NJSHA Webinars

Aphasia in Adults: Information Processing and Social Consequences Approaches to Assessment and Treatment

February 22, 2012
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Registration for this webinar is limited to 50 participants.

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Presented by: Dr. Venu Balasubramian, PhD, CCC-SLP
Dr. Venu Balasubramanian is currently affiliated with Seton Hall University where he holds the position of Associate Professor of Speech-Language pathology. He graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo, with a Ph. D (1987) in communication Disorders and Sciences. He currently teaches courses in Cognitive-communicative neuroscience, Aphasia, Traumatic brain injury, Topics in cognitive neuroscience (doctoral seminar), Topics in neurobiology of language (doctoral seminar), and Neuromotor disorders of speech in adults. Dr. Bala supervises student research both at the master’s and doctoral levels. His peer reviewed publications have appeared in Brain and Cognition, Brain and Language, and Journal of Neurolinguistics. He co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Neurolinguistics on the topic ‘Multi Dimensional Nature of the Acquired Neurogenic Fluency Disorders’(September 2010). He serves as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Neurolinguistics. He is an ad-hoc reviewer for the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

This webinar is intended for the beginning-level SLP-clinicians and those who needed a short refresher of two contemporary approaches to aphasia: Cognitive (information-processing) and social-functional perspectives. These two approaches, taken together, account for what aphasia therapists would do mostly in their clinical routine. This presentation includes case studies exemplifying these two approaches in assessment and treatment.  Emphasis is also placed on the need for an eclectic perspective that combines various approaches to aphasia in clinical intervention.

After completing this course, participants will be able to explain the conceptual bases of cognitive and social-functional approaches, and describe the differences in the application of these perspectives to assessment and treatment of aphasia in adults.

Webinar fee is $25.

Additional information and login procedures will be provided to participants after registration. 

Continuing Education:

This program is offered for .15 CEUs (intermediate level, profesional area)

AAC Apps: Choosing the Best Match
This webinar has been postponed to February - Mid March

Please check back soon for the new date.

Registration for this webinar is limited to 50 participants.

Presented by: Travis M. Tallman, MS, CC-SLP, ATP
Travis Tallman is the Director of Augmentative and Computer Services at the New Jersey Institute for Disabilities/ Cerebral Palsy Association of Middlesex County in Edison, New Jersey.   She provides Augmentative Communication and Assistive Technology services to individuals of all ages in a variety of settings both clinical and educational. She has a graduate degree from The Pennsylvania State University and undergraduate degree from Towson University.  She is certified as an Assistive Technology Practitioner by the Rehabilitation Engineering society of North America (RESNA) and holds NDT certification. She has taught at Rutgers University, been on the clinical staff at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and lectured on AAC at all levels.  She is committed to educating others about the potentials and benefits of utilizing Augmentative Communication/Assistive Technology.

Over the past two years there have been significant changes in all aspects of the field of Augmentative Communication due to the introduction of the Apple iPad/iPodTouch and other iDevices.  Determining that a mobile iDevice is the hardware of choice is only one part of the evaluation process.  Choosing the most appropriate AAC app for the user requires an even more comprehensive assessment but is perhaps the most confusing.  However one does not work without the other. This webinar will provide a framework and review AAC apps by various categories, classifications, and specialized features. Methods currently being developed along with resources available to help in this evaluation process will be discussed.  Issues that arise with the iPad/iPodTouch usage and critical accessories for successful implementation will be addressed.

After completing this course, participants will be able to explain how to better identify and evaluate the various AAC apps by utilizing at least two methods/approaches to assist selection and client matching., identify two apps within several major types/and or classifications including those that support specialized features such as visual and or auditory scanning, specific symbol sets etc, identify three important accessories i.e. switch interfaces, keyguards, mounts and discuss  two major issues presented by the use of iDevice AAC technology.

Webinar fee is $25.

Additional information and login procedures will be provided to participants after registration. 

Continuing Education:

This program is offered for .15 CEUs (intermediate level, profesional area)