RN to BSN Program
24th Annual Speech-Language Pathology Alumni Conference
| When: | October 5, 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Add to Calendar |
| Filed Under: | Activities |
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8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Friday, October 5, 2012 Two full-day workshops with .5 ASHA CEU credits are offered to speech-language pathologists. Two full-day workshops are offered. Frustrated with treating /r/ disorders? This course offers a new and refreshing approach to treat the most difficult of sounds. Backed with extensive research and field testing, a complete phonemic approach to evaluating and treating /r/ is presented based on the 32 different types of /r/. Christine Ristuccia, M.S. CCC-SLP, is an experienced school-based speech-language pathologist who has worked with a wide range of communicative disorders ranging from preschool to adulthood. Christine founded Say It Right in 1999. Her phonemic approach to /r/ remediation, The Entire World of R, sets the standard for efficient, successful correction of /r/ articulation errors. Christine is the author of several books and has spoken throughout the United States on articulation disorders. Dr. Balou, an alum of the EUP MASLP program, will speak on Swallowing Disorders and Head & Neck Cancer. While a doctoral student she was awarded seven research grants including the Gerondelis Doctoral Research Fellowship,Boston, MA, 2010 and theAHEPA Foundation Research Grant, Washington, D.C., 2011. Her research uses simultaneous solid state intraluminal manometry and videofluoroscopy, videomanometry, to understand the pressure foundations of swallowing components in the normal population and the head & neck cancer patients treated with chemoradiation. Call Dr. Susan Hegel 814-734-2547 for additional information or register on-line. Cost is $99.00 including awards luncheon. Sponsored by Liberty Mutual Insurance and the Speech, Language and Hearing Department of Edinboro University |
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