May 13, 2008
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Parents Met
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM:
Invited Guest Speaker:
Martha A. deHahn and other staff at the Department of Public Health started the Newborn Hearing Screening Program in Massachusetts and she worked there for over 7 years as a Parent Outreach Specialist. She was responsible for contacting families when they learned their child had a hearing loss. She connected the families to Early Intervention, other specialty service providers, other parents of children with hearing loss and notified them of resources in Massachusetts and nationally. She remains active with the CDC/Early Hearing Detection and Intervention conference calls with Family Issues and is the Co-Chair of the Parent to Parent Committee. Recently she left the Department of Public Health to work at Clarke School for the Deaf as the Director of Program Information and Outreach. Both of Martha’s children were born profoundly deaf and attended Clarke School but are now mainstreamed. She and her husband were introduced to Clarke School over 15 years ago and have used many of their services.