17th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 18-20, 2018 • Denver, CO
3/20/2018 | 11:35 AM - 12:00 PM | The Power of Yet: Strengths Based Coaching of Professionals and Parents | Capitol 4
The Power of Yet: Strengths Based Coaching of Professionals and Parents
The greatest challenge for children who are deaf or hard of hearing is the ability to acquire age appropriate language to communicate. As services and technology continue to improve, we see greater potential for and improved outcomes in a child’s ability to overcome this challenge. When JCIH recommendations for access to a hearing screening by 1 month of age, a diagnostic evaluation to confirm a hearing loss by 3 months and quality intervention by 6 months of age, children with hearing loss are often caught up to their hearing peers in speech and language by the age of 3.
However, many children do not have access to qualified professionals in their local area to provide quality intervention in order for them to succeed even after 1-3-6 is met. Our program has been providing training and coaching to parents and professionals for over 25 years. We are now implementing strengths based coaching both in professional coaching and in our co-treat service delivery model with parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. This allows us to focus on a growth mindset and the power of yet to support families and professionals to ensure children receive the support they need to acquire language.
This presentation will share aspects and strategies of strengths based coaching from the field of appreciative inquiry and adult learning theory as well as data on outcomes from children whose parents have participated in our co-treat model with particular focus on device retention and functional auditory skills measured by the Functional Listening Index.
- The learner will be able to describe strategies used in a strengths based coaching approach for adult learners including professionals, graduate students and parents/caretakers.
- The learner will be able to discuss outcomes of children from a co-treat model that focused on growth mindset development for parents/caregivers of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- The learner will be able to brainstorm 3 month and 6 month goals related to using strengths based coaching strategies with adult learners in the implementation of EHDI in their local area/state.
Presentation:
15805_7791ErinThompson.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
15805_7791HannahEskridge.doc
Presenters/Authors
Hannah Eskridge
(), University of North Carolina, hannah.eskridge@unchealth.unc.edu;
Hannah Eskridge, MSP, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the Clinical Director of the Children’s Cochlear Implant Center at UNC. She has been working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families for over 20 years. Her primary interests are increasing access to hearing healthcare for children and the use of strengths based coaching with both professionals and parents in the areas of listening and spoken language development.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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Erin Thompson
(), CASTLE, erin_thompson@med.unc.edu;
Erin Thompson, M.S., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT has worked at the CASTLE program in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at the University of North Carolina since July 2004. She earned her Master’s Degree at UNC-CH and completed a semester of practicum at CASTLE. She completed her clinical fellowship year with Pediatric Speech and Language Services out of Greensboro. She is the lead educational consultant for the pediatric cochlear implant team and travels to various school districts in the state to provide mentoring and other educational support. Erin conducts individual speech and language therapy sessions with CASTLE preschool students, Parent Participation Sessions, and has recently led a small classroom focused on pragmatics and language use. Erin also conducts speech-language evaluations for both the CASTLE preschool and the Cochlear Implant Team and provides onsite mentoring for student and professional interns.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.