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Follow on Google News | St. Christopher’s Social Worker Receives Impactful GrantKate Sachs, MSW, LSW, announced as recipient of “Children with Special Health Care Needs Community Activity Grant” from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health
According to a statement Sachs provided in her grant proposal, there are nearly 20 million deaf and hard of hearing individuals in America. About 250,000 to 500,000 of these individuals use American Sign Language.* Sachs adds that about 90 percent of deaf children are born to hearing parents, 88 percent of whom do not learn to communicate effectively with their children. “When parents are unable to communicate adequately with their deaf children, it creates significant implications for the families’ ability to impart necessary health-related information to their child or to appropriately advocate for their deaf or hard of hearing child’ To address this, the grants funds are being used to create a streamlined program for these patients in the Center for Children with Special Health Care Needs, which includes: · Cultural sensitivity training for clinic staff · Basic American Sign Language courses for staff · Creation of improved workflow/documentation procedures for interpreter requests and patient accommodations · Parent education resources · Deaf and hard of hearing clinic “toolkits,” · Adaptations/ “Research shows that a streamlined program with best practice guidelines and accommodations for serving deaf and hard of hearing patients will help promote improved patient care, patient satisfaction, and positive health outcomes. As a primary care office for children with special needs, we feel we are perfectly situated to take the lead in becoming a role model to the hospital and the larger Philadelphia community,” says Sachs. “Implementing this pilot program is incredibly exciting, and we are already seeing a positive impact within our clinic. Our overall goal is that this can also be introduced throughout all of St. Christopher’ End
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