ASHA Health Care/Business Institute 2009

Schedule at a Glance

Friday, April 3 | Saturday, April 4 | Sunday, April 5

Friday, April 3
5:00–7:00 p.m.	Registration: pick up your badge holder and conference Anthology
Saturday, April 4
7:15–8:00 a.m.	Registration and continental breakfast
8:00–9:00 a.m.	Opening Plenary Session: Ships From My Head: Words and World Views of Patients and Health Care Providers
9:15–10:45 a.m.	B1 - Start Smart Business Basics: Planning for Success B9 - Establishing a Clinical Ladder Program in Speech-Language Pathology D1 - Pneumonia, Aspiration Pneumonia, and Pulmonary Diseases N1 - Speech Intervention for Patients With Tracheostomy or Ventilator Dependence P1 - Early Intervention With Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Principles and Practices
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	B2 - Flex Your Marketing Muscle (Without Breaking the Bank!) B10 - Managing Productivity D2 - Biomechanical Causes of Bolus Misdirection N2 - Evaluation of Voice Disorders in Medical Settings: A Pragmatic Approach P2 - Pediatric Cochlear Implant Therapy: What Every SLP Should Know
12:30–2:00 p.m.	Exhibit Hall Grand Opening and Lunch with Exhibitors
2:00–3:30 p.m.	B3 - Medicare Private Practice and Speech-Language Pathology B11 - Performance Improvement D3 - Clinical Case Studies: Adult Dysphagia in a Community Hospital N3 - Three Keys to Treating Voice Disorders in Medical Settings P3 - Early Feeding Intervention: Transition From Acute Care
3:30–4:00 p.m.	Break with Exhibitors
4:00–5:30 p.m.	B4 - Business Roundtables D4 - Evaluation and Treatment of Swallowing Function in Patients With Tracheostomy or Ventilator Dependence N4 - Beyond Alzheimer’s Disease: Clinical Implications of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Other Dementias P4 - Treatment Approaches for Food Selectivity: Beyond the Picky Eater
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Sunday, April 5
7:30–8:30 a.m.	Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:30–10:00 a.m.	B5 - Employment Law Fundamentals B12 - Finding Your Niche in Private Practice! D5 - Dysphagia Management: Fighting for What Your Patients Need N5 - Neuroanatomic and Neurophysiologic Underpinnings of Acquired Dysarthrias P5 - Hidden Issues of Traumatic Brain Injury in Young Children
10:15–11:45 a.m.	B6 - Leading the Way to Business Success D6 - Improving Dysphagia Therapy Outcomes for Cognitively-Impaired Clients N6 - Differential Diagnosis Among the Acquired Dysarthrias P6 - Parents as Partners in the Clinical Process: Making a Difference in Service Delivery
11:45 a.m.–1:15 p.m.	Lunch with Exhibitors
1:15–2:45 p.m.	B7 - Supervision in the Workplace B13 - Contracting Basics D7 - Tongue Resistance Exercises and Swallow Function N7 - Clinical Decision Making and Principles of Management for the Acquired Dysarthrias P7 - Intervention for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders and Limited Verbal Skills
3:00–4:30 p.m.	B8 - Maximizing Reimbursement With Correct Coding D8 - PEG Tubes in Adults N8 - Treatment Techniques for the Acquired Dysarthrias P8 - Interventions for Verbal Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Key:	B# = Business Institute D# = Track 1: Dysphagia N# = Track 2: Adult Neurogenic Disorders P# = Track 3: Pediatrics and Early Intervention

Special Events

The ASHA Foundation Fundraiser

To Be Announced

ASHA Professional Development is approved by the Continuing Education Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. This program is offered for up to 1.3 ASHA CEUs (intermediate level, professional area). ASHA Continuing Education Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.

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This page was updated on: 11/6/2008.

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