Submitted by Christine Buscaglia

Northtowns School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists’ Interest Group

2006-2007 Agenda

All meetings are on Wednesdays, 4-6 pm

Loughran's Restaurant

Conference Room

4543 Main Street

Snyder, New York

Please note: participation in the following 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.

September 13, 2006
Colleagues Share: Charting Student Progress.
Various ways to chart student progress- especially in group therapy.

October 4, 2006
Colleagues Share: Best practices for teaching Concepts of Time
(The calendar, yesterday/today/tomorrow, holidays etc.)

November 1, 2006
Discussion and practice of Successful Memory Strategies.
Follow-up from the Shawny Workshop on September 30, 2006.

December 6, 2006
Apraxia- Part I :Diagnosis
Offsite: Ledgeview Elementary in Clarence. Overview of materials.
Facilitators: Jody Caprow, Susan Perlow & Shelly Gerovac

January 3, 2007
Apraxia-Part II-Therapy Techniques

February 7, 2007
Colleagues Share: Communication Needs of Students with Down’s Syndrome.

March 7, 2007
Guest Presenter: Gretchen Swartzenberg, SLP
The Nonverbal Learning Disability Program at UB

April 4, 2007
Part I-New and Favorite Intervention Techniques
Vocabulary; Language Processing; Expressive language

May 2, 2007
Identification of Current Needs for the 2007-2008
School-Based Speech/Language Pathologists, Inc.
Facilitator: Chris Buscaglia

June 6, 2007
Part II-New and Favorite Intervention Techniques
Oral Motor; Speech Production; Phonological Awareness

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

2005-2006 Agenda

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