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MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY NSSLHA PRESENTS:
THE 18TH ANNUAL MID-TENN CONFERENCE
ONLINE CONFERENCE
Saturday, February 24, 2024
8:00am-12:15pm CST
Featuring Sarah Wallace, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow
Course Title: Supporting People with Aphasia through Augmentative and Alternative Communication Strategies
Continuing Education
Sponsored by:
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, February 21 2024 @ 5PM CST
speaker & DISCLOSURES
Sarah Wallace, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow
Sarah Wallace, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, is professor and director of the master's program in Speech-Language Pathology in the Communication Science and Disorders Department at the University of Pittsburgh. As an established investigator, Sarah is a member of CSD's Pittsburgh Translational Aphasia Research Initiative (PTARI). The multi-investigator research team's mission is to enhance and accelerate progress in translational aphasia research and brings together significant strengths in care for individuals with aphasia. Sarah is the director of the Communication and Cognition Lab.
Financial Disclosures: Dr. Sarah Wallace receive salary and is an employee the University of Pittsburgh. She has received grant funding from the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders of the National Institutes of Health: 1R15DC015579. Dr. Wallace is receiving an honorarium for her Mid-Tenn Conference presentation.
Non-financial Disclosures: Dr. Sarah Wallace is a member and the 2024 President of the Aphasia Access organization. She is a member and newsletter co-editor of the Academic of Neurogenic Communication Disorders and Science. She is the treasurer of the Clinical Aphasiology Conference Steering Committee. She is a volunteer on the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention Topic Committee.
who should attend
Speech-language pathologists, audiologists, students pursuing careers in communication disorders, students and faculty within the school of Nursing, Health and Human Performance, college of Education, and other pre-professional allied health fields, as well as any interested faculty and/or student members of MTSU.
Course Description
People with aphasia face chronic communication challenges. Augmentative and alternative communication strategies may help people with aphasia achieve participation in desired and important activities. This workshop will begin with a foundation describing the wide range of strategies available and their evidence with an emphasize on how these strategies can be taught to people with aphasia for participation in life. The second part of the session will focus heavily on reading as this area is critically important to participation in today’s society, but is often not addressed in therapy for people with aphasia. Both partner dependent strategies like aphasia friendly formatting and independent strategies that use technology will be presented.
Course Learner outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
1) List three strategies for supporting spoken expression by people with aphasia.
2) List activities during which to use aphasia friendly reading materials.
3) Describe three benefits of using technology to support reading by people with aphasia.
Agenda
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2023 (ALL TIMES CST)
TOPICS:
8:00am –8:20am: Introduction
8:20am – 9:45am: Overview of AAC strategies for people with aphasia
9:45am – 10:00am: Break
10:00am –11:45am: AAC strategies to support reading for people with aphasia
11:45am – 12:15pm: Question & Answer Session / Summary / Course Administration
ONLINE CONFERENCE
ZOOM-Link for conference attendance and other pertinent conference information/materials will be sent via email to participants the week of the conference.
CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
Course Completion Requirement: Participants are expected to be present for the entire program to receive completion certificate and be reported for ASHA CEUs. Individuals who are not present for the full program will not receive completion certificate and ASHA CEUs. No partial credit will be provided.
ONLINE Registration ONLY
Registration Fees:
$65.20 Professional ($60 Registration Fee + $5.20 Online Processing/Administration Fee )
$24.05 Students ($20 Registration Fee + $4.05 Online Processing/Administration Fee )
A portion of all proceeds will go towards student scholarships
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY, February 21, 2024 @ 5PM CST
Course Cancellation Policy: No refunds of online payment processing/administration fee. 100% of registration fee will be refunded if cancellation is received prior to February 1, 2024. 50% of registration fee will be refunded if cancellation is received February 1 - February 14, 2024. No refunds if cancelled on February 15, 2024 and thereafter. Cancellation must be submitted in writing via email to info@nashvillespeechandswallowing.com. All refunds returned following course date. If course is cancelled by Middle Tennessee State University NSSLHA participants will receive a refund of registration fees.
Conference Questions or Special Needs: Please contact nsslha@mtsu.edu or Elizabeth Smith (615) 585-8195.
Registration Questions: Please contact us at info@nashvillespeechandswallowing.com or 615-375-6695.