Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Family Support Project
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Overview
Grow parent leadership through implementation of a 1-3-6 family educator model that supports EHDI goals and activities for infants diagnosed as deaf/hard of hearing including parents trained to conduct site visits to newborn hearing screening teams, audiologists, and early intervention providers to affect systems change.
Major Activities
- Provide 1:1 emotional and informational support to parents just learning of their child’s hearing loss
- Build the leadership of parents to support the EHDI program’s site visits, learning communities, and advisory committee
- Maintain products for families
Target Audience
- Families of children birth to age 3 whose child is or is a risk of being deaf/hard of hearing
- Newborn hospital screeners
- EI providers
- Audiologists
Funding Source
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Virginia Department of Health (VDH)
Contact
Dana Yarbrough
Email: dvyarbrough@vcu.edu
Irene Schmalz
Email: ischmalz@vcu.edu