Michelle Graham & Lindy Powell Discuss iHear & Serving Children with Hearing Loss

Michelle Graham, M.S., CED, LSLS. AVED is the Executive Director of iHear and St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf - St. Louis and an experienced Listening and Spoken Language Specialist in the field of Deaf Education. She earned a BS in Communication Disorders and an MS in Speech/Hearing from Washington University. Michelle maintains certifications in Deaf/Hearing Impaired in several states and Missouri certification in Early Childhood Special Education and Cross Categorical Disabilities: Mild/Moderate. Michelle’s expertise encompasses teaching in reading resource and classroom settings, provision of speech and language services to children with cross categorical diagnoses, early intervention family-centered sessions, and internet therapy sessions with families and school districts.

Lindy Powell is the Executive Director at St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf – Indiana. She previously served as the Director of Education at the Texas Hearing Institute (formerly The Center for Hearing and Speech) in Houston, TX and as adjunct faculty for the Deaf Education and Hearing Sciences (DEHS) program at UT Health San Antonio. She has a bachelor’s degree in Deaf Education and Special Education from Ball State University and a master’s degree in Reading Development from University of St. Thomas Houston. Lindy holds teaching certifications in Deaf Education and English as a Second Language and has presented nationally on the topics of early intervention and preschool inclusion.   You can listen to this episode wherever you stream podcasts and at www.3cdigitalmedianetwork.com/telepractice-today-podcast