Free Online WebinarLearn how Georgia is Reducing Barriers to Care to Improve Literacy Outcomes
Oct. 14, 2025 | 1 pm ET
In Georgia, innovative and collaborative solutions are helping children who are deaf or hard of hearing overcome barriers to care as part of a state-wide initiative to address literacy outcomes.
To help ensure all third-grade students reach a third-grade reading level, new initiatives are being introduced to bridge key gaps in early hearing screenings, audiology services, and early intervention.
At this showcase webinar, you’ll hear how statewide efforts are:
- Expanding access through parent navigator programs that guide families every step of the way.
- Bringing care closer to home with mobile audiology services that reach underserved communities.
- Using data-driven advocacy to influence policy and shape systems that improve outcomes.
These strategies are helping more children be identified earlier, supported faster, and set on a path toward grade-level literacy success.
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All registrants will receive a link to the recording shortly after the live event.
Featured Speakers
Kelly Jenkins, Program Manager, Access to Language
Speaker
Kelly is an advocate and policy strategist with a focus on advancing equity for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. She has authored and successfully championed multiple pieces of legislation in Georgia and has co-authored the Report on Language and Literacy Outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children in Georgia, presented annually to the Governor and General Assembly for the past six years. Kelly holds a B.A. from Davidson College and an M.B.A. from Emory University. She currently leads grant-funded initiatives focused on expanding language access and educational opportunity, bringing together legislative insight, systems-level strategy, and an unwavering commitment to impact.
Kelly is the program manager of Access to Language, operated out of the Atlanta Speech School and funded by the Oberkotter Foundation. The goal of this program is to break down barriers for children who are deaf or hard of hearing in Georgia.
Teresa H. Caraway, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
Moderator
As CEO, Dr. Teresa H. Caraway leads the Oberkotter Foundation with heart, innovation, and strategy to advance its mission of helping families ensure their children who are deaf or hard of hearing have opportunities to reach their full potential through Listening and Spoken Language (LSL). Dr. Caraway has over 40 years of experience in Auditory-Verbal practice and has been a trailblazer in shaping the future of LSL. She also served as CEO of Hearing First, an initiative of the Oberkotter Foundation, founding president of the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language, founding Board member of the American Cochlear Implant Alliance, and as the founder and executive co-director of Hearts for Hearing.
