Welcome
Highlighted Speakers
Program Detail - Sessions and Abstracts
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Special Events
Hotel Information
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Welcome
We would like to thank you for joining us at the 2012 NJSHA Convention, and greatly appreciate your participation and support. We know you will be able to use the information presented by experts throughout the two-day Convention. You will be given opportunities to visit our Exhibit Hall packed with your favorite materials, vendors, publishing companies, and employment recruitment companies. There will also be ample time to network with your friends and colleagues.
The Convention Planning Committee has listened to your comments and suggestions, and has developed an exceptional program that represents the populations and disorders of interest to every NJSHA member. The committee members sought out experts in these areas to be speakers, who will present topics pertaining to both pediatric and adult clients in your caseloads. Whether you practice in the schools, in medical facilities, or in private practice, you will find topics relevant to your interests and to your client population(s).
We have designated Friday especially for students. We are offering a special student presentation by Alan Gertner as well as student poster presentations and a pizza party lunch. If you are a student in either audiology or speech–language pathology, don’t miss these great events.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our Convention Planning Committee, Joann Christodoulou, Alan Gertner, Bruce Harpster, Christina Luna, Ross Stonefield, and Joan Warner, for helping to make this year’s Convention truly exceptional. We greatly appreciate your support and dedication. We would also like to thank the NJSHA Board of Directors for their continued support and dedication.
Come join us as we build Foundations for the Future at the 2012 NJSHA Convention. See you in Long Branch!
Karen Kushla Kelly Pezzanite Natalie Neubauer
Convention Co-Chairpersons
Highlighted Speakers
Kimberly Blanch, BS
Ms. Kimberly Blanch has been a Territory Representative with Cochlear Americas since November 2010. She is a certified Teacher of the Deaf and has worked with individuals with hearing loss for more than 10 years in both Total Communication and Auditory Oral settings. She currently does outreach for Cochlear Americas, educating professionals in the hearing loss field on implantable technology options. Ms. Blanch will present Bridging the Gap—Implantable Technology on Friday, April 20 at 3:15 pm.
Sue Caspari, MA, CCC-SLP
Ms. Sue Caspari is a leading practitioner in the area of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). She has worked extensively with children in a variety of settings including education, private practice and the Mayo Clinic. She has published scholarly articles on CAS and is a professional advisory board member of the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America. Ms. Caspari will present Beyond Picture Cards! Practical Assessment and Treatment Methods for Children with Apraxia of Speech on Friday, April 20 at 8:45 am.
Anne Clark
Anne graduated from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Special Education. She also received Certification in Early Childhood Education from Kean University in New Jersey. She is Director of The Children’s Center, the Early Intervention Program of the Cerebral Palsy Association of Middlesex County/New Jersey Institute for Disabilities. Anne, a deeply committed professional, has been involved for the last 28 years in providing Early Intervention programming for newborn to three-year-olds with disabilities in New Jersey. Ms. Clark will present Early Intervention: Parents + Professionals = Success on Thursday, April 19 at 2:00 pm.
Michael Chorost, PhD
Dr. Michael Chorost is a technology theorist with an unusual perspective: his body is the future. In 2001, he went completely deaf and had a computer implanted in his head to let him hear again. This transformative experience inspired his first book, Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human. Shortly afterward it was reprinted in paperback under the new title Rebuilt: My Journey Back to the Hearing World. Dr. Chorost earned his BA at Brown University and his PhD at UT-Austin. His second book is titled World Wide Mind: The Coming Integration of Humanity, Machines and the Internet. As a freelance science writer, he has written for Wired, The Washington Post, Technology Review and The Scientist, among others. He wrote the screenplay for a TV special on brain implants titled The 22nd Century, which aired on PBS in January 2007. He sits on external advisory boards for neuroscience research at Northwestern and Brown. Dr. Chorost will present Re-Imagining the Cochlear Implant in the 21st Century on Friday, April 20 at 12:00 pm.
Alison Folliard Chung, MS, CCC-SLP
Ms. Alison Folliard Chung has practiced at Children’s Specialized Hospital for 12 years and specializes in feeding, swallowing, respiratory and neuromotor disorders in the birth to three population. She is certified in PROMPT, NMES and DPNS, is an ASHA member and is a licensed New Jersey and New York practitioner. Ms. Chung will present Feeding the Medically Fragile Infant on Thursday, April 19 at 8:00 am.
