Schedule of Events
The Southwestern Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association (SWPSHA) hosts 3 yearly events. Act 48 credit and ASHA CEU's are available for selected events.
ASHA Revisited
February
Local presenters from the ASHA convention are invited to give their presentation for SWPSHA members. Presenters are given an opportunity to review their abstract from their presentation. Then the audience breaks into special interest groups according to topics of interest to hear the full length presentations of the speakers designated to that topic area.
Honors of the Association
April
Each year, an individual who has made outstanding professional contributions in the local speech, language, and hearing community is honored by the association. In addition, Honors are presented to outstanding students from surrounding universities.
Naomi Landy Workshop
October
This is our largest and most popular meeting of the year. Speakers present topics of current interest. The annual business meeting and election of officers occurs at this time also.
ASHA Revisted
Saturday, February 25, 2012
9:00 a.m. to noon
Jefferson Regional Medical Center
The Jefferson Room in the "James Bibro Pavilion"
Featured Speakers/Topics:
James Coyle, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Dysphagia with Aspiration ...and the lung across the life span
Thomas Kovacs, M.A.
A framework to identify SGD user and control interface features
Paula Leslie, Ph.D., CertMRCSLT
Living and dying: contributing to balanced decisions in palliative care
Speaker Bios:
James Coyle, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Dr. Coyle teaches in the Communication Science and Disorders Department at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Board Recognized Specialist in Swallowing Disorders and a member of the specialty recognition board. He teaches nationally and internationally on pulmonary structure and function and the effects of pulmonary diseases in dysphagic adults, swallowing biomechanics, and the use and evaluation of evidence based clinical methods.
Thomas Kovacs, M.A.
Thomas Kovacs, M.A. is a PhD student in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh working in the AAC Performance and Testing Teaching Lab. His research interests include AAC for people with sensory impairments, adaptive interfaces, and development of linguistic competence on AAC systems.
Paula Leslie, Ph.D., CertMRCSLT
Dr. Leslie is a dysphagia clinician, researcher & educator, interested in aging, ethics & end of life decisions in vulnerable populations. Also she is interested in health professions' education and non-traditional routes to advanced clinical training. As one of the designers of the world's first dysphagia research degree for SLPs & ENTs (UK) she has now joined the implementation team for the Clinical Doctorate in Medical Speech- Language Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Abstracts & Learning Outcomes
James Coyle
TITLE: Dysphagia with Aspiration ...and the lung across the life span
Authors for ASHA Convention: James L. Coyle, Ph.D., and Maureen Lefton-Grief, Ph.D.
Speaker for SWPSHA: James L. Coyle, Ph.D.
ABSTRACT: Aspiration is recognized as a contributor to adverse health outcomes in dysphagic patients. The development of the lungs in childhood is well understood as a component to human development, but age-related changes in the respiratory system have received little attention when the consequences of dysphagia and other pulmonary diseases are considered. This portion of the original 2 hour seminar, will discuss a few aspects of lung development in children, age-related pulmonary changes in adults that should be considered by the clinician, and discuss the lung's' response to aspiration.
LEARNING OUTCOMES – At the end of this presentation participants will:
1. identify mechanisms of airway protection.
2. identify factors that influence management plans by incorporating assessment information in the context of health, medical, and developmental issues.
3. identify the mechanisms supporting pulmonary compliance and discuss their impact on respiratory health.
Thomas Kovacs
TITLE: A framework to identify SGD user and control interface features
Authors for ASHA Convention: Thomas Kovacs, M.A., Katya Hill, Ph.D., & Kathryn Charlton, B.A
Speaker for SWPSHA: Thomas Kovacs, M.A.
ABSTRACT: A checklist framework was developed with the support of SGD manufacturers to identify interfaces for feature matching. The authors found 70 user interfaces and 84 control interface features to consider when selecting an SGD. Results provide a systematic, principled approach to interface selection that will support the most effective communication.
LEARNING OUTCOMES – At the end of this presentation participants will be able to:
1. define user and control interfaces
2. list three user interfaces and three control interfaces
3. discuss user and control interface features during the AAC assessment process.
Paula Leslie
TITLE: Living and dying: contributing to balanced decisions in palliative care
Authors for ASHA Convention: Paula Leslie, Kate Krival & Joseph Murray
Speaker for SWPSHA: Paula Leslie, Ph.D.
ABSTRACT: Palliative care is often misperceived to be those narrow services that shepherd individuals and families through the dying process. This session focuses on decision making and risk balancing to assist SLPs in viewing the patient as a whole, autonomous person, living (and dying) in a social system.
LEARNING OUTCOMES – At the end of this presentation participants will be able to:
1. explain how care provided in palliative services goes beyond end of life care
2. explain the importance of "informed autonomy" in patient directed care
3. integrate frameworks that support robust and ethically sound interventions
Naomi Landy Workshop
Saturday, October 15, 2011
9:00 a.m. to noon
The Children's Institute
Featured Topics & Speakers
- Fluency Seminar
- Presenter: Craig Coleman
This seminar will provide an overview of the treatment process for preschool (ages 2-6) and school-age (ages 7-18) children who stutter. A holistic model will be used to demonstrate important treatment concepts. As a result of this Continuing Education Activity, readers will be able to:
- Identify risk factors for young children who stutter
- Differentiate between indirect and direct therapy
- Describe principals of a holistic treatment model for young children who stutter
- Presenter: Craig Coleman
- Townhall Updates For PA SLPs & Au.D.s
- Presenters: Dave & Karen Stein
Updates on issues and concerns for Audiologists & Speech-Language Pathologists in Pennsylvania
- SWPSHA Business Meeting & Elections
- Nominations are being accepted for all board member positions
- Self nominations are acceptable
- Send your nomination(s) to any board member (email addresses on Home Page)
Speaker Info/Bio:
Karen Stein (PSHA President, IUP Assistant Prof. & former licensure board member)
Dr. Dave Stein (IUP department chair at & licensure board member)Craig Coleman received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Pittsburgh. He has served as President of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association (PSHA) and on the Legislative Council of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Craig currently serves as a Clinical Coordinator in the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is also Co-Director of the Stuttering Center of Western Pennsylvania. Craig is a Board-Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders and current President-Elect of the Pennsylvania Speech and Hearing Association.
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