EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
3/03/2021 | 3:40 PM - 4:00 PM | Family-Centered Intervention: The Sibling Perspective | Topical Breakout
Family-Centered Intervention: The Sibling Perspective
Family-centered intervention is an evidence-based approach to ensure that families/ caregivers are empowered to help their children achieve their full potential. The focus of family-centered intervention is often on the parents and caregivers - those who can take an active role in promoting communication development.
The diagnosis of a child’s hearing loss leads to many actions, reactions, and emotions within a family. Parents and caregivers have been the focus of most of the counseling and intervention that follows this diagnosis. However, in many instances, siblings who are also impacted by this diagnosis of hearing loss receive little to no support. This presentation will feature four professionals who are also siblings of adults who are deaf and hard of hearing.
The primary objective of this presentation is to share the sibling perspective related to the intervention process, from a personal as well as a professional point of view. Two panelists grew up in small towns in the USA, one in India, and one in Argentina. Through a series of questions, each panelist will share their personal and professional journeys, how having a sibling who is DHH impacted them as a child, how it has impacted their practice, and what advice they have for families and professionals in the EHDI system.
- Participants will describe the perspectives of siblings of individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing
- Participants will identify the potential needs of siblings of children who are deaf and hard of hearing
- Participants will create an action plan to support siblings within their practice
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Presenters/Authors
Uma Soman
(), Listening Together, uma.soman@listeningtogether.com;
Uma Soman, PhD, LSLS Cert AVEd. is an educator of students who are deaf and hard of hearing. She is the Co-Founder and Director of Programs at Listening Together, a nonprofit organization that advances the education and rehabilitation of children who are deaf or hard of hearing through parent empowerment, professional development, and public awareness around the world. She teaches online courses related to development of listening and spoken language in children who are deaf and hard of hearing to professionals around the world. She also trains and mentors teachers and therapists pursuing LSL Specialist certification. Additionally, Dr. Soman is an Assistant Professor at Fontbonne University. She has served on the board of OPTION Schools and AGBell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language.
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Amanda Dunaway
(), Washington University, adunaway@wustl.edu;
Amanda Dunaway, M.S.D.E., LSLS Cert AVEd., is currently a graduate student in the Program for Audiology and Communication Sciences at Washington University where she serves as the Field and Clinical Coordinator for the Deaf Education graduate program. She served ten years as a teacher of the deaf at CID- Central Institute for the Deaf before pivoting to her current role as Instructional Facilitator in the Virginia J. Browning Primary School. Ms. Dunaway is the founder of the Math Lab STL- a summer camp program designed to foster exploration and creativity in mathematics for children who are deaf/hard of hearing. She teaches courses on math instruction at Fontbonne University and Washington University.
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Juliana Gebhardt
(), Escuchar Sin Limites, julianagebhardt@hotmail.com;
Originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Juliana is a speech Language pathologist and deaf educator. She is the Co-Founder of Escuchar Sin Límites, a nonprofit organization that translates and shares information related to evidence based practices in auditory verbal intervention. She has an active practice serving Spanish speaking families via teletherapy and in their homes. She is currently pursuing the Listening and Spoken Language Specialist Certification.
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Holly Riegel
(), Carle Foundation Hospital, holly.riegel@carle.com;
Holly Riegel, M.S. CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVEd is a Speech-Language Pathologist at the Carle Expanding Children’s Hearing Opportunities (ECHO) Program in Urbana, IL. She is a graduate of Elmhurst College – Bachelors of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology (2005) and of Nazareth College of Rochester – Masters of Science in Communication Disorders (2007). Holly has been a certified Early Intervention Specialist and Evaluator for the state of IL since 2007 and a certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialist Auditory-Verbal Educator since 2016. As a member of the interdisciplinary team at ECHO, she provides early intervention services to children with hearing loss and their families in home and center settings.
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