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The Early Support Monitoring Protocol: used to support positive multi-disciplinary working with families
Mary Kean, NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
Abstract
Professional practitioners need to bring their expertise and understanding of audiology, speech acoustics and language analysis when supporting families and subsequently sharing that information with all other agencies involved in supporting the child and family. “Families need to be able to draw on the skills, knowledge and understanding of early year’s practitioners with a detailed knowledge of childhood development and the impact of hearing loss as they use it.” (DfE, 2011)
The Early Support Monitoring Protocol is intended to support family’s discussion with the professionals relating to how their child is progressing, their particular strengths and needs, and how to promote development. The Monitoring Protocol and associated materials can help explain a deaf child’s current level of functioning in relation to key aspects of communication, language, attending, listening and vocalisation.
This presentation will examine how the collective involvement in the use of the Monitoring Protocol can support families and the professionals working with them to follow “the same path to achieve a common goal” (DfES, 2006, p.4).
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References
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CaringForSomeone/CaringForADisabledChild/DG_...
http://www.education.gov.uk/search/results?q=Monitoring+protocol+for+dea...
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