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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:

2019

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 or 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):

Family Engagement, Deaf/Hard of Hearing, EHDI, Newborn Hearing Screening

Product/Publication Type(s):

Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals Published/In Press

Target Audience:

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Policymakers

Alternative Format:

To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/jehdi/vol3/iss2/3/

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