1. Working with the Medical Community Specific to Identification Practices of Infants and Toddlers with Sensory Impairments
Tanni L. Anthony & Gina Quintana
Colorado Services to Children and Youth with
Combined Vision and Hearing Loss Project

2. Partnership with EI Entities
Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind
- Colorado Home Intervention Program
- Infant / Toddler Program for BVI
Anchor Center for Blind Children

3. Colorado Home Intervention Program
Infant Newborn Hearing Screening
Two Tiered Screening Process
Regular meetings with pediatric audiologists tied to hospitals with Infant Newborn Hearing Screen
Training and support protocols to midwives through Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment

4. Anchor Center for Blind Children
Work with pediatric ophthalmologists
Work with Children’s Hospital – offering internships to pediatricians seeking developmental training
Monthly evals / consults with low vision optometrist
Monthly evals / consults with pediatric ophthalmologist

5. DB Project Specific Work
Steady ID of our infants and toddlers – currently 20 identified
Quarterly meetings with Anchor / CHIP – coordination of census protocol, training and support needs.
Work tied to standard eye report forms for eligibility
Work with medical community on updating vision and hearing protocols and training for very young children.
Statewide vision and hearing screening training with referral protocols to medical community