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  • 1.  ASHA 2021 Convention

    Posted 12-01-2021 03:16 PM
    Hi!  We hope everyone had a great break last week and enjoyed the holiday!  If you attended the 2021 ASHA Convention in person or virtually, what were your favorite sessions?  We would love to hear about them!

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    Robyn Martin
    Keller, TX
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  • 2.  RE: ASHA 2021 Convention

    Posted 12-01-2021 09:18 PM

    Hi Robyn,

    I attended ASHA 2021 and had a great time attending sessions, networking with others (familiar and unfamiliar faces) and presenting. It truly was great to get together again in person and though ASHA did a phenomenal job with catering to that along with being safe with the current pandemic.

    As a speech-language pathologist interested in fluency, I attended some great sessions by Nina Reardon-Reeves and Dr. Scott Yaruss. Both of them really put the ease in approaching fluency evaluation and treatment. I would highly recommend Nina's personal website https://www.stutteringtherapyservices.com/ for more fluency tools if you are a colleague are looking for treatment strategies and ideas. 

    Thanks!
    Garrett

     



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    Garrett Nathan
    gnathan523@gmail.com
    Omaha NE
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  • 3.  RE: ASHA 2021 Convention

    Posted 12-01-2021 09:20 PM
    I liked the Sanra Gillia mstrclass. The reason is that she used a new format for  the audience to follow. It was called pear deck (Sandy correct me on the name). Additionally, the presentation was delivered in an interesting and clinically relevant way



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  • 4.  RE: ASHA 2021 Convention

    Posted 12-02-2021 04:11 PM
    I was there in person and it was SO GOOD to be in an in person class again!

    There were a bunch of good sessions I attended, a couple that stood out were "The Icarus Effect: Dysphagia Lessons on Hard Lessons Learned" where some seasoned, well known dysphagia experts talked about mistakes they made early in their career and how they'd have handled things differently. Another was a "crash course" for SLPs on ventilator basics, presented by a respiratory therapist. I also attended "Rise Up To Leadership on the ASHA BOD: Preparing for Your Journey". It was a very good presentation on what to do to prepare for ASHA leadership and a possible position on the ASHA BOD, and they made a point of emphasizing that ANY qualified ASHA member can serve on the BOD, not just persons in academia.

    Rob

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    Rob Melchionna MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
    Speech-Language Pathologist/Clinical Specialist
    Cape Cod Hospital
    Hyannis, MA

    ASHA Committee of Ambassadors Representative
    Member, United States IDDSI Reference Group
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  • 5.  RE: ASHA 2021 Convention

    Posted 12-02-2021 10:11 PM

    I attended some great sessions on SLP clinical education topics: "Point A to  Gen Z: Uniting Perspectives and Discovering Solutions for Effective Clinical Instruction", "Application of the Code of Ethics to Clinical Supervision", and "Clinical Supervision: Providing Quality Support for Competency Growth Using an Apprenticeship Model".  The latter was my favorite, because it drew on the supervision theory and practices of M.Ylvisaker, et. al. at the College of St. Rose. For those of you who work in the area of tbi and cognitive communication, this is the same Ylvisaker and colleagues who did so much in the area of functional, contextual intervention in tbi.  His theoretical approach to both is based in learning theory. His work has been very influential in my clinical and supervision work.

     

     

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  • 6.  RE: ASHA 2021 Convention

    Posted 12-03-2021 11:26 AM
    It was great to be back in person!  A special shoutout to Ellen Shortill and her meetings team, Co-Chairs Tena McNamara and Laura Purcell Verdun, the numerous Topic Chairs, and everyone else who made it all possible! I was so appreciative of both the in-person and online sessions.  The two that stood out for me were Will My Child Ever Speak? Examining Autism Using a Functional Developmental Level Lens by Sheryl Rosin and Richard Soloman (even though Dr. Soloman was not able to be there in person, his content was shared during the collaborative presentation.) Being a school-based SLP who works daily with children with autism, this was an informative session. The other session was online and entitled Help is on the Way: Advocate for Change by David Alexander, Kathy Wheat, Lou Malerba, Seijra Toogood, Lindsay Ward, Natilie Sfier, Tommy Evans, Jacquelyn Ragland, Theresa Rodgers, Daneen Sekoni and Jeff Regan.  If we want to continue to make change, advocacy is such an important part of what we do.  This session discussed many ways to do just that.  See you all in NOLA in 2022!

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    Barbara Goodson, M.S., CCC/SLP|Speech-Language Pathologist Bond County Community Unit #2|Chair, ASHA SLP Advisory Council|Adjunct Professor, Greenville University
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