HTI Conference Scheduled
“Speech-Sound Disorders in Childhood: Early Indicators and Interventions”
Date: |
Friday, March 16th, 2012 8:30am-4:30pm |
Location: |
Main Auditorium, 300 George Street, New Haven, CT |
This day-long conference will focus on current research in the causes, assessments, and treatments for speech-sound disorders in children. Topics include speech perception and production in preschool and young school-age children with articulation/phonological disorders, childhood apraxia of speech, and autism. Five invited speakers will discuss identification and treatment strategies, with added theoretical emphasis on the underlying nature of these disorders.
Speakers:
Dr. Rhea Paul (Sacred Heart University)
Dr. Maria Grigos (New York University)
Dr. Jon Preston (Southern Connecticut State University)
Dr. Ben Munson (University of Minnesota)
Dr. Susan Rvachew (McGill University)
Preliminary Agenda
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Registration Check-in; Coffee
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8:30-8:40 |
Introductory Remarks |
8:40-9:40 |
Dr. Rhea Paul, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Founding Director, Department of Speech-language Pathology, Sacred Heart University
“Phonological development in children with autism spectrum disorders” |
9:40-10:40 |
Dr. Maria Grigos, Ph. D., CCC-SLP, Associate Professor, Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, New York University
“The road to understanding speech motor control in children with speech sound disorders” |
10:40-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
11:00-12:00 |
Dr. Jon Preston, Ph. D., CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor, Communication Disorders, Southern Connecticut State University; Research Scientist, Haskins Laboratories
"Residual speech sound disorders: Linguistic and motoric considerations" |
12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
1:00-2:00 |
Dr. Ben Munson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota
"Using psycholinguistic tasks to predict phonetic accuracy in children with and without speech sound disorder" |
2:00-2:30 |
Coffee Break |
2:30-3:30 |
Dr. Susan Rvachew, Ph.D., S-LP(C), Associate Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University
"Developmental phonological disorders: Intervening at multiple levels of representation" |
3:30-4:30 |
Roundtable Discussion and Q&A; Closing Remarks |
Click here for Online Registration.
Click here to download the registration form and Register By Mail.
Pre-registration is required; please register by March 9th. Individual registration fee is $200. Offsite live internet streaming video is available for $100, for up to four people per Registration. For more information about video click here or contact Tammy Ursini. Refund of registration fees requires notice prior to March 9th. Coffee and lunch will be provided.
Download the conference Announcement
For more information click here or contact Tammy Ursini, Administrative Coordinator, Haskins Training Institute, telephone: 203.865.6163, x200.
Click here to download Conference Presentations and other materials.
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