Beginnings SC (July 2014)
Published on Nov 18, 2015
Providing compassionate, professional expertise to support parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Every year in SC, 80 babies are born with a permanent hearing loss.
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14 out of every 100 school-age children have a hearing loss- potentially causing cognitive and educational delays.
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Beginnings SC
Compassionate, Professional Expertise to Support Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
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"Thanks for all your help! I feel like a weight has been lifted." -Michelle (parent)
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"Your involvement has been invaluable to our family in educating the school about exactly what he needs to succeed." -Kim (parent)
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"The fact that SC Beginnings is now here in SC and up and running is HUGE."
-Gina Crosby-Quinatoa, USC Speech and Hearing Center
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"I am so glad you all are in SC. I cannot tell you the relief I felt knowing there was an advocate available to call on when I felt cornered."
-Lisa (parent)
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"Today was the first time in 7 years the [school-district] actually listened!" (after an IEP meeting) Dallas- (parent)
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"I am just very hopeful that this will grow as fast as the need is!"
-Mary Ann Matthews, First Steps
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"Thanks for all you are doing for our students (and their families)!"
-Linda Kemp, SC Dept. of Education
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"We so desperately need your help with these kids." -Meredith Holcomb, AuD. MUSC Pediatric Audiology
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"Funding your work is also a huge need to make this something families who need it can count on."
-Rosemary L. Wilson, LMSW
Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative
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"I was getting teary eyed just thinking how kids will be able to get early services that [she] did not get."
-Virginia (parent)
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Beginnings SC
Guiding parents and professionals to find the answers to "What now?!"
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Beginnings SC
-Parent Counseling and Guidance
-Training and consultation for professionals
-Public education and advocacy
-Cost-effective hearing screenings for children
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