Metro Speech-Language Symposium
February 2, 2012 9:30 pm:
The Metro Speech-Language Symposium is scheduled to occur as planned (both Pre-Conference and Conference). Metro recognizes that adverse weather can make it difficult or even dangerous to travel. We hope registrants will understand that Metro is under a contract with The Denver Marriott South at Park Meadows, and we are obligated to pay for the use of the facility, food and beverages, regardless of weather or attendance. Metro will always hold the conference, even in the case of a snowstorm. We apologize for any difficulty this may cause. Metro cannot be held responsible for events beyond our control (including weather and terrorism related causes) prohibiting your attendance. Thank you for your continued support and understanding under these circumstances.
2012 Pre-Conference Keynote Speaker is Dr Laura Justice!
Words, Words, Words: Building Children's Lexicons in Bits and Pieces
Dr. Justice will be addressing lexical development and therapy approaches for Preschool and Elementary students
Participants will:
Identify major theories regarding how children's lexicons are organized and developed - Describe current approaches to selecting words to teach in education and intervention -Identify prevalent evidence-based approaches to delivering vocabulary intervention.
Laura Justice, PhD., is a clinical speech-language pathologist and applied researcher in early childhood language and literacy development, educational interventions, and communication disorders. Dr. Justice is Professor in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University, where she also directs the Children's Learning Research Collaborative, a research unit within the School of Teaching and Learning. Dr. Justice's research activities have been supported by grants from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, the International Reading Association, the National Institutes of Health, and the U. S. Department of Education. She is currently the Principal Investigator of a research portfolio that exceeds $30,000,000 in federal funding. Dr. Justice sits on grant panels of the National Institutes of
Health and the Institute of Education Sciences, and was awarded a Presidential Award in 2005 from the U. S. government for her contributions to educational research (the PECASE award from President H. W. Bush). Justice has been a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Zagreb (Croatia, 2008), an Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand, 2004), and a Senior Fellow in the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Bologna (Italy, 2010). She has published more than 100 articles and chapters on early education and language/literacy development and intervention, and received the 2004 Editor's Award for the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and the 2010 Editor's Award for Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. Dr. Justice has authored or edited ten books, including Language Development from Theory to Practice; Communication Disorders: A Contemporary Perspective; and Scaffolding with Storybooks. Justice was the Founding Editor of EBP Briefs, published by Pearson, and received served a three-year term as the Editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.