Early Intervention: The Missing Link
Researched and signed by Rachel Benedict. Produced by ASLized!
English version is also available here.
British Sign Language is available here.
American Society for Deaf Children
Hands & Voices
National Association of the Deaf
EHDI by State
Benedict, B. (2010, July). Early intervention needs your involvement. Presentation given at National Association of the Deaf Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Hintermair, M. (2000). Hearing impairment, social networks, and coping: the need for families with hearing-impaired children to relate to other parents and to hearing-impaired adults. American Annals of the Deaf, 145(1), 41-54.
Sass-Lehrer, M. (2008, Mar.). Early Intervention for children Birth to 3: Families, Communities, & Communication. EHDI eBook Chapter 7.
9 Responses and Counting
Some credit is due to Dr. Jackie Mendelsohn (she has since re-married and I forgot what her new last name is…)
In 1991, Dr. Jackie gave a keynote speech at the IMPACT conference here in Fremont, CA and it was she who coined these words – identified rather than diagnosed and involvement rather than intervention. I have used her terms in my Deaf Culture class, etc.
Job well done, Rachel Benedict!!
AWESOME,WOW, POSITIVE THINKING. It is about time keep up good work I love it. I will spread the words for you.
Congrats, Rachel. How can we help to make this video become an integral part of postgraduate medical training in all of the U.S. medical schools? Does it have voiceover? Should be open for public viewing nationwide!
Excellent Video. Am sharing it!
This is an EXCELLENT presentation. WOW!!! How I wish I had had this when I first learned my child was deaf at age 11 months back 35 years ago! Fantastic! Bravo! My grandchild is deaf also but implanted with two CIs. So many problems over identity issues because of hearing family NOT wanting to acknowledge the child needs a deaf identity too. This was so excellent.
We got the same “Failed” hearing screening test for our oldest son… my husband Thomas gave the doctor/audiologist/specialist/whatever The Talk about using “failed”. The response we got was that she understood (hmph) but the system or lingo requires her to document as Pass or Fail. Yes, I agree this should be introduced in medical schools and any school for professionals in the field of audiology, even update equipment software and hardware to do away with “Pass/Fail”!
I LOVED the video, how you presented the info and the graphics was fascinating. Great job!
I will share this with Calif. Dept of Ed Advisory Commission for Deaf Education. We are developing new E-guidebook/resources for parents. This is the positive approach we must take on, something that should have been done long ago. I would love to see more deaf professionals working in the EHDI field especially as the state director of EHDI … Here is the link: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hearingloss/ehdi-contacts.html
What kind of statement would we make to the parents when they see deaf professional in this kind of leadership role? Thank you for making this video.
Great video. It is important to keep expectations high for deaf children! They can do anything they set their mind to. I have 2 deaf sons, both very accomplished. Both went to college and one just got his MBA!
This is fantastic Rachel. I am going to share this with everyone. Keep it coming, more please (smile).