INDIANA SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION (ISHA)

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84th Annual Convention: April 8-10, 2021 (online)

Not available to view the live sessions? Recordings will be made available to all registrants for two weeks after the convention (starting 4/14/21, until 4/24/21) and will be eligible for ASHA CEUs!

Please go to the Online Convention Access page for information about recordings and CE reporting.

Convention Events

Demonstrations (replaces poster sessions): All demonstrations will be pre-recorded and posted online for attendees to view during the Convention. Please visit these presentations at any time. [List of demonstrations below schedule]

Our online convention platform will allow us to include exhibitors and sponsors! Please make sure to visit them at their virtual booths. Their support makes our convention affordable.

Access the 2021 Convention brochure, speaker disclosures, and CEU information on ISHA's Google Drive.

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Convention Schedule

Thursday, April 8, 2021

Time	Speaker	Session Title
8.00-9.00am	Diana Jordan	Keynote Presentation Humor in the Workplace - Tackling Change With Humor
9.30-11.00am	Margo Kinzer Courter	Session 1.1 What It Means for Me: Literacy and Dyslexia
	Sarah Reaves	Session 1.2 We Can Do Hard Things: Emotional Regulation for Children With Trauma
	Marilouise Nichols	Session 1.3 One-Two-Lead!
	Kristie Brown Lofland	Session 1.4 Building Bridges Project-Autism Society of Indiana
	Gyl Kasewurm	Session 1.5 Don't Settle for Mediocrity- Simple Ways to Make 2021 a Year to Thrive
11.30am-1.00pm	Margo Kinzer Courter	Session 2.1 Speech Sound Disorders and the Impact on Literacy
	Emily Zimmerman	Session 2.2 Oral Feeding Development: Examining the Genetic and Sensory Implications
	Marilouise Nichols	Session 2.3 Recognizing Cultural Differences Versus Disorders in Adult Populations in Health Care
	Patricia Payne	Session 2.4 The Indianapolis Public Schools Racial Equity Movement
	Gyl Kasewurm	Session 2.5 Deep Diving Into the Key Performance Indicators in Your Business to Dramatically Increase Profitability
2.30-4.00pm	Christine Ristuccia	Session 3.1 Working in the Self-Contained Classroom Setting
	Cara (Carrie) Drake-Luecking & Kaitlyn Schmitt	Session 3.2 Pediatric Feeding Development and Dysphagia in Pierre Robin Sequence
	Ianessa Humbert	Session 3.3 Elucidating Inconsistencies in Dysphagia Management
	Jennifer Essig	Session 3.4 Ethics in Fieldwork
	Gabrielle Merchant	Session 3.5 Wideband Acoustic Immittance: What Is It, How Do You Measure It, and What Can It Tell Us?
4.30-6.00pm	Emily Whitman	Session 4.1 The Other Side of the Table: Experiences and Education as a Parent of a Child With Dyslexia
	Jessica Brown	Session 4.2 Fostering Improvement: Best Practices for Treating Children With Traumatic Brain Injury
	Ianessa Humbert	Session 4.3 Let Them Eat Cake: Diet Modification in Dysphagia
	Jeanne McMillan	Session 4.4 ACEs for the SLP
	Christa Themann	Session 4.5 Audiology and Public Health: The Key to Healthy Hearing Across the Lifespan
7.30-8.30pm	Movie night	A collection of four short films: (1) As We Are; (2) I am dyslexic; (3) Swallow: A Documentary; and (4) I'll Be Fine

Friday, April 9, 2021

Time	Speaker	Session Title
8.00-9.30am	Ianessa Humbert	Breakfast and Learn The Creative, Self-Directed SLP
10.00-11.30am	Christine Ristuccia	Session 5.1 Got R Problems? A Phonemic Approach to R Remediation
	Kerry Proctor-Williams	Session 5.2 Infants and Children Prenatally Exposed to Drugs: Implications for SLPs
	Tiffani Wallace & Heather Bolan	Session 5.3 Evidence Based Intervention for the Clinical Swallow Evaluation
	Nicole Wingate & Brittany Toney	Session 5.4 Leveling the AAC Playing Field: When SLPs Become a Virtual Coach, Part 1
	Gyl Kasewurm	Session 5.5 Simple Changes You Can Make in the Patient Experience That Will WOW Patients
1.00-2.30pm	Elizabeth Buck & Keegan Koehlinger-Wolf	Session 6.1 Best Practices in Evaluations and Eligibility Decision Making in Schools
	Meghan McMillin & Jill Rabin	Session 6.2 Safely Transitioning to Solids Using the Baby Led Weaning Approach for Babies With Feeding Challenges
	Erin Kollada & Julia Porter	Session 6.3 Developing a Plan of Care for Management of Dysphagia Related to Head-and-Neck Cancer: Building Your Treatment Toolbox
	Nicole Wingate & Brittany Toney	Session 6.4 Leveling the AAC Playing Field: When SLPs Become a Virtual Coach, Part 2
	Lindsay Cockburn	Session 6.5 Navigating Social Media as a Clinician: Building a Personal Brand Online With Listen With Lindsay
3.00-4.30pm	John Moore	Session 7.1 Participating in Stuttering Support Groups: Motivations, Benefits, Experiences and Outcomes
	Jessica Riccardi	Session 7.2 Pediatric Brain Injury: SLPs and Cognitive Communication
	Steve Zuckerman & Debra Meyerson	Session 7.3 Navigating the Emotional Journey in Recovery: Rebuilding Identities and Rewarding Lives
	Jamie Bauer-Malandraki	Session 7.4 Putting Evidence-Based Practice Into Practice: Integrating EBP Into Clinical Dysphagia Management
	Lynn Bielski, Jocelyn Bolin, Anjolii Diaz, & Lauren Shaffer	Session 7.5 Memory, Acoustics and Effort: Examining Attitudes Toward Mask Wearing

