What Your Colleagues Learned at ASHA ’s Schools Connect 2018

Apraxia of speech assessments for nonverbal students. Ready-to-implement concussion-management strategies. Modeling voice changes for students. These are just some of the take-aways participants in “Schools Connect” look forward to immediately putting into practice. Designed for speech-language pathologists who work in schools, health care and private practice, the annual ASHA Connect features hands-on, practical educational sessions that provide practical tools for attendees to use as soon as they get home. The 2018 conference, held last week in Baltimore, The Leader asked some of the Schools Connect participants about their “take-aways”: information they learned that they can immediately put into practice. (See tomorrow’s post for comments from the private practice and health care attendees.) Here’s what some of them had to say. Clinical fellow Carlina Smith attended her first ASHA Connect conference last week, and couldn’t believe how much information she received—not just in sessions, but also by networking: “There are so many people willing to share ideas with me.” Sondra Bistline from Fredonia, Arizona, is excited to implement concussion strategies for students. She talked about how the typical recovery time takes about four weeks, but getting those students on a 504 plan takes too long. Some of the things Bistline learned in the session—given by SLP Kathryn Hardin—will help her put together an interprofessional concussion team at her school ...
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