Empowering Parents: Navigating the Birth to Three Period to Reach Desired Outcomes, in partnership with AG Bell
Course: #33097Level: Introductory 1 Hour 641 Reviews
This course will discuss the importance of supporting and empowering parents and caregivers from the point of a child’s newborn hearing screening through school age. Parents report a need for different types of supports at different points in their family journey and audiologists and other professionals are in a unique position to provide or facilitate support of families across time.
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to describe the components of Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) and the interface with and impact on parents during the EHDI process.
- After this course, participants will be able to list strategies to use to successfully partner with parents/caregivers by learning how to listen to, interact with, and support families in the identification of their desired long-term outcomes and related benchmarks.
- After this course, participants will be able to identify relevant written resources tools that can be shared with families whom they serve.
Course created on May 3, 2019
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-10 Minutes | Getting on the Same Page: The Lay of the Land, Terms, Myths and Misconceptions vs. Facts |
| 10-15 Minutes | Identification of Hearing Loss in the United States |
| 15-20 Minutes | Early Hearing Detection and Intervention |
| 20-25 Minutes | Parents Matter and Parent Matters |
| 25-35 Minutes | Desired Outcomes Discussion |
| 35-45 Minutes | Parental Decision-Making: Long-term Outcomes and Benchmarks |
| 45-55 Minutes | Available Resources |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary and Q & A |
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Gayla Guignard
MA CCC-A/SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
Chief Strategy Officer, AG Bell
Gayla Guignard, M.A., CCC-A/SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT has served as AG Bell’s Chief Strategy Officer since September, 2015. Gayla has worked as a direct service provider, clinical audiology and speech-language pathology supervisor, State Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Coordinator, and as the inaugural director of Indiana’s Center for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education (CDHHE). She has served in numerous leadership roles on national committees and work groups. Gayla’s current work is focused on bringing knowledge forward about listening and spoken language and related areas for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. She is deeply interested in systems that serve families and individuals and seeks to be involved in systems change as a way to realize potential and improve outcomes for all individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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Julie Swaim
BA
Julie Swaim's oldest child lost his hearing from meningitis at 10 months old. The last 28 years she has dedicated her time to helping her son communicate, successfully navigate school years and ultimately help other parents and children with hearing loss learn about available resources. She served on the Council of Volunteers and Organizations for Hoosiers with Disabilities (COVOH) and 8 years on the Indiana State Advisory Council for Children with Special Needs focusing on improving services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children who were mainstreamed in their home schools. In 2010 she began working at the Indiana Early Hearing and Detection Intervention(EHDI) program to insure that all Hoosier babies who refer on their newborn hearing screens get the needed follow up to insure their hearing status. She also has been a Bi-lingual Guide By Your Side for Indiana Hands and Voices. Along with her part-time responsibilities for Indiana EHDI Julie is the AG Bell Early Intervention Parent Consultant and helps parents who email or call the AG Bell New Parent Hotline.
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Julie Swaim: Financial: Julie Swaim is a paid consultant for AG Bell. In lieu of an honorarium, AudiologyOnline has made a donation to the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at the presenter's request. Non-financial: Julie Swaim has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Sponsor Disclosure: This course is presented by AudiologyOnline in partnership with the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.
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