ASHA Health Care/Business Institute 2008

Schedule at a Glance

Friday, April 4 | Saturday, April 5 | Sunday, April 6

Friday, April 4
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.	Registration: pick up your badge holder and conference Anthology
7:15 p.m.	Foundation fundraiser (ticketed event)

Saturday, April 5
7:15 - 8:00 a.m.	Registration and continental breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.	Opening Plenary Session: Speak Up, Speak Out, Be Heard Susan Miller, PhD, CCC-SLP
9:15 - 10:45 a.m.	B1 - Start Smart! Developing a Business Plan for Success B9 - Negotiating With Private Health Plans D1 - Current Approaches to Swallowing Evaluation N1 - Case Studies in Aphasia Group Treatment P1 - Challenges in Infant Feeding
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	B2 - Pricing Professional Services D2 - Role of Strengthening in Dysphagia Management N2 - Environmental Interventions to Improve Communication P2 - Establishing Nipple Feedings...in the NICU
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.	Exhibit Hall Grand Opening and Lunch with Exhibitors
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.	B3 - Developing Marketing Strategy for Your Business B10 - Risky Business? Deciding to Step Out on Your Own D3 - Environmental Interventions to Improve Food Intake N3 - Treatment of Apraxia of Speech P3 - Feeding/Swallowing...NICU Graduates and Families
3:30-4:00 p.m.	Break with Exhibitors
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.	B4 - Business Roundtables D4 - Esophageal Function and Swallowing N4 - AAC and Aphasia: Assessment and Treatment Across Health Care Settings P4 - Early Identification: Why Physicians May Overlook Children
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Sunday, April 6
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.	Breakfast with Exhibitors
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.	B5 - Avoiding Employment-Related Litigation B11 - I Used to Have a Handle on Life, But it Broke! D5 - What's Hot and Why: Topics in Dysphagia N5 - Evaluation of Speech Breathing...Neuromotor Speech Disorders P5 - Infant/Toddler Behaviors That Suggest Autism
10:15 - 11:45 a.m.	B6 - Nuts and Bolts of Contracting D6 - Communication Challenges for Dietitians and SLPs in Dysphagia Management N6 - Management of Speech Breathing...Neuromotor Disorders P6 - Preparing Prereaders for Reading Comprehension
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch with Exhibitors
1:15 - 2:45 p.m.	B7 - Stand-Out Customer Service D7 - Liquid Viscosity and Diet Texture Selection N7 - Pragmatic Communication Disorders in Adolescents and Adults P7 - Parents' Role in Assessing Young Children With Disabilities
3:00 - 4:30 p.m.	B8 - Speaking in Code: Coding for Reimbursement D8 - Using the Laboratory Assessment Battery for Dysphagia (LAB-D) N8 - Cognitive-Communication Disorders in Persons With TBI P8 - Pediatric Craniofacial Disorders: Current Trends in Care
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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

Announcing the ASHA Foundation Fundraiser:

Go to Bat for the ASHFoundation!
The St. Louis Cardinals vs. The Washington Nationals
Friday, April 4, 7:15 p.m.
Section 333, Outfield Box

An evening of fun in support of a worthy cause!

Take me out to the ballgame! Join your colleagues for "ASHA Night at the Ballpark" to benefit the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation. Busch Stadium is a short walk or subway ride from the Renaissance St. Louis Grand & Suite Hotel.

Tickets are $25 and include a charitable donation to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation's grant and scholarship programs. To learn more about us, visit the ASHFoundation Web site.

Pre-registration is required by March 21.

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.

This page was updated on: 8/8/2008.