FL3 Office Hours - Registration
Please assign one Parent or D/HH Leader per program to attend and bring back information.
Captioning will be provided. For other access needs, please register 1 week prior to the date and indicate your needs.
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FL3 Office Hours: What Constitutes Robust Family Engagement in a State/Territory?
July 23rd, 2026 6 pm - 7 pm MT
Description of Event
Family engagement is widely recognized as an essential component of effective EHDI systems, but what does “healthy” or meaningful engagement actually look like in practice? Participants will reflect on indicators of strong family-to-family support, system integration, equity, responsiveness, and continuous improvement. We will discuss indicators explored from a research project in 2023 designed to assess certain characteristics of family-based organizations and parent engagement in each state. This conversation is designed to gather perspectives, identify emerging themes, and explore what quality family engagement could look like across diverse EHDI systems and communities. FL3 Office Hours is intended for both EHDI program staff and family leaders.
Presenter
Janet DesGeorges, Exec. Dir. H&V HQ
Janet DesGeorges is the Executive Director of Hands & Voices Headquarters and the P.I. for the FL3 Center. Janet has presented to groups worldwide about the experiences of families as they journey through life with a child with deafness or hearing loss. Ms. DesGeorges received a program certificate from the MCH Public Health Leadership Institute in 2011 at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. As an EHDI Systems advocate, Janet believes in the principles and guiding philosophies of Hands & Voices towards a parent-driven, professionally collaborative approach when supporting families in the early years. Her areas of interest include Leadership Development for parents who participate in systemic improvement; Deaf Education Reform and Improvement; Children’s Safety and Success(preventing child abuse and neglect); Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Systems; and Parent/Professional partnerships in Quality Improvement processes.