Supporting the NC EHDI Program: A Team Approach Joni Alberg, BEGINNINGS Jill Sheets, NC EHDI Program March 4, 2005 National EHDI Conference, Atlanta, GA

EHDI in North Carolina

Primary Agencies NC Newborn Hearing Screening Program BEGINNINGS For Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc. NC Early Intervention Program for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing NC Children’s Developmental Services Agencies (18)

GASTON CHEROKEE SWAIN MACON GRAHAM CLAY JACKSON HAYWOOD HENDERSON TRANSYLVANIA POLK RUTHERFORD BUNCOMBE YANCEY MADISON MITCHELL AVERY CLEVELAND LINCOLN CATAWBA BURKE MECKLENBURG UNION CABARRUS ROWAN IREDELL STANLY DAVIDSON MONTGOMERY RANDOLPH MOORE ANSON RICHMOND HOKE CHATHAM LEE HARNETT CUMBERLAND ROBESON SCOTLAND BLADEN SAMPSON COLUMBUS BRUNSWICK NEW HANOVER PENDER ALAMANCE ORANGE DURHAM CASWELL PERSON GRANVILLE VANCE WARREN FRANKLIN WAKE NASH JOHNSTON WAYNE DUPLIN GREENE LENOIR PITT JONES ONSLOW CARTERET PAMLICO BEAUFORT CRAVEN HYDE DARE TYRELL WASHINGTON BERTIE MARTIN PASQUOTANK HERTFORD CHOWAN CAMDEN PERQUIMANS CURRITUCK NORTHAMPTON GATES HALIFAX EDGECOMBE ROCKINGHAM STOKES SURRY FORSYTH GUILFORD YADKIN DAVIE ASHE WATAUGA WILKES ALLEGHANY CALDWELL ALEXANDER McDowell WILSON Child Health Audiology Consultants North Carolina Division of Public Health GASTON Susan Cook, M.S., CCC-A Office: (919) Fax: (919) Cell: (919) Marcia Fort, Au.D., CCC-A Office: (910) Fax: (910) Cell: (910) Debby McDowall, M.A., CCC-A Office: (919) Fax: (919) Cell: (919) Jerry Ramsey, M.Ed., Ed.S., CCC-A Office: (336) Fax: (336) Cell: (336) Jill Sheets, M.A., CCC-A Office: (336) Fax: (336) Cell: (336) Charlotte Destino, M.A., CCC-A Office: (828) Fax: (828) Cell: (828)

GASTON CHEROKEE SWAIN MACON GRAHAM CLAY JACKSON HAYWOOD HENDERSON TRANSYLVANIA POLK RUTHERFORD BUNCOMBE YANCEY MADISON MITCHELL AVERY CLEVELAND LINCOLN CATAWBA BURKE MECKLENBURG UNION CABARRUS ROWAN IREDELL STANLY DAVIDSON MONTGOMERY RANDOLPH MOORE ANSON RICHMOND HOKE CHATHAM LEE HARNETT CUMBERLAND ROBESON SCOTLAND BLADEN SAMPSON COLUMBUS BRUNSWICK NEW HANOVER PENDER ALAMANCE ORANGE DURHAM CASWELL PERSON GRANVILLE VANCE WARREN FRANKLIN WAKE NASH JOHNSTON WAYNE DUPLIN GREENE LENOIR PITT JONES ONSLOW CARTERET PAMLICO BEAUFORT CRAVEN HYDE DARE TYRELL WASHINGTON BERTIE MARTIN PASQUOTANK HERTFORD CHOWAN CAMDEN PERQUIMANS CURRITUCK NORTHAMPTON GATES HALIFAX EDGECOMBE ROCKINGHAM STOKES SURRY FORSYTH GUILFORD YADKIN DAVIE ASHE WATAUGA WILKES ALLEGHANY CALDWELL ALEXANDER McDowell WILSON Child Health Speech/Language Consultants North Carolina Division of Public Health GASTON Helen Baum Office: (252) Fax: (252) Cell: (252) Tammy Crocker Office: (336) Fax: (336) Cell: (336) Jason Guetgemann Office: (919) Fax: (919) Cell: (919) Barbara Tucker Office: (336) Fax: (336) Cell: (336) Chuck Schlein Office: (828) Fax: (828) Cell: (828) Vacant (Contact Chuck Schlein) Kathy Gogarty-Gajan Office: (919) Fax: (919) Cell: (919) Linda Bowen Office: (252) Fax: (252) Cell: (252)

As of 12/31/03 COUNTIES 1 PASQUOTANK 2 PERQUIMANS BEGINNINGS For Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc. Location of Families Served FY05 July 1, 2004 – June 30, Families Located in 68 of 100 Counties As of 1/31/05 CHEROKEE MACON GRAHAM HAY- WOOD RUTHER- FORD BUN- COMBE YAN- CEY MADISON MITCHELL CLEVELAND LINCOL N CATAWBA BURKE MECKLEN- BURG UNION CABARRUS ROWAN IREDELL STANLY DAVID- SON MONT- GOMERY RANDOLPH MOORE ANSON RICH- MOND HOKE CHATHAM HARNETT CUMBER- LAND ROBESON BLADEN SAMPSON COLUMBUS BRUNSWICK NEW HANOVER PENDER ORANGE DURHAM PERSON GRANVILLE VANCE FRANKLIN WAKE NASH JOHNSTON WAYNE DUPLIN GREENE LENOIR PITT JONES ONSLOW CARTERET CRAVEN HYDE WASH- INGTON BERTIE MARTIN CURRITUCK NORTH- AMPTON HALIFAX EDGE- COMBE ROCKING- HAM STOKES SURRY FORSYTH GUILFORD DAVIE ASHE WATAUGA ALLE- GHANY CALDWELL ALEX- ANDER McDOWELL WILSON AVER Y CASWELL WARREN YADKIN TYRELL DARE SWAIN JACKSON POLK SCOTLAND PAMLICO BEAUFORT CAMDEN GATE S HERT- FORD 1 CHOWAN 2 CLAY TRAN- SYLVANIA HENDER- SON ALAMANCE GASTON LEE WILKES

In the beginning there was… Early Intervention Programs for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing & BEGINNINGS For Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc.

Quarterly face-to- face meetings & monthly family log exchange.

Along came UNHS… Early Intervention Programs for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing; BEGINNINGS For Parents of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Inc.; AND Newborn Hearing Screening Child Health Audiology Consultants

Quarterly face-to-face meetings and bi-weekly family log exchange.

What is this log, you ask???

Each agency updates and returns the original document to the sending agency...

… thereby reducing the number of families who are lost to follow-up.

Confidentiality Considerations