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Deaf is Different: Unique Implications for EHDI Systems Leeanne Seaver, M.A. Janet DesGeorges Hands & Voices Marion Downs Center.

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1 Deaf is Different: Unique Implications for EHDI Systems Leeanne Seaver, M.A. Janet DesGeorges Hands & Voices Marion Downs Center

2 Unique considerations Different from Whom? – Other disability categories; other ‘medical’ conditions – The communication factor The Systems that serve us – Health, Law, Education – Screening, Identification, Early Intervention Beyond the Clinical… – Societal, cultural, family

3 Health Systems Once “medical conditions/treatments” are ruled out or implemented – it no longer fits in the ‘medical’ category in families’ minds – Genetics The ‘automatic assumption’ it should be done The ‘Timing’ factor – Medical Home As “Hub” of information What medical professional holds the most area of expertise in hearing loss? Sensitivity to the complexity of the decisions parents make

4 Early Intervention – Early Intervention Choosing Sound Specialized knowledge and skills – Generic vs. Hearing loss specific – Areas of specialty within deafness By communication mode By professional Degree (Early Childhood, Deaf Education, Audiology, Speech, Language Pathology Consumers/Parents

5 Part C of the IDEA Navigating Part C’s generic based system – Identification/Eligibility State to state criteria – Natural Environments/LRE Reauthorized language in IDEA 2004 Least Restrictive Environment vs. Language Rich Environment – Transition to a ‘deficits’ based system EHDI systems need to advocate with families going into the ‘next’ system

6 Beyond the Clinical… Cultural/Societal – Language, culture, and community – History, literature, heroes, Accolades, political capital Family – Steep hike up the learning curve – The need for information from a lot of sources – Impact on the Family

7 Hands & Voices National Leeanne Seaver, M.A., Executive Director Janet DesGeorges, Director of Outreach PO Box 371926 Denver, CO 80237 1-866-422-0422 toll free 1-303-300-9763 (in Colorado) parentadvocate@handsandvoices.org www.handsandvoices.org

8 Hands & Voices and the Marion Downs Center Partnership "The information provided in this material was supported by Grant/Cooperative Agreement Number UR3/CCU824219 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC."


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