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Title: 'Project ASPIRE Update: Developing a Parent-Directed Curriculum for Underserved Children who are Deaf or Hard-of-hearing' Track: 3-Early Intervention and Beyond Keyword(s): cochlear implant, Low SES, LENA, health disparities Learning Objectives: Understand the iterative approach used in the development of Project ASPIRE. Understand the concept of behavior change and behavior change strategies employed in Project ASPIRE with focus on the LENA. Abstract: In the field of pediatric cochlear implantation (PCI), socioeconomic status (SES) has been established as an important determinant of outcomes. Through a Department of Education IES grant, the University of Chicago is developing an evidence-based, parent directed program to address this significant health disparity. Project ASPIRE (Achieving Superior Parental Involvement for Rehabilitative Excellence) is being created as a behavior-change intervention which seeks to improve language development in children with hearing loss and from low SES by increasing parental language output. The foundation of this project is a combination of education, LENA technology, and a novel behavioral strategy we term “linguistic feedback.” Project ASPIRE merges the provision of pragmatic knowledge and skills related to having a child with hearing loss (e.g. Ling Six, implant trouble shooting, wear time etc) with the novel approach of using LENA-provided linguistic feedback as a tool to increase parental language output. We describe our iterative approach to this multimedia, behavior change intervention including the development of animation, video modeling and formative testing. Examples of the multimedia curriculum will be demonstrated as well as pilot data. 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
SPEAKER INFORMATION
PRESENTER(S): Beth Suskind - University of Chicago      Credentials: Project Manager, Project ASPIRE       Beth Suskind has a background in television development including executive production of HGTV and Bravo shows prior to turning her experience and talent into intervention development and testing. Kristin Leffel - University of Chicago      Credentials: Research Assistant Project ASPIRE       Research Assistant at the University of Chicago Shannon Sapolich - University of Chicago      Credentials: Research Assistant Project ASPIRE       Research Assistant Project ASPIRE Mary Ellen Nevins - UAMS      Credentials: Ed.D. Director, Auditory-Based Intervention      Other Affiliations: Consultant to Project ASPIRE at University of Chicago       Mary Ellen Nevins, Ed.D., is a Professor and the Director of Auditory-Based Intervention at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Nevins is an experienced teacher of children who are deaf or hard of hearing and the former Director of PPCI, a continuing education program for speech and hearing professionals housed at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Nevins is recognized as a national expert on the educational issues facing children who are deaf or hard of hearing especially those using listening technologies to learn to listen and talk. 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. Sally Tannenbaum-Katsaggelos - The University of Chicago, Comer Children's Hospital      Credentials: Sally Tannenbaum, M.Ed., CED, DTH, LSLS, Cert. AVT LSLS Cert. AVT       Sally Tannenbaum-Katsaggelos is Co-Director of the Pediatric Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implant Program at The University of Chicago Medicine, Comer Children's Hospital. She has been working with children with hearing loss for over 30 years and received the 1999 Helen Beebe Award for Outstanding Therapist. In addition, Sally is a Developmental Therapist specializing with children with hearing loss in the state of Illinois. She has contributed to several books on pediatric hearing loss and lectures both nationally and internationally.   AUTHOR(S): Beth Suskind - University of Chicago      Credentials: Project Manager, Project ASPIRE       BIO: Beth Suskind has a background in television development including executive production of HGTV and Bravo shows prior to turning her experience and talent into intervention development and testing. Kristin Leffel - University of Chicago      Credentials: Research Assistant Project ASPIRE       BIO: Research Assistant at the University of Chicago Shannon Sapolich - University of Chicago      Credentials: Research Assistant Project ASPIRE       BIO: Research Assistant Project ASPIRE Mary Ellen Nevins - UAMS      Credentials: Ed.D. Director, Auditory-Based Intervention      Other Affiliations: Consultant to Project ASPIRE at University of Chicago       BIO: Mary Ellen Nevins, Ed.D., is a Professor and the Director of Auditory-Based Intervention at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Nevins is an experienced teacher of children who are deaf or hard of hearing and the former Director of PPCI, a continuing education program for speech and hearing professionals housed at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Nevins is recognized as a national expert on the educational issues facing children who are deaf or hard of hearing especially those using listening technologies to learn to listen and talk. 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. Sally Tannenbaum-Katsaggelos - The University of Chicago, Comer Children's Hospital      Credentials: Sally Tannenbaum, M.Ed., CED, DTH, LSLS, Cert. AVT LSLS Cert. AVT       BIO: Sally Tannenbaum-Katsaggelos is Co-Director of the Pediatric Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implant Program at The University of Chicago Medicine, Comer Children's Hospital. She has been working with children with hearing loss for over 30 years and received the 1999 Helen Beebe Award for Outstanding Therapist. In addition, Sally is a Developmental Therapist specializing with children with hearing loss in the state of Illinois. She has contributed to several books on pediatric hearing loss and lectures both nationally and internationally.