April 10-12, 2008
The Classic Center
Athens, GA


Agenda

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3

Pre-conference

Wednesday, April 9    
5:30pm-6:30pm   Officer's Committee Meeting
6:30pm-8:00pm   Executive Council Meeting
6:30pm-8:00pm   Registration
     

Day 1

Thursday, April 10    
7:30am-8:30am   Registration
7:30am-8:30am   Presidential Breakfast
8:30am-10:30am   Breakout Sessions 1
    Organic Dysphagia Evalutation and Treatment with DPNS Certification (Limited to the first 50 registrants for certification):  Karlene Stefanakos

 

    Color Me Fluent:  Effective Fluency Therapy in the School Setting:  Alice Anne Farley

 

    Clinical Application of the Passy-Muir Tracheostomy and Ventilator and Speaking Valves:  Julie Kovak and Sandy Stawiasz

 

    Childhood Apraxia of Speech:  Focus on Treatment:  Margaret A. Fish

 

    Between the Stimuli:  An Overview of Secondary and Environmental Aspects of Therapy:  Robert Johnston

 

    Swallowing Rehabilitation of the Head and Neck Oncology Patient:  Across the Continuum:  Julie Bishop-Leone

 

    Speech Therapy for the Dying Patient: A Hospital Palliative Care Team Approach:  Kelly Moore

 

10:30am-11:00am   Poster Sessions (CEUs Available)
10:30am-11:00am   Break
     
11:00am-12:00pm   Breakout Sessions 2
     
    Organic Dysphagia Evalutation and Treatment with DPNS Certification (Continued)

 

    Color Me Fluent:  Effective Fluency Therapy in the School Setting (Continued)

 

    Clinical Application of the Passy-Muir Tracheostomy and Ventilator and Speaking Valves (Continued)

 

    Childhood Apraxia of Speech:  Focus on Treatment  (Continued)

 

12:00pm-1:30pm   Lunch (on your own)
     
1:30pm-3:30pm   Breakout Sessions 3
    Organic Dysphagia Evalutation and Treatment with DPNS Certification (Continued)

 

    Color Me Fluent:  Effective Fluency Therapy in the School Setting (Continued)

 

    Clinical Application of the Passy-Muir Tracheostomy and Ventilator and Speaking Valves (Continued)

 

    Voice Treatment for the Speech-Language Pathologist:  Yumi Sumida, Marina Gilman, Edie Hapner

 

    Semantic Development in the School Years:  The Literate, Lexicon, Definitions and More:  Debra Schober-Peterson, Katie Bates, Caitlin Cregan, Allie Davis, Pamela Scruggs

 

    Laryngectomee Rehabilitation From Start to Finish:  Julie Bishop-Leone

 

    Documentation for Medicare:  Vicki Hill-Hoffman and Yolanda Pence

 

3:30pm-4:00pm   Poster Sessions (CEUs Available)
3:30pm-4:00pm   Break
     
4:00pm-5:00pm   Breakout Sessions 4
    Organic Dysphagia Evalutation and Treatment with DPNS Certification (Continued)

 

    Color Me Fluent:  Effective Fluency Therapy in the School Setting (Continued)

 

    Clinical Application of the Passy-Muir Tracheostomy and Ventilator and Speaking Valves (Continued)

 

    Voice Treatment for the Speech-Language Pathologist  (Continued)

 

    Semantic Development in the School Years:  The Literate, Lexicon, Definitions and More  (Continued)

 

    Student Forum

 

5:15pm-5:45pm   Membership Forum (all members welcome)
5:45pm-6:45pm   GSHA Business Meeting (all members welcome)
     
6:45pm-7:45pm   Wine and Cheese Reception!!
     

Day 2

Friday, April 11    
7:30am-8:30am   Registration
7:30am-8:30am   Continental Breakfast
     
8:30am-10:30am   Breakout Sessions 1
    Organic Dysphagia Evalutation and Treatment with DPNS Certification (Continued)

 

    Feel, Think, Learn:  Literacy at Work:  Julie Oakley

 

    Apraxia of Speech Continuum:  From Developmental to Acquired:  Maureen McGarvey Dinges

 

    Central Auditory Processing Disorders:  Gail Rosenberg, Au.D.

