth and 3 years of age throughout the state of Colorado. She is currently managing a project (NECAP) that involves establishing a national database of language outcomes for children with hearing loss from birth to 4. As part of this project she is assisting interested states in implementing statewide outcomes assessment. Dinah Beams - Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind      Credentials: M.A., C.E.D.      Other Affiliations: Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP)       Dinah Beams has an M.A. from the University of Colorado and a B.S. from Southern Methodist University. She is the Program Coordinator for the Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP) with the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind. Responsibilities in this position include coordinating services for families with newly-identified children; hiring and training providers; supervision; curriculum and program development; and system building. Previous experience includes working as an Outreach Specialist for Beginnings for Parents of Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Raleigh, North Carolina and as both a classroom and an itinerant teacher in Colorado. Dinah is the author of the CHIP Parent Manual and the Curriculum for Sign Language Instructors, and co-developer of materials for the Integrated Reading Project (IRP), part of Colorado’s Early Literacy Development Initiative for young children who are deaf and hard of hearing.   AUTHOR(S): Allison Sedey - University of Colorado-Boulder      Credentials: Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CCC-A      Other Affiliations: Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind       BIO: Allison Sedey is a speech pathologist, audiologist, and research associate. She works for the University of Colorado-Boulder and the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind tracking speech and language outcomes of children who are deaf or hard of hearing between birth and 3 years of age throughout the state of Colorado. She is currently managing a project (NECAP) that involves establishing a national database of language outcomes for children with hearing loss from birth to 4. As part of this project she is assisting interested states in implementing statewide outcomes assessment. Dinah Beams - Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind      Credentials: M.A., C.E.D.      Other Affiliations: Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP)       BIO: Dinah Beams has an M.A. from the University of Colorado and a B.S. from Southern Methodist University. She is the Program Coordinator for the Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP) with the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind. Responsibilities in this position include coordinating services for families with newly-identified children; hiring and training providers; supervision; curriculum and program development; and system building. Previous experience includes working as an Outreach Specialist for Beginnings for Parents of Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Raleigh, North Carolina and as both a classroom and an itinerant teacher in Colorado. Dinah is the author of the CHIP Parent Manual and the Curriculum for Sign Language Instructors, and co-developer of materials for the Integrated Reading Project (IRP), part of Colorado’s Early Literacy Development Initiative for young children who are deaf and hard of hearing.