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Arlene Stredler-Brown, PhD, CCC-SLP provides consultation and technical assistance to programs working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing in the United States and internationally. She has graduate degrees in Speech/Language Pathology, Education of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing, and a doctoral degree in Special Education. Her current research focuses on telepractice; she is the co-investigator for a Phase II Clinical Trial funded by the National Institutes of Health-National Institute on Communication Disorders and Deafness to study services delivered to children who are deaf via telepractice. Other research topics include the use of coaching strategies in the delivery of family-centered early intervention, and the impact of unilateral hearing loss on the development of communication, language, and social skills After working many years in administration and policy, Dr. Stredler-Brown continues to work with initiatives promoting evidence-based early intervention practices and the use of individualized assessments to inform treatment. She teaches at the University of British Columbia, and she holds a position as clinical faculty in the Speech, Language, Hearing Clinic at the University of Colorado.