Tatyana Elleseff, MA, CCC-SLP
Ms. Tatyana Elleseff is a bilingual speech language pathologist with a full-time University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey affiliation and a private practice, Smart Speech Therapy LLC, in Central New Jersey. She specializes in working with bilingual, multicultural, internationally and domestically adopted as well as at-risk children with complex communication disorders. Ms. Elleseff has presented lectures for a number of medical, academic and non-profit organizations including New York University, American Academy of Pediatrics: Council on Foster Care, Adoption and Kinship Care as well as New Jersey Taskforce on Child Abuse and Neglect. Ms. Elleseff’s articles have been published in several magazines including Adoption Today and Advance for Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists. Ms. Elleseff will present Behavior Management Strategies for School–Based Speech–Language Pathologists on Thursday, April 19 at 8:15 am and Social Pragmatic Assessment of Children Diagnosed with Emotional/Psychiatric Disturbances in the Schools on Thursday, April 19 at 10:45 am.
Maria Emerson, MA, CCC-SLP
Ms. Maria P. Emerson has been a pediatric speech–language pathologist for 20 years. She has worked in a variety of settings including a specialized/out-of-district school, in-patient/out-patient pediatric rehabilitation, NICU and neo-natal follow-up clinics, however Maria’s passion is Early Intervention. She is the Manager of Rehabilitation Services for the Early Intervention Program at Virtua. Virtua is the largest Health System in Southern New Jersey. Ms. Emerson will present Early Intervention: Parents + Professionals = Success on Thursday, April 19 at 2:00 pm.
Robert Fifer, PhD, CCC-A
Dr. Robert Fifer is currently the Director of Audiology and Speech Pathology at the Mailman Center for Child Development, University of Miami. He received his BS degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in speech–language pathology with a minor in deaf education. His MA degree is from Central Michigan University in audiology, and his PhD degree is from Baylor College of Medicine in audiology and bioacoustics. He is a Past-President of the Florida Association of Speech–Language Pathologists and Audiologists, a member of ASHA’s Health Care Economics Committee, and the ASHA representative to the American Medical Association’s Health Care Professions Advisory Committee for the Relative Value Utilization Committee in addition to being ASHA’s representative to the AMA’s Practice Expense Advisory Committee. Additional responsibilities at the state level include serving as a consultant to the Florida Department of Health’s Children’s Medical Services and the audiology representative to the Genetics and Newborn Screening Advisory Council. Dr. Fifer will present Correct Coding, Documentation, and Decreasing Reimbursement: What to Do? on Thursday, April 19 at 8:00 am and A Tour of the Brain: Audition, Language and Everything in Between on Friday, April 20 at 8:45 am.
Karen J. Golding- Kushner, PhD, CCC-SLP, FASHA
Dr. Karen J. Golding-Kushner is owner and director of the Golding-Kushner Speech Center in New Jersey and is an ASHA Fellow. Her private practice focuses on cleft palate, VCFS, and related disorders. A founding member and Past Executive Director (2003-2011) of the VCFS Educational Foundation, she has published major VCFS research, over a dozen chapters and three books on cleft palate and VCFS. Dr. Golding-Kushner has presented internationally at more than 100 meetings. She has provided telespeech services to children with cleft palate for seven years, is Associate Chair of ASHA’s Telerepractice SIG 18, and serves on the American Telemedicine Association Committee for Intrastate License Portability. Dr. Golding-Kushner will present Feeding, Speech and Language in Cleft Palate, Particularly Velocardiofacial Syndrome (VCFS, 22q11.2 DS, DiGeorge), on Friday, April 20 at 8:45 am.
Edie Hapner, PhD, CCC-SLP
Dr. Edie Hapner is the Director of Speech–Language Pathology at the Emory Voice Center and Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. She has worked for more than 30 years with a specialty interest in voice. She is the Coordinator of ASHA’s Special Interest Group 3, Voice and Voice Disorders, and served as ASHA’s liason to the AAOHNS in the development of the Guidelines for the Treatment of Dysphonia in 2009 and now on the World Voice Day Committee for 2012. Dr. Hapner will present State-of-the-Art Evaluation and Treatment of Age-Related Dysphonia: The Aging of the Baby Boom Generation on Thursday, April 19 at 1:30 pm and Voice Therapy Adherence: Problems and Solutions on Friday, April 20 at 1:00 pm.
