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Wayne A. Secord, Ph.D.,
The Ohio State
University, Columbus, OH
Leading Best
Practice in Communication Sciences and Disorders: Inspiring
Change from the Heart
Thursday, April 10, 2008
5:30PM
TO 7:30PM
Leadership is
critical to the success of any school, clinic or organization.
Indeed, professionals who are instructional leaders can bring a
rich background of experiences, skills and vision to
school-based or other clinical practice. This presentation will
explore the components of effective instructional leadership in
Communication Sciences and Disorders. It will focus
specifically on instructional leadership practices that under
gird highly effective schools or other organizations, and
promote a deeper understanding of communication, language and
literacy processes. It will give speech-language pathologists,
audiologists, teachers, supervisors and administrators an
opportunity to ponder their own values and beliefs about
leadership, and help them forge a vision for excellence and
change. Participants who attend this presentation will leave
feeling connected and inspired, believing and knowing they can
make a difference in our profession, and most of all, knowing
what it means to lead from the heart. (Intermediate, .2 CEUs)
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Wayne A.
Secord, Ph.D.,
is currently a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of
Speech and Hearing Science at The Ohio State University (OSU) in
Columbus,
Ohio. Dr. Secord recently completed a three-year
Distinguished Professorship (2003-2006) at the University of
Central Florida (UCF) where he and his colleagues in the
College of
Education launched three new graduate programs in language and
literacy. Before UCF, he developed and directed the National
Center for Speech-Language-Pathology in Schools (NCSLPs) at the
University of Cincinnati (UC) from 2000 to 2003, chaired the
Department of Communication Disorders at Northern Arizona
University from 1995 to 2000, and coordinated the program in
school speech-language pathology at OSU from 1988 to 1995. He
is a Fellow of the Ohio Speech & Hearing Association (OSHA) and
the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and has
received awards for outstanding clinical achievement from UC,
OSU, OSHA, the ASHA Foundation, and the Speech-Language-Hearing
Association of Western New York (SHAWNY). He has authored or
co-authored numerous articles, books, tests and intervention
programs on assessment and treatment of speech and language
disorders, and served as the editor of Language, Speech, and
Hearing Services in Schools from 1992 to 1998. As a
Principal Investigator of funded projects, and developer of new
academic programs, he has raised more than four million dollars
in support of his academic and clinical innovations at the
university level. A native of western NY and a former school
speech-language pathologist, Dr. Secord is a frequent conference
presenter and a nationally recognized expert on (1) clinical and
educational assessment, (2) children with disabilities in
communication, language, and literacy, and (3) the delivery of
school-based speech and language services. |
