Course Detail: SL2010 - Speech-Language Pathologists: Aiming to be the Voice of Change in a Diverse World: In-Person

This intermediate level program will provide attendees 5 professional development hours (PDHs) in the area of speech-language pathology. As professionals practicing with a wide scope in a rapidly changing world, SLPs attending this program will be offered necessary knowledge and tools for application when treating a diverse population of clients in a variety of clinical settings. Speaker expertise in the areas of intersectionality, the relationship of communication disorders to social and youth justice, socially-responsive aphasia practice, and acoustic and ultrasound biofeedback for persistent speech-sound errors, will offer attendees a variety of programming options. While all attendees will attend the first two hours of the program, each attendee will then choose 2 of 3, 1.5 hour workshops during the second part of the day.Time-ordered agenda 7:30-8:30: continental breakfast and registration 8:30 - 9:30: Introductions and keynote address-Keynote speaker is our inaugural VP of DEI, Dr. DJ Mitchell: The Intersectional Imperative in the Field of Speech- Language Pathology9:30-10:30: Speaker Panel including Dr. Shameka Stanford, Dr. Heather Kabakoff and Dr. Jose Centeno, moderated by Dr. Barbara Schmidt 10:30- 10:45: break 10:45-12:15: (3) separate 1.5 hour talks/workshops given by each of the 3 panelists in their respective areas of expertise -attendees choose one to attend1.Dr. Shameka Stanford: I'm Social Justice "Woke", Now What: Transforming Your Awareness to Practice2.Dr. Jose Centeno: Harnessing Resources for Evidence-based, Socially-responsive Aphasia Services for Growing Ethnogeriatric Caseloads in Stroke Care3.Dr. Heather Kabakoff: Feedback-Driven Technology in Clinical Speech Settings12:15-1:45: Lunch and job fair for our graduates 1:45-3:15: The three earlier talks/workshops will be repeated so that conference attendees can choose and attend a second talk 3:15: Will signify the end of the professional development day and we will serve dessert and have our awards for our graduates

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