Hands & Voices‘ new website, Off to a Great Start, offers providers and families resources and activities to support the early intervention (EI) journey for families of children who are deaf/hard of hearing. Key resources include:
- Family Support Activities Guide promotes family learning in wellbeing (how you are doing), knowledge (what you need to know), and empowerment (the confidence to get where you are going). It can be used by families and those providing family support.
- 8 Reasons to say YES to Early Intervention for your child who is Deaf/Hard of Hearing(D/HH) illustrates the importance of EI as soon as there is a confirmed diagnosis.
- 5 Reasons to Say YES to Assessments in Early Intervention gives families a vision of their role as their child’s best advocate in those first valuable years in EI and beyond.
- Parent Tip Sheets provide fun, everyday activities to enhance infants’ cognitive, social, emotional, language, pre-literacy, and literacy development. Additional parent tips sheets on Language, Literacy and Social Development are also available.
