17th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 18-20, 2018 • Denver, CO
3/19/2018 | 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM | Engaging Professionals and Challenging/Under-Involved Families | Capitol 6
Engaging Professionals and Challenging/Under-Involved Families
Family Involvement is universally acknowledged as one of the primary components needed to achieve successful outcomes for children who are deaf and hard of hearing. This is true in the early years, as well as through the school age years (Sass-Lehrer et al. 2000). Increasing family engagement requires professionals to examine their counseling style, attitudes and expectations. A family's non-compliance with professional recommendations may be rooted in their emerging ability to utilize the complexity of the information related to their child's hearing. Families need freedom from anxiety and judgement and to feel safe and obtain hope. Professionals working with families in these critical and emotionally rich opportunities must be mindful of the family's journey. This session will examine strategies to help professionals and families manage their expectations of one another and increase the outcomes in the children they care for. Practical tips that lead to self-awareness and a greater understanding of the holistic nature of the journey of raising a child who is deaf/hard of hearing will be shared. This session will be presented by a parent and a deaf/hard of hearing adult that have had roles in the medical, early intervention and family support systems.
- Examine elements that contribute to meaningful professional involvement
- Increase self awareness counseling strategies that will lead to the holistic nature of the journey for families
- Find common ground and cultural responsiveness strategies that engage families to services
Presentation:
15805_7892JanetDesGeorges.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
15805_7892JanetDesGeorges.doc
Presenters/Authors
Janet DesGeorges
(), Hands & Voices, Headquarters, janet@handsandvoices.org;
Janet DesGeorges lives in Boulder, Colorado and is Executive Director of Hands & Voices Headquarters and the P.I. for the FL3 Center. Janet has presented to groups worldwide about the experiences of families as they journey through life with a child with deafness or hearing loss. Ms. DesGeorges received a program certificate from the MCH Public Health Leadership Institute in 2011 at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.
As an EHDI Systems advocate, Janet believes in the principles and guiding philosophies of Hands & Voices towards a parent-driven, professionally-collaborative approach when supporting families in the early years. Her areas of interest include Leadership Development for parents who participate in systemic improvement; Deaf Education Reform and Improvement; Children’s Safety and Success(preventing child abuse and neglect); Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Systems; and Parent/Professional partnerships in Quality Improvement processes.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Stephanie Olson
(), Children's Hospital Colorado, stephanie.olson@childrenscolorado.org;
Stephanie Olson, B.A., is the Family Consultant for the Bill Daniels Center for Children’s Hearing at Children’s Hospital, Colorado. Stephanie has been in this position for 18 years and serves as a liaison between families and the audiology health care system. Previously she worked with families and children from birth to three through the Colorado Home Intervention Program and for Hands and Voices Headquarters.
Stephanie has traveled to Northern China, London, South Africa, Brazil and New Zealand and St. Petersburg, Russia, and FCEI Austria- Family Centered Early Intervention in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2022. Stephanie’s passion is to increase the understanding and impact of deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the parenting journey and with the professionals who work with those families. Stephanie was identified deaf/hard of hearing at the age of three and brings a variety of perspectives into her work and presentations.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
Receives Consulting fee for Consulting from hands & Voices Headquarters.
Receives Consulting fee for Consulting from hands & Voices Headquarters.
Nonfinancial -