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CSD 612 Two Languages: Speech-Language Patterns or Problems in the Schools (1 credit): Instructor: Luciano Valles, M.A., CCC-SLP Director of Speech, Language Hearing and Vision Springfield Public Schools
This course will address socio-cultural and language acquisition processes as well as best practices in assessment and intervention to promote social-academic success for English Language Learners (ELLs). The information and discussion in this presentation will help monolingual speech-language pathologists (SLPs) understand the difference between speech-language disorders and normal second language acquisition processes in Latino Children. In particular, the following areas will be re-visited: language dominance, bilingualism defined, two languages in special education, English only, and classroom consultation. By the end of this presentation, SLPs will understand their role as intervention agents, within an interdisciplinary perspective, for ELLs with and without communication disabilities.
Time: 9 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Date: April 18, 2008 Location: Springfield, MA
Allied Team Training for Parkinson (ATTP): A training program for speech-language pathologists and other allied health professionals presented by the National Parkinson Foundation with national faculty teaching assessment and treatment of persons and families living with Parkinson disease. Training includes building effective interdisciplinary teams. Continuing education credit provided.
For more information, application, accreditation and schedule please visit: www.parkinson.org/attp or call Denise Beran at 305-243-2985.
$300 for individual practitioner, $250 if 3 or more in a group, students are free Presented by: National Parkinson Foundation, Inc. Date: April 23, 2008 - April 27, 2008 Location: Boston - Wheelock Center for Continuing Education
BrainTrain Spring 2008 Workshops: Discover unique ways to help your clients with ADHD, learning disabilities, head injuries, and other cognitive deficits. Presented by: BrainTrain Date: April 23, 2008 - April 26, 2008 Location: Philadelphia Downtown, Courtyard Marriott
Advanced Clinical Management for Special Voice Disorder Populations- "ADVANCED COURSE": *Irritable Larnyx Syndrome
*VCD
*Vocal Abuse
Faculty: Douglas M. Hicks, PhD - Cleveland Clinic
ASHA CEU's = 1.4 or 14 contact hours
Contact: Linda S. Neilson, PhD
E-Mail - cepa@mtco.com
Telephone - 309-263-0310 Presented by: Continuing Education Programs of America Date: April 24, 2008 - April 25, 2008 Location: Natick, MA
Contact: Linda S. Neilson, PhD
E-mail = cepa@mtco.com Presented by: Continuing Education Programs of America Date: April 25, 2008 - April 26, 2008 Location: Natick, MA
HEALTH ED Continuing Education Program: Communication Strategies To Motivate Your Older Students (Ages 9 – 19).
April 25, 2008 Boston/Wakefield, Massachusetts.
For more information please call: 1-800-839-4584 or visit www.health-ed.com Presented by: Vicki Lord Larson, PhD, CCC-SLP Date: April 25, 2008 Location: Boston/Wakefield, Massachusetts
Traumatic Brain Injury - A Team Approach to Rehabilitation Based on the REVISED Rancho Levels of Cognitive Functioning: Faculty: Chris Hagen, PhD (Originanator & Author of the Rancho Level Scales)
ASHA CEU's = 1.3 or 13 contact hours
Contact: Linda S. Neilson, PhD
E-Mail = cepa@mtco.com
Presented by: Continuing Education Programs of America Date: April 25, 2008 - April 26, 2008 Location: Natick, MA
Response to Intervention: System Change and Service Delivery: Presenters: Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden, Amber Landward, M.Ed.
Co-Hosted by the Massachusetts Speech-Language-Hearing Association and National CEU
An essential, one-day seminar outlining a Response to Intervention system and the continuum of theory to practice.
Who should attend:
» Speech-Language Pathologists
» General Education Teachers
» Special Education Teachers
» School Psychologists
» School Administrators
7.0 clock hours/.7 ASHA CEUs
For more information, please email info@nationalceu.com or call 1-877-218-6629 Date: May 2, 2008 Location: Doubletree Boston/Westborough (Westborough, MA)
Free Training and Clinic for Parents on Children's Special Education Rights: The Disability Law Center, a private, non-profit public interest law firm, will be hosting a FREE training and clinic for parents on children's special education rights. The conference will provide an overview of the special education process, presentations on IEPs, inclusion, mediation, appeals, discipline, transition and more.
