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This year’s keynote speakers are Carole Roth (TBI), Ron Gillam and Sandi Gillam (EBP and Narratives), Patty Prelock (Autism), James Hall (Pediatric Audiology and APD in Adults), Dave Smriga (Real Ear Fittings) and Paul Rao (Ethics and Advocacy). Many vendors are excited to “spoil” you with gifts and prizes. We hope you will join us for the Minute to Win It tailgate on Thursday evening and exchange new ideas with friends, fellow professionals and future colleagues.
IMASH is THE place to be at the beginning of October 2011 – so round up your ‘pardners’ and be sure to join us.
President, Colorado Speech-Language-Hearing Association Sondra McMindes President, Idaho Speech, Language & Hearing Association Leanne Norman President, Utah Speech-Language-Hearing Association Cindy Payler President, Wyoming Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Featured Presenters to date for the 2011 Convention: Carole Roth, PhD, CCC-SLP, BC-NCD is a member of the TBI Team at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego where she and her colleagues have assessed and/or treated over 600 wounded Service Members. Her research and teaching interests include cognitive disorders resulting from mTBI and PTSD, and sudden-onset adult stuttering.
David J. Smriga, MA is President of David J. Smriga Consulting Services, as well as President of AuDNet, Inc., an activist organization marketing the value and importance of audiology care to consumers nationwide. Mr. Smriga received his master’s degree in audiology from Northern Illinois University in 1976. During his more than 30-year career, Mr. Smriga has held positions in both clinical and research audiology, as well as senior management positions in sales, marketing and public relations for some of the nation’s leading hearing aid manufacturing firms. Mr. Smriga has conducted more than 400 lectures in North America and in Europe, and has authored over forty publications ranging in topic from inter-operative brainstem monitoring to counselor selling. He is best known for his unique way of presenting complex information in a clear, logical and understandable way.
Ron Gillam, PhD holds the Raymond and Eloise Lillywhite Chair in Speech-Language Pathology at Utah State University. His research interests include language assessment, information processing, narration and complex sentence comprehension in children with language disorders.
Sandi Gillam, PhD is a Professor at Utah State University in the Emma Eccles Jones Early Childhood Education and Research Center. Her research interests include language and literacy assessment and intervention in school age children, and children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
James Hall, III, PhD received a Bachelor’s degree in biology from American International College, a Masters degree from Northwestern University, and in 1979, his PhD in audiology from Baylor College of Medicine, under the direction of Dr. James Jerger. Since then, he has held clinical and academic audiology positions at major medical centers. Dr. Hall is now Clinical Professor in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at the University of Florida in Gainesville where he maintains a clinical practice, participates in funded research, and serves as a clinical instructor and mentor in the Doctor of Audiology onsite and distance learning programs. He also holds an appointment as Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Communication Pathology at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Dr. Hall is the author of over 125 journal articles, monographs or book chapters, as well as seven textbooks including the New Handbook of Auditory Evoked Responses, Objective Assessment of Hearing, and the recently published Otoacoustic Emissions: Principles, Protocols, and Procedures.
Patricia Prelock, PhD, is Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Vermont. Her primary academic appointment is Professor of Communication Sciences; she has a secondary appointment in Pediatrics in the College of Medicine. Dr. Prelock is a co-principal investigator for Vermont’s Interdisciplinary Leadership Education for Health Professionals Autism Spectrum Disorders Program and principal investigator for Vermont’s State Improvement Grant Speech-Language Pathologist Distance Education Initiative. Her primary research interests include collaborative, interdisciplinary practice, and the nature and treatment of autism including social perspective taking, peer play, emotion regulation and the neural pathways involved in social discourse. She has served as associate editor for Language Speech Hearing Services in Schools, was named an American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Fellow (2000), and was Vice President for Standards and Ethics in Speech-Language Pathology, a Board of Directors position for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association from 2008-2010. Dr. Prelock earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Kent State University and her doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a board recognized Child Language Specialist.
Paul Rao, PhD is the 2011 ASHA President and is the Vice President of Operations at the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) in Washington, DC. Dr. Rao is a Visiting Professor at the University of Maryland and in 2000 became a Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality and a Certified Healthcare Executive. Dr. Rao received his Bachelors Degree in Philosophy from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, PA, his Masters in Speech Pathology from Catholic University in Washington, DC, and his PhD in Hearing and Speech Science from the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. Dr. Rao has published numerous articles and chapters on such topics as Customer Service, Policy and Procedures, Supervision, Health Literacy and Management. He serves on the editorial board of Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation and Advance for Directors. Dr. Rao is a Fellow in both the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Program Committee College Bowl Roundtables Student Volunteers
IMASH Tailgate Party Thursday, October 6 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Intermountain University Challenge: Minute to Win It Thursday, October 6 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Based upon the NBC hit series, Minute to Win It, college teams will test their “knowledge and skills” of academics and clinical skills in the “Big 9” areas of speech, language, hearing, swallowing and general communication disorders. This is a “friendly” competition between the Intermountain university student programs in communication disorders. Each team will consist of six members: four students, one faculty (clinical or academic) and one state association member. There is no limit to the number of teams that can be entered into this head-to-head competition to win the coveted title of Intermountain University Challenge Champion. All teams must register with the IMASH planning committee no later than September 30, 2011. Teams may register by emailing imash@robertcraven.com.
Tasks will follow the general format of the game show Minute to Win It. Tasks may include questions typically found on the PRAXIS examination and skills typically required of most graduate students. For example, teams might be asked a sample question from the PRAXIS test, or might be asked to phonetically transcribe a speech sample or count the number of morphemes in a language sample or perform part of a routine hearing screening ... all within a one-minute timeframe.
Each team will be awarded points for correct answers. A representative panel of judges from each state will determine the correctness of all responses and completion of tasks. The university with the most points will be awarded prizes. Prizes will be awarded to first, second and third place teams. Teams and audience members are encouraged to wear appropriate collegiate attire and bring their team spirit to cheer on their favorite university programs. A special award will be given to the team with the most “spirit.”
CEUs are awarded to teams and audience members.
State Association Luncheons Friday, October 7 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm You are invited to attend your State Association Luncheon. For professionals attending from another state association, you are invited to choose a state luncheon. Pre-registration for the luncheon is required on the Convention Registration form.
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