 

    Do You Hear What I Hear?  A Workshop on Listening to Voice and Speech:  Edie Hapner, Marina Gilman, Yumi Sumida

 

    Identification of Unusual Anatomical and Biomechanical Issues in Dysphagia:  Alma Owens, Maryanne Weatherill

 

    Phonological Disorders - Putting Recent Research into Practical Use:  Katharine Bedsole

 

10:30am-11:00am   Poster Sessions (CEUs Available)
10:30am-11:00am   Break
     
11:00am-12:00pm   Breakout Sessions 2
    Organic Dysphagia Evalutation and Treatment with DPNS Certification (Continued)

 

    Feel, Think, Learn:  Literacy at Work  (Continued)

 

    Apraxia of Speech Continuum:  From Developmental to Acquired  (Continued)

 

    Central Auditory Processing Disorders  (Continued)

 

    Phonological Disorders - Putting Recent Research into Practical Use  (Continued)

 

12:00pm-1:30pm   Association Luncheon and Awards Ceremony
     
1:30pm-3:30pm   Breakout Sessions 3
    Organic Dysphagia Evalutation and Treatment with DPNS Certification (Continued)

 

    Feel, Think, Learn:  Literacy at Work  (Continued)

 

    Central Auditory Processing Disorders  (Continued)

 

    Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES):  A Tool for Clinical Decision Making in the Evaluation and Management of Dysphagia:  Rebecca L. Gould

 

    Group Intervention for Asperger's Syndrome:  Lynn Adams

 

    Expanding Expression:  A Multisensory Technique for Describing and Defining Vocabulary:  Sara L. Smith

 

    Organ Preservation Treatment for Head and Neck Cancer and the Effect on Swallowing:  Meryl Kaufman and Dr. Amy Chen

 

3:30pm-4:00pm   Poster Sessions (CEUs Available)
3:30pm-4:00pm   Break
     
4:00pm-5:00pm   Breakout Sessions 4
    Break
    Organic Dysphagia Evalutation and Treatment with DPNS Certification (Continued)

 

    Feel, Think, Learn:  Literacy at Work  (Continued)

 

    Central Auditory Processing Disorders  (Continued)

 

    Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES):  A Tool for Clinical Decision Making in the Evaluation and Management of Dysphagia  (Continued)

 

    Group Intervention for Asperger's Syndrome  (Continued)

 

    Expanding Expression:  A Multisensory Technique for Describing and Defining Vocabulary  (Continued)

 

    Vital Stim:  Research Update and Swallowing and Voice:  Linda Fowler, Mary Gorham-Rowan, Edie Hapner

 

5:15pm-5:45pm   Regional Meetings
     

Day 3

Saturday, April 12, 2008    
7:30am-8:30am   Registration
7:30am-8:30am   Continental Breakfast
     
8:30am-10:30am   Breakout Sessions 1
    Clinical Voice Assessment and Intervention for the School-Aged Child:  Robert Johnston

 

    Connective Tissue Disease and Dysphagia:  Michael Wieting, D.O.

 

    Counseling and Motivation:  Critical Skills in Speech Pathology:  Tim Mackesey

 

    Critical Thinking Skills and Language Intervention:  Maureen McGarvey Dinges, Parthenia Franks

 

    Conversations with Creech:  Language/Literacy Acquisition for an Individual with Cerebral Palsy:  Sam Creech

 

    What Your Teachers Never Told You:  A Forum for Students and Interns:  Jill Shedd and Tiffani Bulfur-Hall

 

    Missing the Obvious:  Reading Begins with the Hands:  Coleen Stinson and Brenda Erickson

 

    Audiology Presentation:  Gail Rosenberg, Au.D.

 

10:30am-10:45am   Break
     
10:45am-11:45am   Breakout Sessions 2
    Clinical Voice Assessment and Intervention for the School-Aged Child (Continued)

 

    Connective Tissue Disease and Dysphagia (Continued)

 

    Counseling and Motivation:  Critical Skills in Speech Pathology (Continued)

 

    Critical Thinking Skills and Language Intervention (Continued)

 

    Conversations with Creech:  Language/Literacy Acquisition for an Individual with Cerebral Palsy (Continued)

 

    Swallowing and Voice Problems Following Thyroidectomy:  Carissa Portone-Maira and Rebekah McCown-Maxwell

 

    Audiology Presentation (Continued)
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