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WHAT: More than 200 education-related sessions at the 2004 Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). The sessions will focus on the work of speech-language pathologists in the schools and are part of more than 1,500 sessions at this national meeting convening more than 12,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and researchers.
WHEN: November 18-20, 2004
WHERE: Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
SESSION HIGHLIGHTS:
Thursday
Nov. 18 8-11 AM
Providing Effective Research-Based Support to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (NCLB: Its Impact on Our Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students)
Session focuses on research conducted to help understand the unique needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students. Researchers will discuss how to address students that are not proficient in Standard American English and the gap between language used at home and language used at school.
Thursday
Nov. 18 3:30 - 5:30 PM
Linguistic Challenges That Young Children Face When They Begin School
Even for English-speaking children, the language used in school may be unfamiliar and make learning difficult. This session addresses research findings from two assessments of a child's understanding of school language when they begin school.
Friday
Nov. 19 2:30 - 4:30 PM
Controversial Practices in Language Intervention: Facts and Fads
How do we know if the treatments we choose for children with learning disabilities work? This session will discuss educational approaches for autism, central auditory processing disorders and reading difficulties.
To obtain press passes to these or other sessions at the ASHA convention, or interviews with the presenters, members of the media may contact Mona Thomas at 301/897-0156 or mthomas@asha.org. From November 18-20, ASHA's press room will be in Room #304 of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. The press room phone number is 215/418-5329.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional and credentialing association for more than 115,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language and hearing scientists.
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