SESSION DESCRIPTIONS

Thursday, March 2

8:30 – 5:00

Counseling Strategies for Audiologists and SLPs, Kris English, Ph.D.

Audiologists and SLPs are very familiar with the range of psychological, emotional, and social difficulties that may occur as a result of a communication disorder, but most report feeling underprepared in effectively supporting patients and families with these concerns.  This presentation will review and provide an overview of basic counseling strategies that we can use to support patients and their families through the help-seeking process. 

Participants in this workshop will be able to; Apply the definition of nonprofessional counseling to audiology and SLP, define what is meant by “professional boundaries.”, explain differences between informational and personal adjustment counseling, describe the concept of  “communication mismatch” as it applies to patient or parent interactions, describe self-concept and the effect of communication disorders on the development of self-concept, and describe six listening strategies.

Friday, March 3

Session 1           Session 4            Session 7          Session 10
8:30 – 10:00      10:30 – Noon     1:30 – 3:00       3:30 – 5:00  

Using the CALMS Model to Assess and Treat Children Who Stutter, E. Charles Healey, Ph.D.

The focus of this presentation is to provide speech-language pathologists with practical strategies and ideas for assessing and treating school-age children who stutter.  Cognitive, Affective, Linguistic, Motor and Social components that comprise the CALMS model will be presented as a framework for assessment and treatment. From this model, an assessment scale has been developed to assist a clinician in organizing the data collected from an assessment, which produces a profile of a child's areas of strengths and weaknesses.   A substantial portion of the presentation will focus on practical treatment strategies that evolve from the CALMS model. 

Participants in this workshop will be able to:  Use a multidimensional model of stuttering (CALMS) to assist clinicians in the assessment of stuttering, apply the concepts of the CALMS model to the treatment of stuttering, and learn how to change, modify, and/or enhance existing treatment programs for children who stutter

Session 2          Session 5

8:30 – 10:00     10:30 - Noon

Clinical Applications of Otoacoustic Emissions, Martin S. Robinette, Ph.D.

The presentation will include (1) physiological correlates of EOAEs, (2) normative data, (3) current data on the use of OAEs to predict pure-tone thresholds, (4) Differences in origin and measurements of TEOAEs vs. DPOAEs  including the strengths and weaknesses of each measure, (5) Clinical applications including patients with conductive hearing loss and ventilation tubes, pseudohypacusis, sudden and fluctuating hearing loss, acoustic neuromas, auditory neuropathy and difficult to test populations.

Participants in this workshop will be able to:  Understand that evoked otoacoustic emission (EOAE) measurement represents a fast, valid and non invasive technique to measure normal outer, middle and inner ear function by stimulation of the outer hair cells of the cochlea, explain the separate cochlear mechanisms which produce transient and distortion product otoacoustic emissions and why they may differ in the same patient, and understand that since EOAEs represent pre-neural cochlear function, the evaluation in conjunction with other auditory tests, helps in the delineation between cochlear and retrocochlear hearing loss.

Session 3     8:30 – 10:00

Language and Literacy: The Reading and Spelling Connection, Julie Wolter, Ph.D.
Part of the speech-language pathologist's role is to address language and literacy in the school setting. This workshop will focus on the linguistic underpinnings of literacy development, specifically, the linguistic factors of phonological awareness, orthographic knowledge, and morphological awareness as they relate to reading and spelling acquisition. Assessment and treatment techniques as well as the role of  the speech-language pathologist in school-age children's literacy development will be discussed.
 
Participants in this workshop will be able to: Identify the different linguistic components that affect literacy development, discuss the role of the SLP in school-age children's literacy development, and describe assessment and treatment techniques associated with specific linguistic factors.
 
Session 6    10:30 - Noon
Poster Sessions
To be added at a later date.

Session 8      1:30 – 3:00

Considerations When Fitting a Classroom with Amplification, James C. Blair, Ph.D.

Classroom amplification has become a very significant development in education over the last five years.  Often audiologists or Speech-Language Pathologists are considered the expert in classroom acoustics and placement of speakers in schools buildings, but often these professionals are forced to make a decision with little or no information.  This session will explain some methods for determining the signal-to-noise ratios in classrooms while class is in session, the advantages and disadvantages of speaker placement will also be discussed, the strengths and weaknesses of infrared systems, and the real advantages that are provided by classroom amplification to children who have  hearing disorders.

Participants in this workshop will be able to:  Describe the advantages and disadvantages of speaker placement, list the advantages of classroom amplification for children and teachers who use classroom amplification, define the Speech Transmission Index and the usefulness of this index in predicting speech intelligibility, and describe the advantages of using a child hand-held microphone in helping students understand what is said during a class discussion.

Session 9      1:30 – 3:00   Session 11     3:30 - 5:00

Improving Literacy Outcomes for Students with Complex Communication Needs: Lessons from General Education,. Beth Foley, Ph.D.

The National Reading Panel has identified five key areas in which students must develop competence in order to become literate: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, text comprehension, and fluency. NCLB legislation mandates the use of research-based strategies to provide students with explicit and systematic instruction in these five areas.  This session will describe adapted instructional strategies, as well as technology supports, which enable students with complex communication needs to participate in appropriate literacy-learning experiences.

Participants in this workshop will be able to: Identify the critical components of a research-based literacy instruction program for students with complex communication needs, adapt research-based instructional strategies to address skill deficits in phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, comprehension, and fluency, and choose assistive technology, educational software programs, and web-based resources that can support language and literacy instruction for students with complex communication needs.

Session 12     3:30 – 5:00

Exhibitor Commercial Sessions

Participating vendors will provide information relative to speech-language pathology and audiology in areas such as product information, services, technology, industry trends or professional issues.  This information will be presented in small groups of 10-15 participants in 20 minute sessions.  Vendors are strictly prohibited from making sales pitches or recruiting during the presentation. This is your opportunity to hear vendors present in a small group setting, allowing you to not only interact with vendors, but to enter into a dialogue with other professionals specific to a product or service.

Participants in this workshop will be able to: Relate information specific to a product or service's target population, identify pros and cons of a product or service, and describe the product or service to a potential client/patient.

Audiology Grand Rounds

Statewide panel of audiologists (TBA) who will share current practices in their respective areas, as well as activities throughout the world.

Those in attendance will:  Understand current practices occurring throughout the state of Utah in the field of audiology, apply current knowledge to activities occurring throughout the world, list a least three current validated theory to practice procedures in audiology occurring in Utah at this time.