SECD faculty, students to present at annual NSLHA fall convention



SECD faculty, students to present at annual NSLHA fall convention

20 Sep 2018    

Eight faculty members and seven students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders are scheduled to make presentations at the 2018 Nebraska Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSLHA) fall convention Thursday-Friday, Sept. 27-28, in Kearney. 

The two-day convention will be held at the Kearney Holiday Inn & Conference Center. The schedule for the sessions featuring individuals from SECD are listed below with their names in bold. 

THURSDAY, SEPT. 27

9:30-11:30 a.m. – “Enhancing Your Clinical Educator Tool Box: Clinical Supervision of Graduate Clinicians”Diane Farrand (lecturer), Jill Kumke (University of Nebraska at Omaha), Laura Moody (University of Nebraska at Kearney), Lisa Lenz (assistant professor of practice) 

4:45-6:30 p.m. – Poster sessions

            “Improving the Interprofessional Relationship Between Nurses and Speech-Language Pathologists”Christina Hamling (student), Kristy Weissling (associate professor of practice)

            “A Comparison of Single-Language and Conceptual Vocabulary Assessments When Used with Spanish-Speaking Students”Allison Lee (student), Marc Goodrich (assistant professor)

            “A Return to Pura Vida! – Expanding English Enhancement Partnerships”Alicia Davis (lecturer), Diane Farrand (lecturer), Rachel Feuker (student), Jennifer Gray (student), Cassidy Huff (student), Sydney Rhoades (student), Hannah Ringsdorf (student) 

FRIDAY, SEPT. 28

1-2 p.m.“Applying and Preparing for Graduate School” – Kathy Coufal (UNO), Miechelle McKelvey (UNK), Sherri Jones (professor and department chair) 

3:30-4:30 p.m. – “SLP Grand Rounds” – Bethany Kusek (Madonna Rehabilitation Specialty Hospital), Trisha Funk (Quality Living, Inc.), Judy Harvey (assistant professor of practice) 

3:45-4:45 p.m. – “Children with Visual Impairments: Accommodations and Modifications for Practice”Mackenzie Savaiano (assistant professor of practice) 

To learn more about NSLHA and the fall convention, visit http://www.nslha.org/.


Special Education and Communication Disorders