2008-2009 NSSLA Program Roster

All meetings will be held at the Wilmette Public Library auditorium, 1242 Wilmette Avenue. (847-256-5025)

ASHA Continuing Education credits will be available at the end of each session in accordance with ISHA and ASHA protocols for attendance and participation.

NSSLA is not responsible for the professional practice of any member or attendee, as our meetings are informational workshops, not certificated educational or training programs.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

6-6:30 p.m. Registration/Business Meeting

6:30-8:30 “Language, Music, and Learning” by Nina Kraus, Ph.D., Professor, Northwestern University.

**Please see Program Description below**

Saturday, November 15, 2008

9-9:30 a.m. Registration/Business Meeting

9:30-12:30 “Verbal Attention, Working Memory, and Learning in Children,” presented by Warren Rosen, Ph.D., private practice in Neuropsychology, Asst. Professor, Rush University Medical Center.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

1-1:30 p.m. Registration/Business Meeting

1:30-3:30 “Narrative and Expository Language: Assessment & Intervention” presented by Cheryl Scott, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Professor, Rush University Medical Center, Dept. Of Communicative Disorders and Sciences.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

6-6:30 p.m. Registration/Business Meeting

6:30-8:30 “Issues in Private Practice” Panel members, TBA.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

6-6:30 p.m. Registration/Business Meeting

6:30-8:30 “Perspectives on the Role of Oral-Motor Therapy in Speech and Language Intervention” by Teri Gartenberg, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Professor, NWU, and Barbara Nathanson, M.S., CCC-SLP, private practice.

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“Language, Music, and Learning”

Presenter: Nina Kraus, Ph.D., Northwestern University Hugh Knowles
Professor of Communication Sciences; Neurobiology and

Physiology; Otolaryngology.

Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Time: 6-6:30 Registration/Business Meeting
6:30-8:30 Program

Location: Wilmette Public Library, 1242 Wilmette Ave. (256-5025)

Reservations: Fran Freeman (freemanf@district65.net)
Michelle Thurston (thurstonm@district65.net)

Cost: NSSLA Members: Free

Non-members: $30

Program: Children with listening and reading disorders can exhibit a distinct
pattern of neural activity in response to speech and music sounds. These neural events can provide a biological marker of impaired auditory function. Lifelong language and music experience as well as short-term auditory training can shape neural encoding early in the sensory processing stream. Such malleability – stemming from sensory-cognitive linkages – is likely what contributes to the success of auditory training such as FastForWord, Earobics, etc. in some individuals. Dr. Kraus will discuss her research on the neural encoding of speecha nd music in the normal system and its disruption in clinical populations. Her investigations on brain plasticity aimed at improving speech perception and auditory learning will also be presented. Dr. Kraus’s work is supported by the National Institutes of Health (R01 DC001 510) and the National Science Foundation (NSF 0544846). Dr. Kraus recommends reviewing her research before the meeting at www.brainvolts.northwestern.edu.

Objectives: 1. Describe how acoustic characteristics of speech sounds are
reflected in the brainstem response. 2. Describe at least two research studies that support the use of ABR as a biological marker of auditory processing. 3. Describe the effect of musical experience on brainstem transcription of sound.

Disclaimer: NSSLA is not responsible for the professional practices of any
members or attendees as our meetings are solely informational workshops, not certificated educational or training programs.