Karen Kimberlin, MS, CCC-SLP
Ms. Karen T. Kimberlin is owner of the Speech Language Learning Connection, LLC, an educational and speech therapy private practice in Tinton Falls. Ms. Kimberlin is the NJSHA representative to the NJ Reading Disabilities Task Force. In May 2011, Ms. Kimberlin received the NJSHA Distinguished Clinical Service Award. Ms. Kimberlin will present Dyslexia: “Just the Facts, Ma’am!” on Thursday, April 19 at 8:00 am.
Swathi Kiran, PhD, CCC-SLP
Dr. Swathi Kiran is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Boston University, Research Director of the Aphasia Resource Center at Boston University and Assistant in Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr Kiran’s research interests focus around how the brain recovers language after a stroke in monolingual and bilingual individuals and neuroimaging this brain plasticity following a stroke. She has more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Her work is funded by the National Institutes of Health and American Speech–Language–Hearing Foundation. She serves as the Editor and Associate Editor for journals in her field, on the Research and Scientific Affairs Committee for the American Speech–Language–Hearing Association and on study section at NIH. Dr. Kiran will present Bilingual Aphasia Rehabilitation on Thursday, April 19 at 8:15 am.
Jed Kwartler, MD, MBA
Dr. Jed A. Kwartler, is Director of Summit Medical Group Otology/Neurotology. Recognized as a leading ear surgeon in the New York metropolitan area, Dr. Kwartler performed New Jersey’s first cochlear implant in a child in 1993. He is an advocate for adults and children who are hard of hearing and he supports hearing testing for newborns. In addition to his position at Summit Medical Group, he is Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark. Dr. Kwartler will present Implantable Hearing Rehabilitation: Update 2012 on Friday, April 20 at 2:15 pm.
Larry Medwetsky, PhD, CCC-A
Dr. Larry Medwetsky graduated with a MSc in audiology from McGill University and a PhD in speech and hearing sciences from the Graduate Center, City University of New York. Dr. Medwetsky has served in the field of audiology for 32 years in a number of capacities, including as an educational audiologist, research associate, audiology consultant, and is presently the Director of Quality Assurance and Special Projects at the Rochester Hearing and Speech Center, where he has been employed for 20 years. Dr. Medwetsky has published and presented on many different topics with a special focus on the underlying speech processes and deficits in both individuals with normal hearing and hearing loss. Dr. Medwetsky will present A Comprehensive Approach to Diagnosing and Managing “Auditory Processing” Disorders on Thursday, April 19 at 1:30 pm.
Joseph Montano, EdD, CCC-A
Dr. Joseph Montano is an Associate Professor of Audiology in Clinical Otolaryngology and Director of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital. He received his EdD in Audiology from Teacher’s College Columbia University and his MA degree from New York University, and is certified in Audiology (CCC-A) through the American Speech–Language–Hearing Association (ASHA). He is the Past-President of the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology and serves on the Advisory Boards of the Ida Institute and Hearing Loss Association of America. Dr. Montano’s clinical expertise is in the area of audiologic rehabilitation. He has twice served as coordinator of the ASHA Special Interest Division 7, Aural Rehabilitation and Its Instrumentation. Dr. Montano will present Current Trends in Audiologic Rehabilitation: Managing Issues Related to Hearing Loss on Friday, April 20 at 9:00 am.
Lori Burkhead Morgan, PhD, CCC-SLP
Dr. Lori Burkhead Morgan has practiced speech–language pathology since 1994 in a variety of settings. She earned a PhD from the University of Florida in 2005, focusing on using exercise-based principles in dysphagia diagnosis and management. She has presented domestically and internationally, and has published peer-reviewed articles and a book chapter relating to dysphagia. Her current research focuses on developing more effective approaches for dysphagia evaluation and treatment. Dr. Burkhead Morgan will present Exercise-Based Treatments for Dysphagia on Thursday, April 19 at 10:45 am and Conducting and Interpreting Instrumental Swallowing Examinations on Thursday, April 19 at 2:00 pm.
Jill Parmenter, MHS, CCC-SLP
Ms. Jill Parmenter is a speech–language pathologist with 11 years of experience providing pediatric therapy. She is a Regional Director for EBS Healthcare, and also serves as Associate Editor for ASHA SIG 11 Perspectives on Administration and Supervision. Jill presents at conventions and universities across the country on the topics of standards-based goals and therapy, RtI, and supervision/mentoring. Ms. Parmenter will present Bridging the Gap Through Standards-Based Goals on Friday, April 20 at 1:00 pm.
