Ms Trudy Smith1
1Nextsense Institute, , Australia
Biography:
Trudy Smith is Manager of Continuing Professional Education at NextSense Institute and Adjunct Lecturer at Macquarie University. Trudy held appointments as a classroom and itinerant teacher, and an appointment in executive management of educational services for children with sensory disabilities in Queensland. Trudy is a LSLS Cert AVT and has extensive experience in telepractice and remote services. She has also worked as a global rehabilitation manager for MED-EL, providing training and coaching for teachers, therapists and families around the world. She is a member of the Family Centred Early Intervention International Executive Committee, the AG Bell Academy Global Matters Committee.
Abstract
The Family Centred Early Intervention: DHH Principles were updated over a 3 year process to include the perspectives of families and deaf leaders, to update the research basis of recommendations, and ensure broader international representation. The 2024 Principles have been restructured across 10 Principles across three categories: Foundation, Support, and Structure. They provide activities for early intervention providers, behaviours and outcome recommendations for families and caregivers, and strategies for organisations and systems to implement to ensure true family centred early intervention.
This presentation will provide a brief overview of the updated Principles, and an explicit discussion about the activities that promote, uphold and enhance the newborn hearing screening pathways in Australia.