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Title: 'What Comes After 6? The Next Step in EHDI: Assessment of Early Intervention Outcomes (AEIOu) in Wisconsin' Track: 4 - Early Intervention Keyword(s): early intervention, outcomes, family-centered, communication Learning Objectives: apply increased knowledge of three tools for assessing early childhood development related to hearing loss (Greenspan, Minnesota CDI, MacArthur-Bates) to think critically about early intervention efforts in the family-centered contexts of communicative and social-emotional development. consider the potential benefits of developing IFSP communication outcomes in the context of social development. discuss and further explore the many variables involved in assessment of early intervention outcomes. Abstract: As screening for and diagnosis of hearing loss in children progress to meet national EHDI goals, the importance of optimizing the quality of early intervention services has grown in prominence. Early intervention services in Wisconsin are provided through the statewide network of Birth-to-3 programs. Birth-to-3 programs are challenged to work with children and families within an evolving framework of federal and regional guidelines. Early intervention efforts in the context of EHDI stand to benefit from research that elucidates variables and factors that lead to better communication, language, social, and developmental outcomes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The purpose of this poster is to report findings from a portion of the Assessment of Early Intervention Outcomes (AEIOu) project in Wisconsin. The AEIOu project is part of the National Early Childhood Assessment Project (NECAP) at the University of Colorado-Boulder. The AEIOu project expands upon the NECAP’s focus on assessing communicative development over the first three years of life by adding assessment of social-emotional development using the Greenspan Social-Emotional Growth Chart. In addition, results of the Greenspan assessment, the Minnesota Child Development Inventory, and the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory are placed into the context of each child’s Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). Assessments are completed at approximately 14 and 30 months of age for each child. The poster will include an overview of the project design, discussion of the strengths, limitations, and applicability of the three main assessment tools used, and an examination of the findings that elucidates variables affecting early intervention outcomes. 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
PRESENTER(S) / AUTHOR(S) INFORMATION
Susan Von Dollen - Primary Presenter MCH LEND - Waisman Center      Credentials: B.S.      Other Affiliations: Au.D. Student - University of Wisconsin-Madison, Class of 2015       Susan Von Dollen, B.S. is a 2nd-Year Trainee in the Wisconsin Maternal Child Health-Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program at the Waisman Center and a 3rd year doctoral student in audiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her capstone research focuses on the variables affecting early intervention outcomes for children with hearing loss receiving Birth-to-3 services in the state of Wisconsin. Currently, Ms. Von Dollen is a graduate clinician at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Her clinical education and training have focused on developing the skills to partner with and support families and to increase awareness of and access to hearing health care. Ms. Von Dollen's clinical training began at the University of Wisconsin Speech and Hearing Clinic, followed by the Waisman Center, Madison VA Hospital, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, and American Family Children's Hospital.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exist. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist. Anne Heintzelman - Co-Presenter Assessment of Early Intervention Outcomes for Young Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Project      Credentials: M.S., CCC-SLP      Other Affiliations: Senior Clinical Speech Pathologist at the Waisman Center Pediatric Specialty Clinics Maternal Child Health-Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Training Coordinator in Speech Language Pathology Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison       Anne Heintzelman, M.S., CCC-SLP is a Senior Clinical Speech Pathologist at the Waisman Center Pediatric Specialty Clinics, Maternal Child Health-Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Training Coordinator in Speech Language Pathology, Project Coordinator for the Assessment of Early Intervention Outcomes for Young Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Project, and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her clinical work focuses on prelinguistic and early communication development in children with hearing loss, autism and other developmental disabilities in the context of parent-child interaction. Ms. Heintzelman is a graduate of the Infant, Early Childhood and Family Mental Health Advanced Clinical Certificate Program at the University of Wisconsin. Her area of study in this program was assessment of early relationships between parents, infants, and toddlers, and communication development in the context of early relationships.       ASHA DISCLOSURE: Financial - No relevant financial relationship exist. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.