Demystifying Management of Voice Disorders

August 27, 2010

Chapel Hill, NC

Because the laryngeal mechanism is not easily visible and the vocal folds are only one subsystem of four that work synergistically to produce voice, the management of patients with voice disorders is often mystifying at the very least, and daunting at its worst for some speech pathologists. This conference is designed to take the mystery out of the diagnosis and treatment of voice disorders and to explore the fun in working with voice patients. Participants will learn about the diagnosis of voice disorders and will have the opportunity to explore new assessment equipment. They will also practice a variety of voice therapy techniques with supervision in large and small groups. Lastly, a panel of experts will share their experiences in working with the human voice.

For more information, please call Wake AHEC at (919) 350-8547 or (866) 341-1814.

www.wakeahec.org/CourseCatalog/CASCE_courseinfo.asp?cr=30273

Additional Info: www.wakeahec.org/CourseCatalog/CASCE_courseinfo.asp?cr=30273

Motivating Children With Autism To Speak: Incorporating ABA Principles To Build Functional Communication

September 17, 2010

Burlington, NC

Many children with autism and other developmental disabilities live with little or no verbal skills. The inability to communicate even basic requests creates a high level of frustration and can lead to many challenging behaviors, including self-stimulatory and self-injurious behavior. Traditional intervention approaches are often ineffective for this population.

Presented by a practicing Speech-Language Pathologist who has also become a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, this seminar draws from multiple treatment frameworks to gain insight into reasons that some children make minimal progress and provides specific methods for enhancing the effectiveness of your treatment approaches. The seminar shines a light on the challenges in working with children with autism and other developmental disabilities and provides outside-the-box teaching strategies to reduce problem behavior, to promote functional communication, and to increase early vocal skills in this population. Building on current treatment methods from the field of Speech-Language Pathology as viewed through the eyes of a Behavior Analyst, this seminar provides real world examples of practical and easily implemented interventions that can be applied across contexts. Emphasis will be placed on the use of Skinner’s behavioral classification of language, which refocuses and refines the teaching of functional communication. Methods for effective transfer of skills from imitative to spontaneous requesting will be presented. Procedures to systematically shape functional verbal and/or manual communication will be addressed, including utilization of the K & K Sign to Talk teaching tools and Kaufman’s system of a hierarchy of vocalizations (word shells).

For more information please call 888-337-3866 or http://www.northernspeech.com/seminar_detail/1000190/Apraxia_CAS__Articulation__Motor_Speech/1001130/Motivating_Children_With_Autism_To_Speak_Incorporating_ABA_Principles_To_Build_Functional_Communication/

Additional Info: www.northernspeech.com

Future NCSHLA Fall Speech and Hearing Conferences

North Carolina

September 24-25, 2010, Embassy Suites, Greensboro, NC

September 23-24, 2011, Wilmington Convention Center, Wilmington, NC

September 21-22, 2012, Asheville Renaissance Hotel, Asheville, NC

September 20-21, 2013, Wilmington Convention Center, Wilmington, NC

September 19-20, 2014, Asheville Renaissance Hotel, Asheville, NC

Additional Info: www.ncshla.org

The 28th Annual NCACA Conference

February 17-18, 2011

Raleigh, NC

Raleigh Marriott City Center.  The theme for the conference is:

Weaving the Threads of Augmentative Communication.  Gail M. Van Tatenhove will be the keynote speaker on February 17.  For additional information or if you are interested in submitting a presentation, please email Wendi McMillan, Conference Chair at wen29@aol.com.

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Future NCSHLA Conventions

North Carolina

April 6 - 9, 2011 - Sheraton Greensboro at Four Seasons & Koury Convention Center, Greensboro, NC

March 28 - 31, 2012 - Embassy Suites, Concord, NC

Additional Info: www.ncshla.org