Early Intervention: The Missing Link

Researched and signed by Rachel Benedict. Produced by ASLized!

English version is available at http://aslized.org/files/2011/12/EIMissingLinkTranscription.pdf

Second version with audio is available at http://www.youtube.com/aslizedvideos#p/u/0/DYWWXy0wy2w

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• Early Intervention
• hearing loss
• hearing impaired
• disability
• deaf
• Early Childhood Intervention
• Rachel Benedict

[fontnpole]

Rachel, what is your email address so we can contact you regarding local role models for hospitals? We are C. & P.in Austin Texas. Very good job on your research :-)

[aslizedvideos]

@fontnpole Hi! Her email address is Rachel@aslized.org. Thanks!

[jobrennie]

I thought this was a really good video and highlights a definite need. As a hearing mum of a Deaf young person medical interventions in the early years made it very hard to frame my sons Deafness positively - a constant battle is what i remember! For example I renamed hearing tests Deafness Tests - as far as the hospital was concerned he always FAILED his hearing tests but from our point of view my son scored really highly on his Deafness test and got top marks - something we celebrated!

[elcapitano5puyol]

I just would say Rachel Benedict is too beautiful :)

[mshappysharing]

Love it! Thank you so much for your time to do research!

[chsasl]

I showed this video to all of my ASL students, and many were in shock and did not realize what early intervention professionals and hospital staff are doing to parents of deaf babies. I have four Deaf kids myself and for every one of them, nurses always told us, "I'm sorry" and "Your baby failed hearing test." This video is right on point about many things, and it is all about perspective and spreading Deaf awareness in hospitals and the early intervention field, which many work at outreach.

[TheSterlingJOe]

Love how you reframe the jargon in ehdi. I am going to leverage this video with my colleague who is in EHDI field espouse AGB playbooks.

[speakwithjulie]

I love the attitude. It is exactly the atmosphere in which parents need to be immersed. But... there needs to be room, and no judgement, for grieving. I would have felt pretty un-motherly if everyone around me was expecting me to be excited about this lose of an important sense. And how would the new parents communicate with a deaf model at the hospital, a translator? This is exactly the kind of fear that runs through parents minds; that their child wont be able to communicate without aid.

[lkj4986]

This is a great video. I am a teacher of the Deaf & hard of hearing and hope to become involved with early "involvement" (I do like that word better than intervention!). I agree that there really needs to be more Deaf role models present for parents. And not just Deaf signers, but people who use all kinds of communication so parents can see that their child really will have unlimited opportunities.

[caycug1]

What a great attitude to aspire to in all aspects of life!

[AntiChrist29]

Nice vids. It shows how words are important.

[lt120416]

@jessepeggy Those 90% of the Deaf population may have not achieved at Higher Eduaction as due to lack of encouragement and nourishments as well because of the subject due again to fear and nagative information on how to help your deaf child's upbringing!

I am currently studying at Higher Education myself in Cornwall, UK and this video is amazing inspiration to those other Deaf people thoroughout the world and hope this will impact against the negative attitudes.

Luke Taylor