If you are interested in working in Early Intervention (Parent-Infant) Programs or if you are already working in a program and would like to obtain a Master's Degree in this area, you may be interested in the S.E.I.M. Program. Early Intervention Programs are for families of infants and young children 0-3. Services provided by these programs consist most centrally of visits to the families in their homes or other natural environments by a professional called a Parent Advisor or Early Interventionist. The S.E.I.M. program is a graduate program at Utah State University (Logan, Utah) that will prepare you to be a Parent Advisor/Early Interventionist of infants and young children with sensory loss.

Students in the program select one Specialty Area from the three listed below:

1. Early Intervention 0-3: Deaf/Hard of Hearing
2. Early Intervention 0-3: Deafblind
3. Early Intervention 0-3: Blind/Vision Impaired
   

S.E.I.M. PROGRAM

As a S.E.I.M. graduate student, you will acquire the necessary information and skills to work in Early Intervention programs and to gain the competencies necessary to meet the state of Utah requirements to be a Parent Advisor. You will earn a Master’s Degree (M.Ed.) from the Department of Communicative Disorders/Deaf Education. Your program will typically take 3 semesters to complete (36 credit hours).

If you are interested in early intervention, you need to select one of the three Early Intervention Speciality Areas and then contact the appropriate Project S.E.I.M. advisor listed below.

• Deaf and hard of hearing (Dr. Sue Watkins, sue.watkins@usu.edu)
• Blind and visually impaired (Bess Dennison, elizabeth.dennison@usu.edu)
• Deafblind (Linda Alsop, linda.alsop@usu.edu)

The Department of Communicative Disorders/Deaf Education at USU houses the nationally and internationally known SKI-HI Institute. The SKI-HI Institute is a preeminent leader in the development of resources, training, and services for families of infants and young children with sensory loss. Instructors for Project S.E.I.M. are from the SKI-HI Institute.

Stipends for S.E.I.M. students are available that cover tuition and other expenses. All students accepted into the S.E.I.M. Program are eligible for financial support.

For more information about S.E.I.M., download a copy of the S.E.I.M. brochure.