Christine Rota-Donahue, MPhil, CCC-A/SLP
Ms. Christine Rota-Donahue teaches Audiology and Hearing Science at Lehman College of the City University of New York (CUNY) and is pursuing her doctorate in speech–language–hearing sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center. After more than 20 years in clinical practice in both audiology and speech–language pathology, she is currently studying the use of electrophysiological measures in the diagnosis of pediatric APD. Ms. Rota-Donahue will present Pediatric Auditory Processing Disorder: The Processing of Small Frequency Changes on Friday, April 20 at 1:00 pm.
Linda Eve Seth, MEd
Ms. Linda Eve Seth’s more than 40 years of experience as a school-based SLP, and her natural ability as a raconteur make her an interesting and animated workshop presenter. She has achieved national recognition as a presenter and has taught seminars in more than 45 states over the last seven years. Ms. Seth will present RtI for SLPs: Meeting the Challenge on Thursday, April 19 at 10:15 am.
Melissa Smith, MS, CCC-SLP, C/NDT
Ms. Melissa Smith has practiced at Children’s Specialized Hospital for 11½ years and specializes in feeding, swallowing, and respiratory and neuromotor disorders in the birth-to-age 3 population. She is certified in NDT, NMES and DPNS, is an ASHA member and is a licensed New Jersey practitioner. Ms. Smith will present Feeding the Medically Fragile Infant on Thursday, April 19 at 8:00 am.
Phyllis Watson, MS, CCC-SLP
Ms. Phyllis Watson is a speech–language pathologist and AAC specialist with more than 25 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults with severe disabilities in a variety of settings, including nursing homes, hospitals, developmental day programs, and the public schools. She has also taught courses at several universities, including Butler University, Indiana University, and University of New Hampshire. Phyllis currently works for Crotched Mountain ATECH services as an AAC Specialist. Ms. Watson will present Mobile Apps for Augmentative and Alternative Communication on Friday, April 20 at 9:00 am.
J. Scott Yaruss, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-FD
Dr. J. Scott Yaruss is an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Yaruss has extensive experience working with children and adults who stutter in a variety of clinical settings and author of numerous publications, including the Overall Assessment of the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering (OASES). Dr. Yaruss will present Effective Treatment for School-Age Children Who Stutter: An Advanced Course on Thursday, April 19 at 10:15 am and Evaluating and Treating Adolescents and Adults Who Stutter on Friday, April 20 at 9:00 am.
Registration
At this time, please register on-site.
Printable Registration Form
Confirmation
If you wish to receive a confirmation, please provide your email address on the Registration Form. Please pick up your attendee packet at On-Site Registration.
Cancellations and Refunds
All cancellations and refunds will be processed after the Convention. Full refunds (minus a $25 processing fee) will be made only if a written cancellation request is received by March 26, 2012. NJSHA is accountable for the number of attendees guaranteed to the hotel at this time; therefore, we cannot grant refunds for cancellations received after March 26, 2012.
Special Events
Please join us for these special events!
Thursday, April 19
Honors and Awards Presentation and Welcome Reception
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Please join us as we honor the 2012 NJSHA Honors & Awards recipients. This forum provides an opportunity for NJSHA members to recognize and celebrate the accomplishments and success of our recipients. Immediately following the Honors & Awards Presentation, we will enjoy light hors d’oeuvres at the Welcome Reception. All Convention attendees are invited to attend both the Honors & Awards Presentation and Welcome Reception. Take this opportunity to congratulate the award recipients and network with fellow Convention attendees! Please check the box on your Convention Registration Form if you plan to attend this event. We hope you will make this a part of your 2012 NJSHA Convention!
Friday, April 20
Annual Membership Meeting and Professional Issues Forum
7:30 am – 8:45 am
Marni Reisberg Memorial Program (Session 19)
8:45 am–11:45 am
Student Luncheon
Sponsored by EBS Healthcare
12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Poster Presentations
2:00 pm–4:00 pm
Last Break for Door Prizes
3:00 pm–3:30 pm
School Affairs Update
Healthcare Update
3:30 pm–5:30 pm
Audiology Update
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Hotel Information
A special group rate of $150 (parking included) has been obtained for the 2012 Annual Convention at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa. For each additional person, add $10 per room, per night. The special group rate will only be honored by the Ocean Place Resort & Spa until Wednesday, April 1, 2012. Please make your reservations early.
Reservations may be made by contacting the Ocean Place Resort & Spa at 1.800.411.6493 and identifying the group as New Jersey Speech-Language-Hearing Association or by emailing reservations@oceanplace.com.
Visit the hotel website for additional information, www.Oceanplace.com. |
