BCHD Conferences

• All Hands on Deck: Promoting Family Involvement in Early Intervention for Children with Hearing Loss

  Theme:Children with hearing loss are at high risk for poor developmental outcomes if they do not receive timely and equitable support for habilitation from their family. The overall aim of this conference is to improve early intervention for children with hearing loss by addressing providers’ ability to coach and empower families to hold a greater role in their children’s care.
  
  When: August 23, 2019

  Family-centered early intervention: Realizing our potential
  Mary Pat Moeller, Ph.D.
  Keynote Lecture
  
  Language underperformance in children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing: How to recognize it and what to do about it
  Jareen K. Meinzen-Derr, Ph.D., MPH, FACE
  Lecture
  
  Supporting family engagement in early intervention: Empowering families through strength based services
  Karen Hopkins, M.Ed., CAGS
  Lecture

• New Directions in Early Intervention for Children with Hearing Loss

  When: February 17th, 2017

  Recommended practices for family-centered early intervention with families who have infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard of hearing
  Dr. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano
  Keynote Lecture

  Parent views on loss to newborn hearing screening follow-up and strategies to engage families in the diagnostic process
  Dr. Lisa Hunter
  Lecture

  Connecting to Communicate: Serving Children with Hearing Loss and Their Families through Telepractice
  Dr. K. Todd Houston
  Lecture