Submitted by Christine Buscaglia

School Based Speech-Language Pathologists Study Group

Agenda for the 2009-2010 School Year

All meetings are on Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 pm

Note: New Location:  Frog Hair

7800 Transit Road

Williamsville, New York 14221

Please Note:  *All SHAWNY members are welcome. Participants should expect to contribute $2 per meeting attended.

Questions/suggestions: call Christine Buscaglia @ 688 -2861 or chrisssb@adelphia.net or Nancy Hadyn-Hawkins at nancehh@aol.com

September 9, 2009

Topic: Selective Mutism

Facilitator:  Nancy Hadyn-Hawkins and Parent Volunteers

October 7, 2009

Speaker: Karen Bunce, SLP, Kaleida Health

Topic:  “Cognitive Therapy: Compensatory Strategies and Therapeutic Tasks for Brain Injured School Age Children" 

Facilitator: CM Buscaglia

November 4, 2009

Guest Speaker: Gretchen Swartzenburg SLP, Clinical Assistant Professor @ UB

Topic:  Developing Social Behavior for Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome

Facilitator: Sue Perlow

December 2, 2009

Off campus Visitation……..TBA

January 6, 2010

Topic: Grand Rounds

Each member will bring a tape and summary of therapy procedures used on a current student.

SLP's will contribute with alternative therapy techniques.  Facilitator: Jennifer Burton

February 3, 2010

Topic:  "Communication with Parents"

SLP's will share samples of letters/calendars and other creative ideas for parent communication.

Facilitator: Stephanie Verrico

March 3, 2010

Speaker: Kristen Marchiole, Erie 1 Boces

Topic: Teaching Correct Social Behaviors to Young Children with Asperger Syndrome

Facilitator: Jody Marshall

April 7, 2010

Topic:  Education of Faculty and Staff: May is Better Hearing and Speech Month

Facilitator: Jennifer Sinclair

 May 5, 2010

Topic: The identification of Current Trends for Speech/Language Pathologists

Development of Agenda for 2010-2011

Facilitators:  Christine M. Buscaglia; Nancy Hadyn-Hawkins; Jennifer Sinclair

June 2, 2010

The School Year in Review…. Discussion of Student Progress in Grand Rounds

throughout the current school year

Current Legislature in Special Education and Speech Pathology

Please note:  participation in the above meetings may help individuals earn professional development credit per NYS guidelines; however it is the responsibility of each professional to secure and maintain the necessary paperwork pertaining to “professional study group” hours.  ASHA CEUs do NOT apply.

2008-2009 Agenda

2007-2008 Agenda

2006-2007 Agenda

2005-2006 Agenda

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