Wednesday Program

2018 Convention Program
Wednesday Sessions

• Session 1, CO-STARS: Creating Opportunities to Stimulate Talk in Acute Rehabilitation Settings, Part 1 (4:45 pm – 6:15pm)

  Robert Marshall, PhD, CCC-SLP, University of Kentucky
  April Holman, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital
  Elizabeth Waters, MS, CCC-SLP, Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital
  Maria Hoctor, MS, CCC-SLP, Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital

  Reduced hospital stays now force speech-language pathologists to provide most language therapy to persons with aphasia (PWA) in the acute phase of stroke recovery. Many question the readiness of PWA to participate in and/or benefit from impairment-based treatments at this early juncture when spontaneous recovery is ongoing. The presentation presents information on CO-STARS, an out of the box treatment for individuals with aphasia and related expressive language disorders in acute rehabilitation. This presentation will summarize changes in health care resulting in the need to develop CO-STARS, provide a rationale for this unique treatment and present information on an ongoing research project comparing outcomes in acute rehabilitation for individuals treated with CO-STARS and traditional treatment.

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to describe changes in health care practices that have required speech-language pathologists to provide most of the speech and language therapy received by a patient with aphasia in the early post-onset period, explain the need for a treatment for aphasia in the acute care hospital that is synchronized with the changes that are ongoing in the early post-stroke course and plan and implement and measure outcomes of treatments, such as CO-STARS, that seem better-suited for today’s health care climate.

  Instructional Level: Intermediate │ Track: Adult SLP

• Session 2, Increasing Self-Management in the Student With Hearing Impairment (4:45 pm – 6:15 pm)

  Tommy Evans, AuD, CCC-A, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

  Hearing loss is a chronic health care condition that has no imminent cure. Thus, it is imperative that children learn to navigate their hearing devices, their hearing loss and advocate for themselves. Self-management of a condition can be extremely difficult for some students, particularly teenagers. It is our role as audiologists to identify barriers for why our patients or students are struggling with device use and maintenance. It is proven in all realms of health care that the individuals who follow treatment recommendations have better outcomes, assuming diagnosis and treatment methods are accurate. This presentation will highlight the use of self-management techniques in the clinic and in the classroom while highlighting advances in hearing aid technology. The presentation will also provide useful tools for identifying and for assisting in transitioning from a student to an independent adult.

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to list age appropriate skills for self-managing hearing loss, administer and analyze self-management assessment for clinical and educational uses, identify and troubleshoot the barriers that students encounter in being able to self-manage their hearing loss and identify new hearing aid technologies that may assist the student in self-managing their hearing loss.

  Instructional Level: Intermediate │ Track: Audiology

• Session 3, Johnny Reads CVC Words: Now What? Helping Older Struggling Readers Close Gaps, Part 1 (4:45 pm – 6:15 pm)

  Nancy Telian, MS, CCC-SLP, Reading With TLC

  Yes speech-language pathologists can help close those gaps! Grab strategies to teach difficult letter sounds, prevent sequencing errors in words with consonant blends and train multisyllable division rules for longer words. Delve into morphological awareness, consider addressing English spelling rules and decrease errors with techniques for those with rapid naming weaknesses.

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to describe how to train upper-level letter sound associations, such as vowel digraphs, using mnemonics, imagery and hand cues, illustrate to students the open and closed syllable division rules for decoding multi-syllable words using mnemonic techniques, apply specific strategies for preventing sequencing errors during decoding of words with consonant blends, demonstrate techniques for reducing impulsive guessing during word decoding tasks using error-free naming strategies and classify curriculum sight word lists according to phonetic word structure in order to help students use their knowledge of phonics to acquire sight words.

  Instructional Level: Intermediate │ Track: PEDs SLP

  This session will be repeated on Thursday.

• Session 4, Community-Based Intervention for Children Using AAC: A Theoretical Perspective (5:00 pm – 6:00 pm)

  Katie Goldey, MS, CCC-SLP, University of Kentucky

  Lev Vygotsky theories have long been used to understand and explain language development in typically developing children. He asserts that language development and cognition are functions of the transformation of social interaction into what he called inner speech. As a whole, children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) tend to have fewer and less rich opportunities for social interaction. How does this dearth of interaction impact language development? Cognition? How can we, as clinicians, address the issue of social communication and maximize our effectiveness with students who use AAC? This presentation will explore the theoretical basis for creating community-based interventions to increase interaction opportunities for children who use AAC. Specifically, it will look at the Marxist influence on Vygotsky theories of social interaction and apply these principles to the creation of communication opportunities through collaborative school-based or community-based projects.

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to explain the process of developing higher order language from social interaction, as described by Vygotsky, apply Vygotskian theories of social interaction and language development to children who use AAC, explain the influence of Marx on Vygotsky theories and methodology and describe how the theories of Marx and Vygotsky can provide a possible model for increasing social interaction through community-based collaborative projects.

  Instructional Level: Beginner │ Track: PEDs SLP

• Session 5, Conquering the Clinical Fellowship Year – Student Session (5:15 pm – 6:15 pm)
  CEUs not offered.

