This year the USHA conference will be held March 8th and 9th in Lehi, Utah at Thanksgiving Point.
March 8th and 9th, 2012
Thanksgiving Point
3003 N. Thanksgiving Way
Lehi, Utah
Venue: Garden Room
3900 N. Garden Drive
(Parking is Great)
Please scroll all the way down to the bottom for conference pricing.
*Remember, you can earn a full year's worth of CEUs by attending the USHA conference*
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USHA Conference List of Presenters
Thursday March 8th
All Tracks:
7:00 – 8:00 Registration and
Continental Breakfast
SLP Medical Track:
Tom Franceschini MS, CCC-SLP
8:00 – 10:00 Esophageal Considerations
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:00 Acid Reflux Disease
12:00 – 1:00 Buffet Lunch Provided
1:00 – 3:00 Aspiration Pneumonia
Free Water Protocol
3:00 - 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:45 Oral Hygiene Programs
Audiology Track:
Jackie Clark PhD; AAA-F; ABA; CCC-A
8:00 – 10:00 Can Humanitarians Maintain Best
Practices in the Midst of Poverty
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:00 Humanitarian Roundtable
11:00 – 12:00 Auditory Neuropathy/Dys-synchrony:
Overview and Updates
12:00 – 1:00 Buffet Lunch Provided
1:00 – 2:00 Jerrad Klumph BS
Social Media Marketing for Hearing
Professionals
2:00 – 3:00 Daniel J. Tibbs Au.D
Fundamentals of Frequency Lowering Technology:
Theory & Application
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:45 Jill Mecklenburger, Aud, F-AAA
Is Modern Technology Meeting the Amplification
Needs of Aging Adults
Friday March 9th, 2012
All Tracks:
7:30 – 8:30: Registration and
Continental Breakfast
SLP Medical Track:
Shirley Morganstein MA/CCC-SLP
Marilyn Certner Smith MA/ CCC-SLP
8:30 – 10:00 Moving Out and Getting
Back In
10:00 – 10:20 Break
10:20 – 11:50 Moving Out and Getting
Back In
11:50 – 1:20 Business Luncheon
1:20 – 2:50 Thematic Language Stimulation
For People with Aphasia
2:50 – 3:10 Break
3:10 – 4:40 Themantic Language Stimulation
Audiology Track
David J. Smriga, MA
Verification of Digital Hearing Aid Functions and
Settings for Individual Patients
8:30 – 10:00 Verification
10:00 – 10:20 Break
10:20 – 11:50 Verification
11:50 – 1:20 Business Luncheon
1:20 – 2:50 Verification
2:50 – 3:10 Break
3:10 – 4:40 Verification
School Based SLP Track:
Thursday March 8th, 2012
All Tracks:
7:00 – 8:00 Registration and
Continental Breakfast
Schools Track:
8:00 – 10:00
Sarah Cox MEd. CCC-SLP
April Vogt MEd. CCC-SLP
“There’s an App for That”
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:00
Marilyn-Price Larson M.A. CCC-SLP
“ASHA on the Roles/Responsibilities of
School Based SLP’s”
11:00 – 12:00
Ann Dorais M.A. CCC-SLP
“Introduction to the SmartPalate”
12:00 – 1:00 Buffet Lunch Provided
1:00 – 3:00
Eileen K. Crowe
Director, State Association Relations
ASHA
“Advocating for the Professions & Yourself”
3:00 – 3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:45
Advocating Cont.
Friday March 9th, 2012
All Tracks:
7:30 - 8:30 Registration and
Continental Breakfast
SLP Schools Track
Ingo R. Titze PhD.
Executive Director, National Center for
Voice and Speech
Dr. Ingo R. Titze is a University of Iowa Foundation Distinguished Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the School of Music. He also
Directs the National Center for Voice and Speech, which is located at the University of Utah and the University of Iowa. Dr. Titze is the father ofVocology, a specialty within
Speech-language pathology. He has defined the word and the specialty as “the science and practice of voice habilitation”.
8:30 – 10:00 “The National Center for Voice
and Speech: History, Mission and Goals for Utah”
10:00 – 10:20 Break
10:20 – 11:50
Ingo R. Titze PhD.
“Occupational Voice
and Speech Use”
11:50 – 1:20 Business Luncheon
1:20 – 2:50
Ronald B. Gillam, PhD
“Ron Gillam is the Raymond and Eloise Lillywhite Endowed Chair of Speech-Language Pathology at Utah State University in Logan. He is an ASHA fellow and serves as
an associate editor of JSLHR.”
“Information Processing in School-age Children
With Language Impairments: Implications for
Intervention”
2:50 – 3:10 Break
3:10 – 4:40
Information Processing Cont.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.
Conference Pricing:
Postmarked Before Postmarked After
2/27/12 2/27/12
1 Day 2 Day 1 Day 2 Day
Association Member $150.00 $175.00 $175.00 $225.00
Non Member $205.00 $255.00 $225.00 $275.00
Student $30.00 $60.00 $40.00 $70.00
*Price includes a buffet luncheon on Thursday and the business luncheon on Friday.
LODGING:
There are a block of rooms available at the Hampton Inn located at:
3576 N. Maple Loop
Lehi, Utah
801-766-1186
They have a special conference price of: $89.00 per room. (This price is for the ROOM ONLY, it does not include the conference)
Must reserve by 2/23/2012 for that price.
