19th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 8-10, 2020 • Kansas City, MO
3/10/2020 | 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Supporting Families When Children are Identified Late | Chouteau B
Supporting Families When Children are Identified Late
Nationwide we are seeing an increase in children that pass their newborn hearing screening but are identified as being deaf or hard of hearing between the ages of 3-5 or older. Two mothers who have a personal connection to deafness (one Deaf mother and one mother of a Deaf child) will share their experiences with having their child identified late and the strategies they have learned. This presentation will focus on the need for family support when children are identified beyond the supportive early intervention years. In addition, strategies will be shared for how to encourage families whose children have risk factors to continue to monitor their child's hearing frequently and ways to embed support for families in your state.
- Participants will be able to identify three risk factors that are common with late identification.
- Participants will be able to identify three strategies for supporting families when their child is identified late.
- Participants will be able to identify three tips for families and children when the child is identified late
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Presenters/Authors
Karen Hopkins
(), The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Governor Baxter School for the Deaf, karen.hopkins@mecdhh.org;
Karen Hopkins is the Executive Director of The Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Governor Baxter School for the Deaf and the principal investigator of Maine's HRSA grant. She brings over 30 years of experience as a collaborative teacher of the deaf, special educator, early interventionist and educational administrator to her work with Deaf and hard of hearing children. Her work with families, coupled with her own personal experience as a Deaf adult and parent of a daughter who is hard of hearing have inspired her to create systems that empower families. Karen oversees early intervention and statewide educational programming for children who are Deaf or hard of hearing birth to age 22 throughout the state of Maine. She is active in many organizations and boards in Maine, the Hands & Voices HQ Board of Directors and is involved with international FCEI programming including the Deaf Leadership International Alliance. Karen is the Board President of Hands & Voices Headquarters. Karen's current research as she finalizes her doctoral journey is focused on perspectives of family empowerment in early intervention systems for Deaf and hard of hearing children.
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Tammy Breard
(), Ct Hands & Voices, tbreard@cthandsandvoices.org;
Tammy is a mother of a deaf son.
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