Submitted by Christine Buscaglia

Northtowns School-Based Speech-Language Pathologists’ Interest Group

2007-2008 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 5, 2007

New Diagnostic Tests Including:  Test of Narrative Lang, CAAP and TAL

October 3, 2007

Reading and Writing Assessment

November 7, 2007

Dyslexia: Evaluation Techniques  

Review of Chapters from "Overcoming Dyslexia" by Sally Shaywitz, M.D.

"Diagnosing Dyslexia in the School–Age Child";

"Everyone Speaks but not Everyone Reads";

"The Working Brain Reads"

December 12, 2007

Dyslexia: Intervention and Parent Participation

Review of Chapters from "Overcoming Dyslexia" by Sally Shaywitz, M.D.

"Helping Your Child Break the Reading Code";

Helping Your Child Become a Reader"

January 9, 2008

Co-Treatment: Speech/Language Pathologists and Occupational Therapists

February 6, 2008

Improving Automatic Naming and Working Memory

Diagnostic Evaluation using the CTOPP Test

March 5, 2008

Discussion of book: “Central Auditory Processing Disorders: Mostly Management” by M. Gay Masters, Nancy A. Stecker, and Jack Katz;

Review of Chapter: “Speech and Language Management of Central Auditory Processing Disorders”

April 9, 2008

Bring a Colleague Month

Share your favorite commercial game adaptable to therapy.

May 7, 2008

Identification of Current Issues for School Based Speech-Language Pathologists

Creation of Agenda for 2008-2009

June 4, 2008

*End of the Year Time Management Techniques for the SBSLP (IEPs, Final Reports, Testing)

*PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION FOR THIS MEETING: we will meet at Frog Hair, 7800 Transit Road Williamsville from 4-6 pm. Meet us in the conference room for this final meeting of the school year!

*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

2006-2007 Agenda

2005-2006 Agenda

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