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MSHA Spring Convention 2008
       

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April 25-26, 2008
Alltel Center
1 Civic Center Plaza
Mankato, MN 56001

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Friday, April 25, 2008
7:15 - 8:00 Registration Opens
8:00 - 9:30 Breakout Sessions
  Counseling Teens with Hearing Loss
  Music – Children Love It! We Should Use It!
  The Contribution of Motor Speech Disorder Diagnosis to the Localization and Diagnosis of Neurologic Disease
  Strategies for Using Evidenced-Based Practice in Clinical Practice
8:00 - 8:45 Vendor Academy: The Role of Imagery in Language Processing and Literacy Development
8:45 - 9:30 Vendor Academy: Integrating Diagnostic Tools with the Response to Intervention (RTI) Process
9:30 - 10:00 Exhibitor Break / MSHF Silent Auction
10:00 - 11:30 Breakout Sessions
  APD: Practical Applications in Treatment – Part I
  Speech-Language/Occupational Therapy Co-Treament: Nuts & Bolts
  Primary Progressive Aphasia and Progressive Apraxia of Speech: An Overview
  Applying Evidenced-Based Practice in Clinical Practice
10:00 - 10:45 Vendor Academy: Administer, Score, and Interpret the ELLA™
10:45 - 11:30 Vendor Academy: Visual Scene Displays on Low-Tech, Mid-Tech and High-Tech AAC Devices
11:30 - 1:00 Association Luncheon
1:00 - 1:30 Exhibitor Break / MSHF Silent Auction
1:30 - 3:00 Breakout Sessions
  APD: Practical Applications in Treatment – Part II
  Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-4 and Expressive Vocabulary Test-2
  Acquired Psychogenic and Nonorganic Speech Disorders: Diagnosis and Management
  MNVoice Presents: Grand Rounds in Voice Therapy for Children and Adults – Part 1: Children
1:30 - 2:15 Vendor Academy: Facing the Challenge of Dysphagia
3:00 - 3:30 Exhibitor Break / MSHF Silent Auction
3:30 - 5:00 Breakout Sessions
  ISJ Specialty Clinic Cochlear Implant Program
  Living with Response to Intervention
  AAC: Assessment and Implementation
  MNVoice Presents: Grand Rounds in Voice Therapy for Children and Adults – Part 2: Adults
3:30 - 4:15 Vendor Academy: Implementation Models for Launching a Telepractice in Speech-Language Pathology
5:00 - 6:30 Association Reception and Poster Session
  A Qualitative Study of the Impact of Down Syndrome on Personal and Family Life
  Cleft Palate and/or Velopharyngeal Dysfunction: Assessment and Treatment
  Comparing the Relationships Between Dichotic Digits Test Scores with Diagnosis of APD
  Dynamic Assessment and Intervention using Narrative Storybooks
  Factors Affecting the Use of Evidence-Based Practice by Speech-Language Pathologists
  Fast Friends: Young Adult AAC Camp Increases Social Communication
  Integrating Client and Family Considerations into Speech-Language Pathology Services
  Qualitative Case Study of Selected Language Skills of Twins with Autism
  Qualitative Research of Selected Language Skills of Individuals with Down Syndrome
  Recruitment of Native Americans into Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
  Semantic Feature Therapy in Chronic Stroke Survivors with Aphasia
  Speech-Language Pathologists’ Knowledge and Beliefs About Evidence-Based Practice Usage
  Speech-Language Pathologists’ Perceptions of Multicultural Issues Affecting Service Delivery
  TBI: One Child’s Road
  Use of Evidence-Based Practice Principles in Service Delivery Planning by Speech-Language Pathologists

Saturday, April 26, 2008
7:00 - 8:30 Association Breakfast & Business Meeting

8:30 - 9:30

MSHA Membership Open Forum

9:30 - 10:00

Exhibitor Break / MSHF Silent Auction (closes at 10:00)
10:00 - 11:30 Keynote Presentation: Internet Gold for Communication Disorders
11:30 - 12:00 Exhibitor Break / MSHF Silent Auction Winners Announced
12:00 - 1:00 Roundtable Session 1 with Box Lunch
  AAC in the Healthcare Setting
  AAC Issues in Transition
  AAC-School
  Commonly Asked Test Development Questions
  Creating Dynamic Professional Networks: Conferencing Options for
  MSHA Members
  Current Issues in Trach/vents and Communication Disorders
  Ethics and Dysphagia
  Feedback from the Field
  Funding AAC Devices in the Schools
  Meeting Challenges to a Team Approach to AAC
  Nuts and Bolts of Response to Intervention (RtI)
  Prereferral Interventions for ELL Speech and Language Concerns
  Promoting Collaboration Between School SLPs and Clinical SLPs Serving Children
  Recruitment, Re-recruitment, and Retention: The Three Rs of Personnel Management
  Semantic Retrieval Methods in the Treatment of Aphasia
  Speech and Resonance Training in Developing Countries: Addressing the Possibility of Cultural Imperialism
  Tongue Thrust Swallow and Thumbsucking
1:00 - 1:15 Move to New Roundtable

1:15 - 2:15

Roundtable Session 2 (repeat of Roundtable Session 1)

2:15 - 2:30

Break

2:30 - 4:00

Breakout Sessions
  Evaluation and Treatment of Voice Disorders
  Practical Strategies for Assessing and Treating Children with Cleft Lip and Palate
  Cervical Auscultation as a Predictor of Oral-Pharyngeal Dysphagia in Acute Care: A Pilot Study
  Medical SLP: Crises, Concerns, and Opportunities for Improvement

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