Saturday, April 10, 2021

Time	Speaker	Session Title
8.00-9.00am	Denise Washington & Traci Barry	Session 8.1 Medicaid Billing for Speech Services - Not as Hard as You Think!
	Tiffani Wallace, Jaime Bauer-Malandraki, Jamie Pulliza & Will Schmidt	Session 8.3 Meet the Masters
	Jerin Burch	Session 8.4 We Need You: Assess Your Supervision Competency to Grow Professionally and Support Our Field, Part 1
	Ann Bilodeau & Anne Sommer	Session 8.5 Updates From Your Indiana ASHA Ambassadors
9.15-10.15am	Lisa Cantrell	Session 9.1 Sensory Boxes, Data Sheets and Stickers: What I Have Learned in the World of Preschool Speech Therapy
	Maia Braden	Session 9.2 Pediatric Voice Disorders: Overview and Treatment
	Jamie Pulliza & Andrea Schaeff	Session 9.3 Role of Medical Speech-Language Pathologists in the COVID-19 Global Pandemic
	Jerin Burch	Session 9.4 We Need You: Assess Your Supervision Competency to Grow Professionally and Support Our Field, Part 2
	Danica Billingsly	Session 9.5 Teaching Self-Reflection as a Core Clinical Skill
10.30am-12.00pm	ISHA	Business Meeting and Awards
12.30-1.30pm	Thomas Webber	Session 10.1 Long-Distance and Hybrid Resources for Teaching Literacy and Reading
	Courtney O'Hara & Laura Davis	Session 10.2 The Role of the SLP in the Pediatric Medical Setting
	Carrie Wade	Session 10.3 COVID-19: Patient Outcomes Across the Continuum of Care, Part I
	Jennifer Freeman, Keegan Koehlinger-Wolf & Dee Combs	Session 10.4 What in the World is the Indiana StAMP, SEAL and STAR, and How Can They Help Me? History, Current Events and Advocacy Updates
1.45-2.45pm	Stacy Betz	Session 11.1 How the Relative Emphasis on Diagnosing Disorders May Divide the Profession Even Further Into Schools Versus Non-Schools Based SLPs
	Brenda Louw	Session 11.2 Can I Say Something Now?: Family and Child-Centered Care in Cleft Lip and Palate
	Carrie Wade	Session 11.3 COVID-19: Across the Continuum of Care, Part 2
	Brandi Newkirk-Turner	Session 11.4 Black Language Matters: Child African American English, Assessment and Intervention
	Ann Bilodeau & Marriah McKillop	Session 11.5 Hearing Health and Protection for Student Musicians: The SLP Role

Demonstrations

All demonstrations are approximately 10 minutes long

Indiana Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program (EHDI) Data (Suzanne Foley, AuD., CCC-A)
Social Obstacles and Coaching for Families of Children with Pediatric Feeding Disorders (Heather Riga, M.A. CCC-SLP)
A Year of Fun: Double Dose of AAC Literacy (Beth Browning, M.A., CCC-SLP)
AAC Simplified: An Overview of Speech Generating Devices, Access, and Evaluations (by Talk To Me Technologies) (Abbey Thiemann, M.A. CCC-SLP and Carly Engels, M.A. CCC-SLP)
An interdisciplinary approach to oral care: date from a pilot program in a regional hospital (Holly Anderson, Naomi Gurevich PhD, CCC-SLP, Carolyn Wade MS, CCC-SLP)
Establishing the Audiological Role in Diabetes Treatment through Community-Based Diabetes Prevention Education (Keith Rodgers, B.S. and Natalie Brooks, B.S.)
Emergent Shift to Telepractice during the COVID-19 Pandemic by School-based Speech-Language Pathologists (Charlotte Hilker, Tonya Bergeson)
Effects of Hearing Loss on Language- and Music-Based Bedtimes Routines (Dr. Tonya R. Bergeson, Colleen Kirby and Kailey Stolfe)
Using Improvisational Theater to Evaluate Reciprocal Communication of Adolescents with Autism (Mariesa LaRosa)
Effects of Face Masks on the Acoustic Properties of Speech (Kailyn Wade, Gabrielle Fanning, Naomi Gurevich, PhD, CCC-SLP, and Christopher Grindrod, PhD)

CEU information for demonstrations: Participants can earn CE credits in half hour increments only, for up to a maximum of 1.5 hours (0.5h for 3 demos, 1.0h for 6 demos, or 1.5h for 9 demos).

To support and empower members to provide the highest quality, life changing communication, swallowing and hearing services to the people of the State of Indiana.

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