17th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 18-20, 2018 • Denver, CO
3/20/2018 | 11:00 AM - 11:25 AM | Early Intervention: How can your State Provide Families Services Coordinators who have Specialized Knowledge & Skills Related to Working with Individuals who are D/HH? | Capitol 6
Early Intervention: How can your State Provide Families Services Coordinators who have Specialized Knowledge & Skills Related to Working with Individuals who are D/HH?
As we know JCIH has 12 recommended goals for EHDI systems to work toward implementation of a fully functional EHDI program. The way these goals are met in each state differs. In Illinois we have a program in place called Designated Service Coordination. In order to meet the JCIH “Goal 2: All children who are D/HH and their families experience timely access to services coordinators who have specialized knowledge and skills related to working with individuals who are D/HH”, Illinois implemented this role of Designated Service Coordinator to exist in each Early Intervention office throughout the state. In 2016 an Illinois EHDI workgroup was established through a collaborative partnership between 3 state agencies. This Work Group reviewed, prioritized and recommended feasible actions for Illinois that align with the Joint Commission on Infant Hearing goals. Illinois School for the Deaf Outreach Consultant Andrea Marwah took on the one of the three goals this workgroup established. Illinois had been using a structure of Designated Service Coordination but it had not been working as designed. This newly designed Designated Service Coordination Position is now up and running with it’s 1st in person training taking place in June of 2017. Newly designed features of this program now include: a main point of contact for Designated Service Coordinators, periodic training on new practices or new information relating to the EHDI system and annual review training of the program. This session will demonstrate how this program may work in your state if implemented in this way. IT will show now our first attempt, although successful had some gaps. Now that those gaps have been filled, our Designated Service Program is running smoother than before and our Coordinators do not feel they are out in the field alone.
- Attendees will learn how one state provides qualified service coordination
- Attendees will gain understanding in what improvements had to be made in order to enhance the already designed program
- Attendees will be able to bring solid idea back to their state to implement a similar program
Presentation:
15805_7902AndreaMarwah.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
15805_7902AndreaMarwah.doc
Presenters/Authors
Andrea Marwah
(), IL Hands & Voices Guide By Your Side, executivedirector@ilhandsandvoices.com;
Andrea Marwah received her BA degree in Psychology from North Central College. Since her daughter was diagnosed with hearing loss in 2002, she has taken a special interest in educating parents and professionals on matters concerning ADA, IDEA - special education rights, and advocacy for students who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing or DeafBlind. Andrea presents both locally and nationally on advocacy and IDEA; deafness with other disabilities; impact of deafness; socialization and many other topics surrounding parenting and working with children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing. She works for the Illinois School for the Deaf as an outreach trainer/consultant for families and professionals who work with children who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, low vision or deaf-blind. She is also a parent advocate supporting families in Illinois at their child’s IEP meeting or behind the scenes preparing them to attend the meeting and advocate themselves. Andrea is the Executive Director at Illinois Hands & Voices and has been a leader with them since 2010 and is a national trainer for the Hands & Voices ASTra Training Program and a member of the Hands & Voices speakers bureau. She works closely with Designated Service Coordinators providing group training and individual consulting. These are trained individuals who work directly with infants and toddlers in Illinois birth to three who have a diagnosis involving vision, hearing or a combination of both in her state early intervention program. Andrea works as a liaison with the Early Intervention Training Program on issues surrounding deafness and hearing loss. She sits on numerous committees both locally and nationally. Andrea also served for six years on the Advisory Commission on Disabilities in her hometown of Naperville, where she lives with her husband Ajay and children Samantha, Julia and Andrew.
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