37th Annual Betty Fusilier Conference for CSD

150 Amity Road,Conway AR 72032

10 March, 2023

Description

Course DescriptionThis presentation will examine the innerworkings and neural substrates of neurotypical executive function. We will then discuss symptoms of executive function in the classroom, the therapy room, and at home. Time will be allotted to discuss therapeutic approaches to executive dysfunction intervention, both on skill building techniques and compensatory strategies. The afternoon sessions will have a focus on executive dysfunction in the fetal alcohol spectrum disorder population, including how to identify it and how to conduct FASD-specific interventions. And finally, we will wrap up the bootcamp with several case studies. Speaker- Elizabeth Cleveland, PhD, CCC-SLPDisclosures-Financial— Received a speaking fee from NSSLHA-UCA Chapter. Nonfinancial— No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists. Elizabeth Cleveland, PhD, CCC-SLP is an assistant professor at the University of Central Arkansas in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Dr. Cleveland is also the Co-Director of the Specialty Diagnostic Resource Center, the Director of Training for the Arkansas Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) training program, and the President of the Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association. In addition to her teaching and service activities, Dr. Cleveland also conducts research in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) with a specific focus on executive dysfunction in FASD. She has presented on FASD at the state, national, and international levels and is the most recent recipient of the ArkSHA Research Award. She spends her free time traveling, baking, and playing with her two children and her husband. Learning Objectives:1. Participants will describe four characteristics of executive dysfunction in children. 2. Participants will compare diagnostic methods for pediatric executive function. 3. Participants will differentiate between various fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. 4. Participants will identify a speech-language pathologist's role in FASD diagnosis. Schedule Check in: 7:45-8:15 Speaker: 8:15-10:00 (Cognition and Executive Function in Children) Break: 10:00-10:15 Speaker 10:15-11:30 (Intervention Strategies and Behavioral Approaches for Children with Executive Dysfunction) Lunch: 11:30-1:00 Speaker: 1-2:30 (FASD Overview and Diagnostics) Break: 2:30-2:45 Speaker 2:45-4:15 (Case Studies: Diagnosis and Intervention) Speaker 4:15-4:30 (Questions and closing remarks) Registration includes the conference. Check in begins at 7:45 AM.Professional cost: $99This conference is offered for 0.60 ASHA CEU’s (Intermediate Level: Professional Area), 6.0 Continuing Professional Education Hours (CPE) in Developmental Language Disorders, and 6.0 CPE in content area 1 for the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Speech Pathology and Audiology.Questions?  Please contact Lori Dial at [email protected]