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EHDI Conference

This conference presentation discusses the changes in enrollment, diversity, and knowledge base in Rhode Island's EHDI project. It explores the family perspectives, outcomes, and mediators, as well as the impact on communication growth and child outcomes. The research design includes case studies and highlights the importance of linking research to practice.

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EHDI Conference

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  1. EHDI Conference Linking Practice to Research Rhode Island’s EHDI Project to Improve Services to Families Mary Jane Johnson, M.Ed. Deborah Topol, B.A. March 3, 2005

  2. How Things Have Changed • Enrollment Many more families • Diversity All types of hearing loss • Expanded Knowledge Base • Newborns • Technology • Additional disabilities

  3. Family Guidance Enrollment

  4. Diversity in Audiological Status

  5. Our Research Design Family Perspectives Family Outcomes Mediators Study Groups • Family Support • Positive Experiences • Sensitivity/Communicative Effectiveness • Impact on Family • Families of children with HL identified at birth • Sense of Empowerment • Perceived Support/ • Positive Experiences • Sensitivity/ • Communicative Effectiveness Communication Growth Child Outcomes

  6. Assessments at 6, 12 & 18 mos. • Family Support Scale (Dunst et al) • Family Resource Scale (Dunst & Leet) • Impact on the Family (Stein & Reissman) • Parenting Stress Index (Abidin) • Impact of Childhood HL on Family (Meadow-Orlans) • Family Empowerment Scale (Koren et al) • Parent Child Interaction Scales (Farran et al) • Communicative Development Inventory (MacArthur)

  7. Our Research Design Hypothesis Primary caregivers who report higher levels of empowerment and support will have higher ratings of communicative effectiveness with their child and more optimal language outcomes.

  8. 2 Case Studies at 6, 12 and 18mos. • Preliminary Trends in: • Sense of Empowerment • Perceived Support/Positive Experiences • Sensitivity/Communicative Effectiveness • Impact on Family • Rate of Child Communication Growth

  9. Case Studies • Optimal Outcomes between 6 and 18 mos. • Rising Sense of Empowerment • More Perceived Support/Positive Experiences • More Sensitivity and Communicative Effectiveness • Decrease of Impact on Family • Steady Rate of Communication Growth

  10. What we are finding from 6 to 18 mos. • Family Case Study #1 • Declining Sense of Empowerment • Same Perceived Support/Positive Experiences • Increased Stress

  11. What we are finding from 6 to 18 mos. • Family Case Study #1 (cont.) • Increase of Impact on Family • Increase in Sensitivity • Increase in Verbal involvement responsiveness • Decrease in Control and Intrusiveness • Slow Rate of Communication Growth

  12. What we are finding from 6 to 18 mos. • Family Case Study #2 • Declining Sense of Empowerment • Same Perceived Support/Positive Experiences • Increased Stress • Increase of Impact on Family

  13. What we are finding from 6 to 18 mos. • Case Study #2 (cont.) • Increase in Sensitivity • Increase in Verbal involvement responsiveness • Decrease in Control and Intrusiveness • Accelerated Rate of Communication Growth

  14. Linking Research to Practice Case studies, like home visits do not always follow expected directions. “Our team originally set out on a quest for a neat formula that would predict child [and family] needs. Instead members gained a healthy respect for the dynamic nature of development.” Mary Pat Moeller

  15. Refining Our Model Family Outcomes Mediators Study Groups • Well-timed, continuous Supportive Services • Positive Experiences and Positive Outlook • Sensitivity that changes with child’s communicative • needs • Diverse families of children with diverse degrees of HL and additional needs identified at birth • Sense of Empowerment • Communicative Connection with Child • Positive Adaptations Communication Growth Child Outcomes

  16. Linking Research to Practice • There are no simple models that describe individual families • Certain mediators may be more important at different “critical periods” in early development and family adaptation to a child with HL • We need to develop more sensitive tools if we are to identify these critical periods for families • Supports and interventions need to be more targeted and intense during these times • Research cannot end at age 3

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