How to Advocate for Educational Audiology When the Service Does Not Exist
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What happens when a student who is deaf or hard of hearing does not have an educational audiologist on their educational team? Join me in this episode with Dr. Kym Meyer as she shares how her grassroots efforts have grown to provide the IDEA related services to multiple districts across Massachusetts. She received her undergraduate degree in communication disorders and education and her master’s degree in audiology from Gallaudet University. In 1994 she obtained an educational audiology position at the Learning Center for the Deaf in Mass. In 2001, she started what is now known as the Public School Partnerships which provides statewide educational audiology services in 80 school districts. Dr. Kym Meyer recently received her PhD in special education policy from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a focus on how to expand educational audiology services across the United States. Dr. Kym Meyer continues to utilize her research and professional knowledge in supporting students, parents, and professionals through her work at the university, state, and national levels.
Please check out the resources mentioned in this podcast!
https://www.wrightslaw.com/info/rel.svcs.ed.aud.meyer.htm
https://www.audiologyonline.com/audiology-ceus/course/to-advocate-for-educational-audiology-33424
https://www.edaud.org/position-stat/15-position-02-18.pdf
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Twitter handle is @KymPMeyer
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