ASHA 2017 Convention Program - 144

As of July 31, 2017

LITERACY ASSESSMENT AND
INTERVENTION (SLP)

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT AND
SERVICE DELIVERY INNOVATION (GI)

Providing Tier II Literacy Support in
Upper Elementary School & in an
Intensive Summer Program

Not for Profit/ Profit: How to Take &
Keep Control

FR 8:00AM-10:00AM
Marriott/Gold 3

Session: 1333
2 Hrs

Level: Intermediate Type: Professional Education
Presented by: Ginger Collins, U of Montana; Julie
Wolter, U of Montana
Response‑to‑Intervention model is an
educational framework designed to
prevent academic failure. Despite its
importance, few Tier II language‑literacy
programs have been implemented
with students in the upper elementary
grades. The purpose of this presentation
is to describe an evidence‑based Tier‑II
language‑literacy approach to be used
in classroom or small group contexts.
Specific techniques, strategies, and
student/clinical educator outcomes
will be presented and discussion of
motivational contexts (use of comics) will
be presented.

Speech & Decoding: Connections and
How to Connect Them in Practice (Pre-K
to Grade 2)
FR 8:00AM-10:00AM
CC/515A (Lvl 2)

Session: 1334
2 Hrs

Level: Intermediate Type: Professional Education
Presented by: Theresa Roberts, Oregon Research
Inst
This session is developed by, and
presenters invited by, SIG 1: Language
Learning and Education and Literacy
Assessment and Intervention. This session
will explore research‑based classic and
emerging relationships between speech
and learning to decode, preschool
through grade 2. Explicit attention to
dual language learners will be robustly
embedded throughout the session.
Recommendations for classroom practice,
intervention and assessment based on
this research will be offered. Attendees
are invited to bring clinic‑ or classroom‑
based questions about speech and
learning to decode and how to teach,
intervene and assess decoding and
its precursors.

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FR 8:00AM-10:00AM
CC/406AB (Lvl 2)

Session: 1335
2 Hrs

Level: Intermediate Type: Professional Education
Presented by: Catherine Gottfred, LEAP: Language
Empowers All People; Nina Smith, LEAP: Language
Empowers All People; John Lybolt, LEAP: Language
Empowers All People
This session is developed by, and
presenters invited by, Practice
Management and Service Delivery
Innovation. Language Empowers All
People (LEAP) serves children, parents
and teachers in the underserved
neighborhoods of Chicago; delivering
language wellness programs in order
to close the language/literacy/learning
gap. All aspects of creating and running
both a non-profit and for profit business
(financial, staffing, board formation,
branding/marketing etc.) will be
discussed. We will discuss frankly how
we made near fatal mistakes in lack of
controls and recovered; better than ever!

Staying Afloat in a Sea of Change: ACA
Reform, Medicare Policy & You
FR 8:00AM-10:00AM
CC/501ABC (Lvl 2)

Session: 1336
2 Hrs

Level: Intermediate Type: Professional Education
Presented by: Daneen Grooms, ASHA; Tim Nanof,
ASHA
Repealing the ACA has a direct impact
on access to therapy services. Potential
changes could be addressed by states
and at the federal level through executive,
legislative and regulatory action. Building
on the foundation of the ACA, this session
will also discuss what audiologists and
SLPs can expect in 2018 regarding
Medicare payment and reimbursement.
An update on the therapy cap and
Medicare's value‑based Quality Payment
Program will be provided.

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The Challenge of Medically Necessary in
the Medicare World
FR 8:00AM-10:00AM
CC/404B (Lvl 2)

Session: 1337
2 Hrs

Level: Intermediate Type: Professional Education
Presented by: Dawn Ralph, Brookdale Senior
Living; Sally Jones-McNamara, Compliance
Resource Group
The term "medically necessary" is
a subjective term and determining
if documentation fits the definition
is often confusing. The definition
and interpretation as applied to
documentation for Medicare will be
discussed. The attendee will walk
away with a better understanding of
the term as well as how to document
skilled services and the day in the life of
a reviewer.

SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS
IN CHILDREN (SLP)
Speech Treatment Early. Very Early.

FR 8:00AM-10:00AM
Session: 1338
CC/Concourse 150ABC (Lvl 1)
2 Hrs

Level: Intermediate Type: Professional Education
Presented by: Ken Bleile, U of North Iowa
This session is developed by, and
presenters invited by, Speech Sound
Disorders in Children and Language
in Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers.
Speech treatment early in life offers
a proactive and cost efficient way to
establish good foundations for future
speech development. This presentation
describes speech treatment in infants
and toddlers. Topics include, What puzzle
must an infant solve to acquire speech?
Do electronic teachers help a child
learn? Why work on speech if a child has
broader medical and developmental
needs? What-very specially-can
a clinician do to promote speech
development in children so young?
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