GUIDE BY YOUR SIDE
Hands & Voices Guide By Your Side ™ is a family support program that embodies the mission and vision of Hands & Voices™, which is to provide unbiased support to families with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Guide By Your Side (GBYS) does this through specially trained parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. These parents work as “Guides” directly with families who have just learned of their child’s hearing loss, or who have older children and are in need of the unique support that comes from someone else who has walked this path.
Research acknowledges the role of parent-to-parent connections, in addition to the exposure to adult role models who are deaf or hard of hearing, to increase overall parent involvement, which has been shown to lead to positive child outcomes.
To get connected to a Parent Guide, email info@kyhandsandvoices.org.
MEET OUR PARENT GUIDES
Gine’ Baker
Horse Cave
gine@kyhandsandvoices.org
More about Gine'
Gine’ Baker has two children, and her oldest son has bilateral mild/moderate hearing loss. She is very thankful to have the Hands & Voices community and looks forward to connecting and serving with other families. Gine’ and her family love singing, dancing and playing any kind of ball!
Kristi Grider
Versailles
kristi@kyhandsandvoices.org
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Kelly McCallum
Northern Kentucky
kelli@kyhandsandvoices.org
More about Kelly
Kelly is a mother of six, and her youngest daughter was diagnosed with a rare chromosome disorder by the age of 4 months old along with several other diagnoses, including bilateral hearing loss. Kelly’s journey has taken many different turns and she is thankful for the amazing people and organizations along the way that have helped to support her family! Because of this, it has given Kelly a drive to help share any resources and/or experiences with other families so they know they are not alone in this walk!
Emily Nalley
Nicholasville
emily@kyhandsandvoices.org
More about Emily
Emily and her husband have two daughters. Her oldest has profound, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss due to Pendred Syndrome and EVA. Kentucky Hands & Voices gave Emily a community of families who “get it,” and she hopes to be able to do the same for other families in their journey. She and her family enjoy being on the lake in the summer and watching and supporting all things UK sports.
Sarah Roof
Richmond
sarah@kyhandsandvoices.org
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Sarah Roof is the mother of three children, and her youngest son has bilateral sensorineural hearing loss caused by Pendred Syndrome and EVA. She is passionate about connecting with families and supporting them in their journey, as well as providing opportunities for DHH children to be around other DHH kids “like them.” In her free time, there is a good chance you will find her on a ball field somewhere.
Sarah Streeval
Columbia
s.streeval@kyhandsandvoices.org
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Sarah Streeval works exclusively with our families of children with CMV (cytomegalovirus), as well as with foster parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Her daughter, Bella, is a CMV Angel and died at the age of 3 in 2020 from complications from CMV. Sarah is an advocate for helping other families on the CMV journey as well as educating the public regarding CMV and its impacts.