The conference will be held at the Worcester Public Library and will be in English and Spanish. A light lunch will be provided.
Morning Session
• Overview of the special educatoion process
• Presentations on IEPs, inclusion, mediation, appeals, discipline and transition
Afternoon Clinics
• Individual consultation time with attorneys from the Disability Law Center and other legal services agencies
• Lunch provided
When: Saturday, May 17, 2008
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Where: Worcester Public Library
3 Salem Square
Worcester, MA 01608
Registration is available through the Disability Law Center website at www.dlc-ma.org
Date: May 17, 2008 Location: Worcester Public Library 3 Salem Square Worcester, MA 01608
Sixth Annual Celebration of Women in Health Care: Guest Speaker Kelley Tuthill
Team 5 Investigative Reporter
WCVB-TV
5:00PM to 7:30PM - Save the date!
Date: May 21, 2008 Location: Tufts Health Plan 705 Mt. Auburn Street Watertown, MA
Understand Older Minds:
June 3, 2008 Providence/Warwick, Rhode Island
June 4, 2008 Cromwell, Connecticut
June 5, 2008 Springfield, Massachusetts
June 6, 2008 Worcester, Massachusetts
Date: June 3, 2008 - June 6, 2008 Location: RI, CT, MA
ASE Statewide Annual Spring Conference: "The State of the State" The Present & the Forecast for the Future
Keynote addresses by:
State Representative Alice Hanlon Peish Representative 14th Norfolk District, Member of Committees on Education "The Judiciary and Steering and Policy Legislation: Influencing Educational Practices"
Emily Sherwood, Director of Children’s Behavioral Health Interagency Initiative Joan Mikula, Associate Commissioner, Director of Child/Adolescent Services, DMH "The Rosie D. CASE: Update on the Mandate … Implications for Schools & Opportunities for Collaboration"
John J. Sullivan, Director, School Business Department, Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) "The Special Education: Circuit Breaker, State Audits and Special Education Transportation"
Michele Norman, Director of Policy, Office of the Education Advisor "The Governor’s Readiness Project: The Commonwealth’s Future"
Each Keynote will have a question and answer opportunity
LUNCH
Business: Recognitions
Register Early: Registrations received after May 23rd may not be able to be honored
Fax Registrations to ASE at 617-354-4926 Date: June 6, 2008 Location: Beechwood Hotel, Worcester, MA
9th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem: Hosted by:
The International Commission on Biological Effects of Noise (ICBEN
Registration rolls will open early in the autumn of 2007 after final costs have been established.
Abstracts should be submitted to ICBENabstracts@sbcglobal.net on the Form that is distributed to
everyone who requests information about the Congress.
Abstracts received by 1 February 2008 will receive early consideration.
Who Should Attend: Researchers, policymakers, and anyonewith an interest in the impact of noise on public and industrial health.
For information on participation, registration, accommodations, and submission of abstracts, please write icben2008@sbcglobal.net or visit www.icben.org
Date: July 21, 2008 - July 25, 2008 Location: Foxwoods Resort and Casino, Ledyard, CT
International Association of Laryngectomees (IAL) Conference: The International Association of Laryngectomees will be hosting its 2008 Annual Meeting and Voice Institute in Little Rock, Arkansas on August 27th - 30th, 2008.
The annual meeting is a great opportunity for laryngectomees, their friends and family, speech pathologists, and other medical professionals to learn more about the current state of rehabilitation, to improve their skills, to disover the latest products, services, and other initiatives, to earn ASHA continuing education units, and to socialize.
The International Association of Laryngectomees (IAL) has long recognized the need to provide specialty training for speech pathology professionals in the area of alaryngeal speech production. In addition, the IAL has identified the needs of many laryngectomees to receive assistance and instruction in developing speech production skills after laryngectomy, and the desire of many well-rehabilitated laryngectomees to serve as volunteers and assist others.
In 1960, the IAL conducted its first Voice Institute, in conjunction with its Annual Meeting, in St. Louis, MO, to fulfill these needs. Since that time, with the exception of 1961, a Voice Institute has been conducted in association with the IAL’s Annual Meeting to serve as a unique training program in alaryngeal speech restoration methodology and related topics.
