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Family-Centered Early Intervention Deaf/Hard of Hearing (FCEI-DHH): guiding values

Mary Pat Moeller, Amy Szarkowski*, Elaine Gale, Trudy Smith, Bianca C. Birdsey, Sheila T. F. Moodie, Gwen Carr, Arlene Stredler-Brown, Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, FCEI-DHH International Consensus Panel‡, Daniel Holzinger

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This article is the second of eight articles in this special issue on Family-Centered Early Intervention (FCEI) for children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) and their families, or FCEI-DHH. Five foundational values that guide FCEI-DHH are described, providing an evidence-informed, conceptual context for the 10 FCEI-DHH Principles and other articles presented in this issue. These values are applicable for Early Intervention (EI) Providers and other professionals on FCEI teams, as well as for FCEI-DHH programs/services and systems. The five key values include (1) being family-centered, (2) responding to diversity, (3) involving invested parties, especially families and individuals who are DHH, (4) supporting holistic child development, and (5) ensuring fundamental human rights. These evidence-informed values are considered essential to the effective provision of FCEI-DHH supports.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)SI8-SI26a
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
Volume29
Issue numberSI
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2024
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

A correction has been published: The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, Volume 29, Issue 3, July 2024, Page 442, https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enae014

Keywords

  • family-centered
  • early intervention
  • deaf
  • hard of hearing
  • guiding principles
  • values
  • consensus

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