17th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 18-20, 2018 • Denver, CO
| Creating Language Activities for Engaging Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Daily Language Development
Creating Language Activities for Engaging Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Daily Language Development
Early identification and management of children who are deaf or hard of hearing is critical for optimizing child development outcomes. Parents, however, experience challenges accessing specialized services because of existing shortages of professionals with expertise. To address this shortage, Utah State University offers an interdisciplinary training program for graduate students in audiology, speech-language pathology, and deaf education. Students learn specialized assessment and intervention skills for working with young children who are deaf or hard of hearing and are learning to communicate using listening and spoken listening (LSL). Graduate students participating in the USU-LSL program receive funding support through a personnel preparation grant from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP).
A component of student training includes participating in parent education and development of resources for our Internet-based resource center, Hear to Learn (www.heartolearn.org). Downloadable language activities are one aspect of the website, and can help parents engage in targeted language experiences with their children. The materials address language, literacy, math and music concepts, with a specific focus on LSL strategies. These materials are used to help their children build their academic and language skills from the comfort of their own home. All materials are available in English and Spanish. Materials are presented with clear, concise readability so that clinicians, educators, and parents can each utilize these resources, regardless of expertise.
This poster session will describe the benefits of providing families with materials to implement skills the child has learned at school. In addition, this poster will describe the range of materials available that providers can use to supplement their work with parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- Describe value of creating family friendly language building activities.
- Describe the benefits of providing families with materials to implement concepts the child has learned at school.
- Describe the materials available on the Hear to Learn website that can benefit caregivers, clinicians and educators.
Presentation:
15805_7997KymberBroadhead.pdf
Handouts:
Handout is not Available
Transcripts:
CART transcripts are NOT YET available, but will be posted shortly after the conference
Presenters/Authors
Kymber Broadhead
(), Utah State University, kymberbroadhead@gmail.com;
Kymber is currently attending Utah State University in the Speech-Language Pathology Master's program. She is also participating in the Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) emphasis.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Wynter Simonson
(), Utah State University, wynterholtman@gmail.com;
Wynter is a student at Utah State University in the Speech-Language Pathology Master's Program. She is also participating in the Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) emphasis.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Lauri Nelson
(), Utah State University, lauri.nelson@usu.edu;
Lauri Nelson is a Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education at Utah State University. She is the Deaf Education Division Chair, the Director of the Listening and Spoken Language Deaf Education graduate training program and Sound Beginnings. She was one of the co-founders of the Hear to Learn website. She has a dual background as both a pediatric audiologist and LSL deaf educator.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.
Karen Munoz
(), Utah State University, karen.munoz@usu.edu;
Karen Muñoz is department head and professor of audiology at Utah State University in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education. She is also associate director of the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management. Her research focus is in the area of childhood hearing loss.
ASHA DISCLOSURE:
Financial -
No relevant financial relationship exist.
Nonfinancial -
No relevant nonfinancial relationship exist.