2012 Metro Speech Language Symposium Handouts
The 2012 Symposium is scheduled to take place as planned. In the unlikely event that it must be canceled due to inclement weather, we will make that announcement here on our website.
2012 Metro Speech-Language Network Symposium – Schedule
Friday, February 3, 2012
• Katheryn Boada (VP-Public Policy, CSHA) & Connie Egleston, MS, CCC-SLP
“Public Policy & Licensure Updates for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists”
2011 Metro Speech-Language Network Symposium – Schedule
Saturday, February 4, 2012
7:45am – 9:15am – Breakout Sessions
• Cher Heller , MA, CCC-SLP (Tennyson Center)
“Recycled Therapy – Reusing Resources to Jump Start Your Interventions”
(Salon A)
• Tammy Lehn, MS, CCC-SLP (Douglas County School District)
“"That Was Easy!"” (Salon C)
“Implementing a Phonetically Consistent Treatment Program for /r/ Articulation Disorders” (handout 1 | handout 2)
(Salon D)
• Kevin Stuckey M.Ed., CCC-SLP, (Editor, Super Duper)
“Strategic Interventions for Auditory Memory Training”
(handout)
9:30am – 11:00am – Breakout Sessions
• Linda Haertling, MA, CCC-SLP (Adams 12) & Dr. Tarik Walker, MD, MPH (Instructor/Fellow, JFK Partners/Dept. of Pediatrics, University of CO Denver)
“HIV/AIDs - Issues and Strategies for Intervention, Associated Speech/Language and Hearing disorders”
• Aimee Smookler, MA, CCC-SLP (Part C Private Practice) & Judy Delaware, MA, CCC-SLP (Pediatric Occupational Therapist)
“Sensory Issues and the Child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder”
(handout)
• Christine Ristuccia, MS, CCC-SLP (Say It Right)
“Implementing Yogic Techniques into Speech-Language Pathology”
(handout)
• Debby McBride, MS, CCC-SLP (AAC TechConnect, Inc.)
“AAC Evaluations Simplified: Tools & Resources”
11:00am – 12:30pm – Breakout Sessions
• Cynthia C. Millikin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP & Fran Herbert, MA, CCC-SLP (CDE Supervisor and Consultants)
“SLI, SLD with CLD Considerations”.
• Amy Thrasher, MA, CCC-SLP (Clinical Assistant Professor, CU Boulder) and Jen Wilger, ECSE (Executive Director, Temple Grandin School)
“Perspectives: Teaching Social Communication for Older Students with Asperger's and Similar Learning Profiles”
• Dr. Ed Steinberg, (Special Education Assistant Commissioner, Colorado Depart of Education)
“Topics in Special Education”
(handout)
• Debby McBride, MS, CCC-SLP (AAC TechConnect, Inc.)
“AAC Apps and AAC Devices; How to Choose”
1:00pm – 2:30pm – Breakout Sessions
• Kevin Stuckey, M.Ed., CCC-SLP, (Editor, Super Duper)
“An Individualized Approach to Teaching Sequencing Skills”
(handout)
• Eileen Conroy, MA, CCC-SLP (Jefferson County School District)
“Developing Oral Language through Interactive Activities”
• Kathleen Fahey, PhD CCC-SLP (Professor, University of Northern Colorado),Shannon Robel, MA, CF-SLP and Katheryn Boada, MA, CCC-SLP (Director, Audiology, Speech Pathology & Learning Services Children’s Hospital Colorado)
“Conversations with Parents and SLPs: What Parents Need from Early Intervention”
• Lynea Pearson, MA, CCC-SLP (Area Administrative Coordinator, St Vrain Valley School District), Tera Hammer, (SLP, St Vrain Valley School District)
“Social Stories: Research, Rewards and Resources…Oh My!”
2:30pm – 3:45pm – Breakout Sessions
• Ellen Gilman, MA, CCC-SLP (Denver Public Schools) & Jeanine Coleman, PhD, ECSE (Regional Preschool Specialist , Denver Public Schools)
“How Do Teams Use Transdisciplinary Playbased Assessment in a Public School/Child Find Setting?”
(handout 1 | handout 2 | handout 3 | handout 4)
• Mary Ann Bash, MA, CCC-SLP (Denver Public Schools) and Autumn Longmore (Denver Public Schools)
“Each One Teach One: Inspiring Students, Parents, and Volunteers to Promote Enriched Vocabulary and Oral Conversations” (This presentation will be based on a different book than previously used in the last 3 years) (handout)
• Kimberly Walker, MS Ed, CCC-SLP (Adams 12 School District)
“Intuitive Therapy at Your Fingertip”
• Coral Euler, MA, ECSE, and Linda Haertling, MA, CCC-SLP (SLP - Adams 12 School District)
“Managing Maladaptive Behaviors to Increase Academic and Social Skills Building in the Classroom”
4:00pm – 5:15pm – Breakout Sessions
• Donna Massine, Lead Audiologist/Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf (Douglas County School District)
“APD, ADD, EF or Alphabet Soup: Symptoms, Strategies and Solutions” (handout)
• Karin L. Johnson , MA, CCC-SLP (Adjunct faculty - Metropolitan State College of Denver), Catherine Curran, PhD, CCC-SLP (Professor & Division Chair, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences: Metropolitan State College of Denver), Lara Dunn, MA, CCC-SLP (Adjunct Professor, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Kimberly Hatch (Student, Metropolitan State College of Denver)
“Curriculum-based Language Intervention: Targeting Expository Text” (handout)
• Vanessa Sacchi, MA, CCC-SLP (Private Practice)
“Avoid versus Escape? Breaking down the Stuttering Pattern & Implications for Therapy”

