16th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
February 26-28, 2017 • Atlanta, GA

INSTRUCTIONAL SESSIONS AND FIELD TRIPS

Instructional Session Schedule

Full Day Sessions
1.	Real-Time Embedded Coaching, An Effective Tool for Working with Families	9:00 am - 4:00 pm
2.	Trauma-Informed Care: Shaking Things Up for Audiologists and EI Providers	9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Morning Sessions
3.	Demonstrating Key Steps in Achieving Literacy	9:00 am - 12:00 pm
4.	Action Planning: Raising Awareness of Congenital Cytomegalovirus among Professionals and the Public	10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Afternoon Sessions
5.	Data Mining Using Excel - How to Tell Your Story. Data Excavation Tips for EHDI Program Personnel	12:30 pm - 4:30 pm
6.	Logic Models, Performance Measures and Metrics - An Interactive Workshop Using Key Evaluation Tools to Improve Strategic Planning for EHDI	1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
7.	Creating an Interstate Data Sharing Agreement with your Neighbors	1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
8.	The Common Ground Project: A Framework for Collaboration	1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
9.	Inside, Outside, Upside Down; Infusing The EHDI System with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Partners and Parents	1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Instructional Sessions are included in the EHDI Annual Meeting for sessions/topics that do not fit into the standard breakout session format. Instructional Session meet one or more of the following criteria:

• To be effective/useful, the session topic requires more than the standard 25 or 55 minutes offered for EHDI Meeting breakout sessions.
• The session requires a more interactive or hands-on experience than can be adequately achieved in the standard 25 or 55 minutes offered for EHDI Meeting breakout sessions.
• The session format requires a different room set-up or technology than typically possible in a standard breakout session room; for example, it requires a more interactive, special technology or equipment that would not be feasible during a standard breakout session.

Criteria for selecting Instructional Sessions align with the broader abstract submission criteria.

Instructional Session abstracts are reviewed and scored according to the following criteria by the EHDI Meeting Planning Committee:

1. Relevance and significance to the early identification of hearing loss and early intervention services for infants and young children with hearing loss and their families. [1 - 15 points]
   • The abstract should address a current topic and information appropriate for the purposes of the Meeting goals.
   • The abstract should address important issues or gaps related to improving state-based EHDI services.
   • The abstract should inform, enable, or update others in improving EHDI services regarding potential issues related to clinical practice, education of professionals/families, or future research.
   • The abstract should have the potential to advance the practice/knowledge base of EHDI.
   • The abstract should expand the discussion or perspective to build on existing knowledge or address new knowledge, discoveries, methodologies, tools, technologies, or practices.
2. Meets the following Criteria to be considered for an Instructional Session. (1 - 15 points)
   • To be effective/useful, the session topic requires more than the standard 25 or -55 minutes offered for EHDI Meeting breakout sessions.
   • The session requires a more interactive or hands-on experience than can be adequately achieved in the standard 25 or 55 minutes offered for EHDI Meeting breakout sessions.
   • The session format requires a different room set-up or technology than typically possible in a standard breakout session room; for example, it requires a more interactive, hands-on, application or special technology or equipment that would not be feasible during a standard breakout session.
3. Overall clarity. [1 - 10 points]
   • The abstract should be well written and organized in a coherent manner.
   • The amount of information to be presented should be appropriate for the proposed session length and format.
   • The abstract should clearly describe the presentation's goals and learner outcomes. The abstract should provide prospective participants enough information to determine if the session will meet their needs.
   • If research results are included, they should be clearly described and supported by statistical findings with the conclusions supported by the results.

Field Trip

Participants will first visit the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf (AASD) to see their joint project with Georgia Tech and will then visit the Atlanta Area Speech School. Space is limited. (meals not included)

Field Trip Descriptions

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If you have any questions, please contact me at mandy.mcclellan@usu.edu or 501.626.4640.