  Jessica Wilmore, MS, CCC-SLP, CDP, Paragon Rehabilitation
  Micki Ginter, MS, CCC-SLP, University of Kentucky

  The clinical fellowship year can be an intimidating time for new graduate speech-language pathologists. Major decisions, such as clinical placements that prepare you for a career, choosing your first job and deciding what therapy track to pursue, all weigh heavily on your mind. This presentation is intended to better prepare new graduates for their first job. Highlighted topics will include how to determine in which setting to work, interviewing considerations and resources for new graduates to promote success and independence in the workforce. There will be a Q & A portion. This presentation is targeted for those interested in both pediatric and adult settings.

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to list three important considerations when selecting a place to work, verbalize three appropriate questions to ask when interviewing for a clinical fellowship placement and identify and locate helpful resources to promote success and clinical growth during the clinical fellowship year.

  Instructional Level: Beginner │ Track: Student

• Session 6, CO-STARS: Creating Opportunities to Stimulate Talk in Acute Rehabilitation Settings, Part 2 (6:30 pm – 8:00 pm)

  Robert Marshall, PhD, CCC-SLP, University of Kentucky
  April Holman, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital
  Elizabeth Waters, MS, CCC-SLP, Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital
  Maria Hoctor, MS, CCC-SLP, Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital

  Reduced hospital stays now force speech-language pathologists to provide most language therapy to persons with aphasia (PWA) in the acute phase of stroke recovery. Many question the readiness of PWA to participate in and/or benefit from impairment-based treatments at this early juncture when spontaneous recovery is ongoing. The presentation presents information on CO-STARS, an out of the box treatment for individuals with aphasia and related expressive language disorders in acute rehabilitation. This presentation will summarize changes in health care resulting in the need to develop CO-STARS, provide a rationale for this unique treatment and present information on an ongoing research project comparing outcomes in acute rehabilitation for individuals treated with CO-STARS and traditional treatment.

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to describe changes in health care practices that have required speech-language pathologists to provide most of the speech and language therapy received by a patient with aphasia in the early post-onset period, explain the need for a treatment for aphasia in the acute care hospital that is synchronized with the changes that are ongoing in the early post-stroke course and plan and implement and measure outcomes of treatments, such as CO-STARS, that seem better-suited for today’s health care climate.

  Instructional Level: Intermediate │ Track: Adult SLP

• Session 7, Johnny Reads CVC Words: Now What? Helping Older Struggling Readers Close Gaps, Part 2 (6:30 pm – 8:00 pm)

  Nancy Telian, MS, CCC-SLP, Reading With TLC

  Yes speech-language pathologists can help close those gaps! Grab strategies to teach difficult letter sounds, prevent sequencing errors in words with consonant blends and train multisyllable division rules for longer words. Delve into morphological awareness, consider addressing English spelling rules and decrease errors with techniques for those with rapid naming weaknesses.

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to describe how to train upper-level letter sound associations, such as vowel digraphs, using mnemonics, imagery and hand cues, illustrate to students the open and closed syllable division rules for decoding multi-syllable words using mnemonic techniques, apply specific strategies for preventing sequencing errors during decoding of words with consonant blends, demonstrate techniques for reducing impulsive guessing during word decoding tasks using error-free naming strategies and classify curriculum sight word lists according to phonetic word structure in order to help students use their knowledge of phonics to acquire sight words.

  Instructional Level: Intermediate │ Track: PEDs SLP

  This session will be repeated on Thursday.

• Session 8, Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing – Update (6:30 pm – 8:00 pm)

  Virginia Moore, BA, Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

  This presentation will provide audiologists with an update on policies and programs that pertain to people with hearing loss, as well as changes to legislative issues and advocacy efforts.

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to identify two resources for addressing legislative issues, describe current advocacy efforts and demonstrate an understanding of the policy and programs provided by the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

  Instructional Level: Beginner │ Track: Audiology

• Session 9, Applying the ASHA Code of Ethics to Workplace Dilemmas (6:30 pm – 8:30 pm)

  Patti Solomon-Rice, PhD, CCC-SLP, San Francisco State University

  Join Dr. Solomon-Rice to learn about common workplace dilemmas. She will share Information on how to file a complaint and respond to an ethics complaint. Included in this presentation will be possible sanctions for violations, the adjudication process and specific discussions as to whether a variety of workplace scenarios could be a violation.

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to list the four principles of the code of ethics, list three common ethical dilemmas that occur in workplace settings, list three possible sanctions if found in violation of the code of ethics and list the three steps involved in determining workplace violations of the Code.

  Instructional Level: Intermediate │ Track: Professional Issues
  
  This Session will be repeated on Thursday

• Session 10, The President’s Student Session – Student Session (6:30 pm – 8:30 pm) CEUs not offered

  Janice Carter Smith, PhD, CCC-SLP, Western Kentucky University
  Christie LaCharite, MS, CCC-SLP, Boone County Schools
  Kelly Kleinhans, PhD, CCC-SLP, Murray State University

  This student boot camp will offer information to students that will help them navigate their job search. Various topics will be presented by professionals from a variety of settings. Additionally, a panel of professionals will relate pros and cons of various work settings. There will be presentations on a variety of topics including resume writing, successful interviewing, financial basics, benefits, job forecasts, salaries and networking. Information regarding KSHA, ASHA and the licensure board will also be presented.

  Learner Outcomes: At the end of the presentation, students will be better prepared for writing resumes, have a better understanding of the profession and leave with a sense of empowerment to continue on their professional journey.

  Instructional Level: Beginner │ Track: Student