Early Intervention Needs and Services What will it take for students who are deaf or hard of hearing to enter kindergarten with age appropriate skills?

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Early Intervention Needs and Services What will
it take for students who are deaf or hard of
hearing to enter kindergarten with age
appropriate skills?

• Summit Conference2008
• Presentation by
• Maryann Swann

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Commitment

• A program committed to facilitating early
  language development and communication between
  children and their families
• A program committed to providing high quality,
  evidence based early childhood education using
  scientific based early childhood assessments,
  curriculum and instructional paradigms
• A program committed to providing high quality
  services to all families (center based and home
  based services)

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EI in the NE Early Intervention in Natural
Environments

• Regional outreach
• Eastern Shore
• Southern Maryland
• Western Maryland
• Central Maryland
• Services are provided in settings where young
  children gain their world knowledge home,
  center based programs at MSD, day care, local
  libraries, playgrounds, and other community
  settings

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Assessment

• Protocol
• Ages and Stages Questionnaire (completed by
  parent)
• Early Learning Accomplishment Profile
• Learning Accomplishment Profile
• MacArthur Bates Communicative Development
  Inventory ( ASL and Spoken English)
• Frenchs Language Scale ( ASL)
• ITMAIS Infant and Toddler Meaningful Auditory
  Integration Scale
• COSF Child Outcome Summary Form ( at entrance
  and exit from Part C)
• Portfolios provide artifacts of early literacy,
  prewriting, and early math skills
• Work Sampling System (Maryland Model for School
  Readiness)

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CurriculumApproved by Maryland State Department
of Education for Infants, Toddlers and Preschool
Age Children

• Guidelines for Healthy Child Development and Care
  for Young Children
• Maryland State Department of Human Resources
  Child Care Administration
• Creative Curriculum
• Teaching Strategies
• Emphasize early foundations in reading, writing,
  math and science
• Spiral into the Maryland Voluntary State
  Curriculum
• Thematic Units and Project Approach

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CollaborationIts not about turf or territory

• Families parents, siblings, grandparents,
  aunts, uncles, neighbors and friends
• Maryland State Department of Education Infant and
  Toddler Program
• Local Infant and Toddler Programs
• Local School Systems
• Early Head Start and Head Start
• Childcare Centers and private child care
  providers
• Public and Private agencies
• Cochlear Implant Center teams

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Deaf Mentors

• Provide home visits to support children and their
  families in achieving their outcomes and
  developing linguistic competency
• Provide information and connections for families
  with the Deaf community
• Facilitate regional and center based parent
  support groups

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Staff

• Master level teachers certified by the Maryland
  State Department of Education and the Council on
  the Education of the Deaf
• Presenters and participants at state and national
  conferences related to early childhood
  education, early intervention and family focused
  practices
• Participants in the Maryland State Department of
  Education Infant and Toddler Program Suitable
  Qualifications System
• Participants in Electronic Learning Community
  Early Childhood Gateway http//www.mdecgateway.or
  g

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Contact Information

• Maryann C. Swann
• Director
• Family Education and Early Childhood Department
• Maryland School for the Deaf
• Maryann.Swann_at_msd.edu
• 410-480-4545
• For information about MSD please go to
• www.msd.edu