Hailey Gilbert

About Hailey Gilbert

As a teacher of the deaf at Mama Lere Hearing School located within VUMC, I have the opportunity to work with families whose children are deaf or hard of hearing. Throughout my career, I have worked with ages birth to 18 years old. Currently I coach parents on how to best teach their children to communicate using listening and spoken language strategies in the the “Toddler Talk” program. I am based in the toddler classroom with ages 18 months to 3 years old. In collaboration with the child\'s medical team, I help parents choose which device will best suit the family. With the academic knowledge that I\'ve gained from my Master\'s degree at Washington University School of Medicine and from continuing education courses I am able to serve the families on my caseload using evidence-based practices. I look forward to many more years of teaching children who are deaf or hard of hearing to listen and talk!

Experience

1. Teacher of the Deaf Ii Toddler Program

   Vanderbilt University Medical Center

   Jul 2021 — Present

   Plans and implements daily lessons, utilizing listening and spoken language strategies/techniques for 12 toddler-aged students. • Conducts theme-based group therapy sessions founded on language, speech, audition, cognition, literacy, and academic skills. • Collaborates with audiological professionals through requesting reports, informing classroom observations/Ling sound data and family concerns, and attending audiology appointments when deemed necessary by the child’s team.• Monitors students’ developmental progress via daily & weekly data collection of language samples based on the goals of their session(s), observations in a variety of settings, reports from other professionals and/or parents for collaboration meetings.• Lead facilitator of the Toddler Talk program to provide support, education, and parent coaching to families of deaf and hard of hearing children. • Follows current research and new information in the field of early childhood development and audiology, specifically as it relates to early brain development research, parenting and caregiving, aural habilitation, and language and speech facilitation.• Special Projects: Book Drive, Early Development Vocabulary Book, VUMC Parent Portal

Education

• Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

  Master's degree, Deaf Studies

  2016 — 2018

• Longwood University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Communication Sciences and Disorders, General

  2012 — 2016