Submitted by Christine Buscaglia

Northtowns School Based Speech-Language Pathologists Study Group

2008-2009 Agenda

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 3, 2008

Guest: Joe Sonnenburg ..."Current School Issues for the Professional Affairs Committee"

Emergent Literacy /Language Assessment (ELLA)

Facilitators: Susan Perlow; Stephanie Verrico

October 1, 2008

Demonstration and Practice with "The Test of Social Language"

Sharing Intervention Tools and New Techniques for Articulation

(Primary and Secondary)

Facilitator: Susan Perlow

November 5, 2008

Guest Speaker: Lisa Draper "Resonance Disorders"

Facilitator: Nancy Hadyn-Hawkins

December 3, 2008

Grand Rounds: 2 Case Studies

Sharing Notes and Strategies from Shawny Sponsored Fall Conferences

Facilitator: Jennifer Burton

January 7, 2009

Guest Speaker: Claudia Stachowski: "Myofacial Therapy"

Facilitator: Christine M. Buscaglia

February 4, 2009

Guest Speaker: Joan Sussman, Ph.d

"Review of Syndromes of School Aged Children"

Facilitator: TBA

March 4, 2009

Review and Discussion of DVD: "Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

A recent Oscar nominatied film portraying the arduous task of an SLP and how she restores effective communication to a stroke victim. (fomer editor of ELLE).

This film reinforces the importance of ASHA's new vision statement "making effective communication, a human right, accessible and acheiveable by all".

Facilitator: Kathie Evans

April 1, 2009

Overview and Group Discussion: "Over My Head"

Author: Claudia Osborn

Facilitator: Mrs. Jody Marshall

May 6, 2009

Identification of Current/Relevant Needs for School Based SLP's

Facilitator: Christine M. Buscaglia

June 3, 2009

Time Saver Strategies for Caseload/Workload

How to Advocate for Stipends

Review and Editing of Agenda for 2009-2010

Facilitators: Christine M. Buscaglia

Nancy-Hadyn Hawkins

Stephanie Verrico

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.

2007-2008 Agenda

2006-2007 Agenda

2005-2006 Agenda

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