The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland invites you to join us in celebrating 70 years of hearing & speech sciences!
Early Bird registration (prior to February 20, 2019): $100.00
Registration after February 20: $150.00
Register now: https://umd.alumniq.com/index.cfm/events:register/home/eventId/335
This activity is offered for .6 ASHA CEUs, professional area, intermediate level
Agenda
8:15 - 9:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. | State of the HESP Department: Be Heard!
9:15 - 9:45 a.m. | Recent research findings from HESP
Rochelle Newman Ph.D. (.05 ASHA Continuing Education Unit )
10:00 a.m. - Noon | Be a Better Supervisor/Mentor and Fulfill the New ASHA Requirement
Colleen Worthington, M.A., CCC-SLP & Margaret McCabe, Au.D., CCC-AUD (.2 ASHA Continuing
Education Units)
Noon - 1:00 p.m. | Networking Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. | Telepractice: Past, Present and a Bright Future
Nathan H. Curtis M.A., CCC-SLP & Tonya Sevilla M.A. CCC-SLP (.1 ASHA Continuing Education Unit)
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. | For Better or Worse, Know the Most Common Drugs & Their Effects
Eric Pitts PharmD (.1 ASHA Continuing Education Unit)
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. | A Panel on Professionalism: Career Pathways to Leadership Service to the Profession
and the Community
Vic Gladstone Ph.D., Tommie Robinson Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Kelly King PhD, AuD &
Moderated by Paul R. Rao Ph.D., CCC-SLP (.15 ASHA Continuing Education Units)
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. | Complimentary Cocktail Reception and Networking
Learning Outcomes: UMD 70th Anniversary Symposium
Newman: Recent research findings from HESP
As a result of attending this session, attendees will be able to:
#1 report new findings on how hearing aids and hearing loss impact cognitive function
#2 report new findings on how traumatic brain injury and stroke impacts language function
#3 report new findings on the impact of code-switching across languages on both children and adults
Disclosure
Non-Financial: Newman is Professor and Chair, Department of HESP, UMD.
Financial: data reported during this short session were enabled by grants to the Department of Hearing and Speech
Sciences by NIDCD, and NSF. Professor Newman was not compensated for her participation in this
meeting.
Worthington/McCabe: How to be a better mentor: Philosophies, Models and Strategies
#1 analyze their current style of supervision/mentoring and how this may impact the performance of
their student, junior colleague or employee
#2 identify a model of supervision/mentoring that is the best fit for their work setting
#3 identify 3 concrete techniques to modify their supervisory/mentoring style to meet the needs of a
variety of students, junior colleagues or employees without lowering expectations for performance.
Disclosures
Non-Financial: Worthington is a faculty member (Clinical Professor) in HESP/UMD, McCabe
is Clinical Professor emeritus.
Financial: Worthington receives a salary from the University of Maryland.
Curtis/Sevilla: Best practices in speech telepractice: building partnerships and effective therapy
approaches
#1 list 3 techniques to engage clients within tele sessions
#2 describe two ways to establish and maintain positive partnerships with remote sites and eHelpers
#3 state 3 ways to curate, build and maintain a digital library
Disclosures
Financial: Curtis is employed by Waldo County General Hospital, which offers telepractice
training, and sells digital materials on Teachers Pay Teachers; neither Curtis nor Sevilla were
compensated for their presentation at this meeting.
Non-Financial: no relevant interests to disclose.
Pitts/Wroten: Know the common side-effects of medications in communication disorders:
#1 apply information to counseling patients about common side effects of medications they take on
communication
#2 suggest potential alternatives/management when side effects are seen
Disclosures
Financial – both Pitts and Wroten are employed as pharmacists. Neither speaker was
compensated for their participation in this meeting.
Non-Financial: no relevant non-financial interests to disclose.
Gladstone/King: Professionalism Panel: Career Pathways to Leadership Service to the Discipline and
Community
#1 Describe what ‘professionalism’ means in the context of serving the CSD discipline
#2 Describe various pathways available to members of the professions for ‘giving back’ to the CSD
discipline
#3 Describe ways in which you, as an attendee, have or will share your expertise and experience
towards advancing the career of an individual and/or positively advance the professions of audiology
and speech-language pathology
Disclosure:
Financial: King is an NIH employee, also employed by the University of Maryland and
Gallaudet Universities for adjunct teaching services. None of the speakers/panelists were compensated
for their participation in this meeting.
Non-financial: all three speakers are alumni of the University of Maryland, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences. Gladstone and Rao have served in leadership positions within the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
