Eighth Annual ASHA Division 4
Fluency and Fluency Disorders
Leadership Conference
May 16 May 19, 2001
Academic & Clinical Training in Fluency Disorders: Future Directions
Toronto Colony Hotel
Toronto, Canada
Wednesday: May 16
7:30-8:30 p.m. Reception
7:30-9:00 p.m. Registration
Thursday May 17
7:30-8:00 a.m. Registration & Coffee
8:00-8:15 Plenary Session: Greetings and Conference Charge Char Bloom (College of St. Rose) & Bill Murphy (Purdue University)
8:15-8:30 Presentation of the Malcolm Fraser Award: Division 4 Awards Committee Chair Klaas Bakker
Professional Challenges: Maintaining Quality
8:35-9:15 Keynote Address: The Future of Clinical Education: Challenges and Opportunities John Bernthal (President of ASHA)
9:15-9:45 The New CCC Standards: Implications for training students to work with fluency disorders Tommie Robinson (Scottish Rite Center for Childhood Language Disorders, Hearing & Speech Center, Childrens National Medical Center)
9:45-10:15 Specialization: Implications for Training Specialists and Generalists Ken St. Louis (West Virginia University)
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-10:45 Instructions for Break-out Groups
10:45-12:00 Discussion Groups Meet
12:00-1:30 Lunch
Teaching Challenges: planning for the 21st Century
1:30-1:45 Steering Committee Report on the Syllabi Project: What do our fluency classes currently look like? Nan Bernstein Ratner (University of Maryland, College Park)
1:45-2:15 Instilling an Appreciation for the Contributions of Science Julie Masterson (ASHA Vice President for Research and Technology)
Use of Technology
2:15-2:45 Tele-therapy Deb Kully (Institute for Stuttering Treatment & Research, Edmonton, Alberta)
2:45-3:15 Distance Education TBA
3:15-3:45 Simulating Therapy: Computer applications to train students and professionals Tony Caruso (Kent State University)
3:45-4:05 Stimulating Therapy: How to get more clients in your clinic Bob Quesal (Western Illinois University)
4:05-4:20 Break
4:20-5:30 Discussion Groups Meet
5:30-7:00 Wine and Cheese Reception: Your hosts Jane Fraser & Joe Fulcher Stuttering Foundation of America
Friday May 18 Clinical Challenges: Bridging the Gap
8:00-8:30 Bridging the Classroom Setting to the Clinical Setting Kathy Whitmire (Director, Schools Division for ASHA)
8:30-9:00 Beyond the Visible: Helping students to look beyond the disfluency Steve Hood (University of South Alabama)
9:00-9:30 From Buzz-Words to Practice: Integrating constructs into useful applications John (Mick) Hanley (Western Michigan University)
9:30-10:00 Training Students in Dealing with Psycho-Social Aspects -- Woody Starkweather (Birch Tree Foundation)
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-10:45 Problem-Based Learning in Stuttering Tricia Zebrowski (University of Iowa)
10:45-11:15 Self-Study CEU Opportunities and the SFA Lisa Scott Trautman (Wichita State University) & Tricia Zebrowski (University of Iowa)
11:15-12:30 Discussion Groups Meet
Afternoon is Free
Saturday: May 19 Our Challenges: Shaping the Future
8:00-9:15 Steering Committee Summary and Interpretation of Discussion Group Outcomes Nan Bernstein Ratner (University of Maryland at College Park)
9:15-10:30 Discussion Groups Meet: Additions to Outcome Summary, Problem Solving. Where do we go from here?
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:30 Group leaders summarize each groups closing discussion
11:30-12:00 Audience response/open discussion
12:00 Conference Adjourns