SECD faculty, students among speakers at annual NSLHA convention

26 Sep 2019     By Kelcey Buck

Fourteen faculty members from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders are scheduled to lead presentations at the 2019 Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSLHA) fall convention Oct. 3-4, in Omaha. 

In addition to the faculty, seven current students and two 2019 graduates will also be featured during breakout and poster sessions at the two-day conference. The schedule for speakers from SECD presenting at NSLHA is below. 

THURSDAY, OCT. 3

9:30-11:30 a.m.
            –“Dysphagia Management & Rehabilitation: Applying Principles of Motor Performance & Learning” – Ross Westemeyer (speech-language pathology doctoral student), Angela Dietsch (assistant professor)

            –“HearU Nebraska Update” – Stacie Ray (associate professor of practice)

            –“Medicaid Updates for the Audiologist” – Kelly Pritchett (associate professor of practice)

            –“Legislative Update for 2019” – Josh Sevier (assistant professor of practice) 

3:15-4:45 p.m. – “Ethics Roundtable: Ethics in the Field of Communication Disorders” – Alicia Davis (lecturer), Sharon Braun (Therapy Works of Nebraska), Cheryl Wagoner (Madonna Rehabilitation Hospitals), Diane Farrand (retired lecturer), Daniel Bombeck (Educational Service Unit 2) 

4:45-6:30 p.m. – Poster sessions
            –“The Effect of Bilingualism on Cognitive Abilities in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease” – Maci Wingard (first-year master’s in speech-language pathology student), Ladan Ghazi Saidi (University of Nebraska at Kearney)

            –“Understanding Uganda: A Qualitative Analysis of Attitudes Toward Speech Therapy in Uganda” – Kristy Weissling (associate professor of practice), Michaela Reddel (first-year master’s in speech-language pathology student)

            –“Language Proficiency and Dominance Considerations When Working With Spanish-English Bilingual Adults” – Manuel Vicente (first-year doctor of audiology student)

            –“Congenital Pediatric Facial Nerve Palsy: Treatment Considerations” – Amanda Evert (second-year master’s in speech-language pathology student), Jake Greenwood (doctoral student in biological systems engineering), Judy Harvey (assistant professor of practice), Steven Barlow (Corwin Moore Professor)

FRIDAY, OCT. 4

8-9:15 a.m.
            –“Assessing Early Vocal Development” – Anne Thomas (assistant professor of practice), Sophie Ambrose (Boys Town National Research Hospital), Kayla Samuelson (Boys Town National Research Hospital), Mary Pat Moeller (Boys Town National Research Hospital)

            –“Research Updates” – Marc Brennan (assistant professor), Michelle Hughes (associate professor), Elizabeth Heinrichs Graham (University of Nebraska Medical Center), Yingying Wang (assistant professor) 

9:30-10:30 a.m. – "How the ‘Stages of Change’ Can Help Us Understand and Support Adolescents’ Readiness to Manage Stuttering” – Naomi Rodgers (assistant professor) 

10:45-11:45 a.m. – “Speech-Language Pathologists’ Assessment and Treatment of Dementia: A Mixed Methods Study” – Alyssa Mount (August 2019 graduate, master’s in speech-language pathology) 

2:30-3:30 p.m. – “A New Technology for AAC: An Overview of Brain-Computer Interfaces” – Kevin Pitt (assistant professor) 

3:45-4:45 p.m. – “Equine Assisted Speech Therapy at Horses for Healing: The Literature, The Methods, and Future Directions” – Kristy Weissling (associate professor of practice), Anna Schulz (senior communication sciences and disorders major), Melissa Trapp (May 2019 graduate, bachelor’s in communication sciences and disorders) 

To learn more about NSLHA and the fall convention, visit the NSLHA website.