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Engaging Parents in System Design to Reduce Loss to Follow-Up

Center:

VA-Partnership for People with Disabilities, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2018

Contact Information:

Dana Yarbrough
[email protected]
804-828-0352

Product Description:

This article provides an overview of Virginias 1-3-6 Family Educator Project involving the induction and integration of parents of children who are deaf/hard of hearing as leaders in systems change, and the investment of Virginias Early Hearing Detection & Intervention program in the project. The article describes the role of the 1-3-6 Family Educators and their success in collaborating with audiologists and hospitals, helping parents get timelier rescreenings of infants who did not pass the newborn hearing screening, and providing peer-to-peer support to parents. Details are provided about the 1-3-6 Family Educator Project to allow other states to consider replicating Virginia's efforts to empower and support parents as an integral part of system change

Keyword(s):

EHDI, Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Family Involvement, Family Support, Leadership

Product/Publication Type(s):

Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals submitted

Target Audience:

Consumers/Families, Professionals

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