Convention 2015: CALL FOR PAPERS
55th Annual Convention
April 23-25, 2015
The Hyatt Regency Rochester
Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Technology: Changing the Face of our Professions
The professions of speech-language pathology and audiology have undergone considerable change since the
days of speech correctionists and the use of early audiometers. The pace of that change is rapidly increasing
with iPads and smartphones being commonplace. The prevalence of digital technology for hearing aids, as well
as diagnostic instrumentation that can provide instant access to a multitude of tests and therapeutic materials
is impacting the clinician in ways that we never imagined just a decade ago.
The focus of the 2015 Convention will be on the use of cutting-edge technology in Speech-Language Pathology
and Audiology and how it can enhance our capabilities as clinicians and improve our efficiency and
effectiveness. Sessions, whenever possible, will utilize hands-on activities and simulations. Our intention is to
provide practical tools and strategies for practicing clinicians that will translate into improving clinical
outcomes.
The selection of proposals will be based upon:
 the quality of the submission, and
 the degree to which the paper fulfills the theme, and
 the evidence-based support materials.
Preference will be given to sessions that:
 include hands-on and/or direct clinical application,
 link the use of technology to clinical application, and
 are at an intermediate level of instruction.
All submissions must include the following:
 Call for Papers Form
 Session Title with presenter name(s) and credentials
 Abstract of 75 words or less
 Summary of 500 words or less
 Time-Ordered Agenda
 Short, professional biography for each presenter
 Learning Outcomes
 A completed Instructional Speaker Disclosure Form(s) for EACH presenter.
 Cited References
The deadline for submission is October 1, 2014.
For more information, contact Carrielynn Apgar at capgar@nysslha.org or 518-786-0947.
NYS Speech-Language-Hearing Association
930 Albany Shaker Rd
Latham, NY 12110
Tel: 518-786-0947
Fax: 518-786-9126
Web: www.nysslha.org
Content Areas
Convention 2015: CALL FOR PAPERS
Proposals should indicate one of the content areas below; the subtopics listed suggest possible areas of focus.




Audiology
o Newborn hearing screening and
infant/toddler evaluation
o Implantable devices: cochlear implants,
hybrids, BAHA
o Tinnitus evaluation and treatment methods
o Audiologic rehabilitation and amplification
o Improving satisfaction and outcomes with
hearing aids
o New technologies in testing and evaluations
o Assistive devices
o Assessment and treatment of APDs
o Auditory Neuropathy
Autism Spectrum Disorders
o Use of the iPad and other technology in
treatment
o Role of the SLP in different models of the
intervention: ABA, DIR/Floortime, etc.
o Specialized treatment methods such as PECS,
and social stories
o Treatment for social communication
disorders
o Adolescent/adult issues: independent living
and work
Hearing Impairment
o Role of the SLP in different approaches to
treatment: auditory/oral, auditory/verbal,
total communication
o Use of FM and amplified classrooms
o Cochlear implants, hearing aids & BAHA: what
SLPs need to know
o Deaf culture and ASL awareness: building
cultural competency skills
o Improving speech production for various age
groups
Augmentative/Alternative Communication
o Technological advances and instrumentation
o Evaluation and treatment with various clinical
populations
o Use of the iPad as an AAC device
o Payment for AAC devices: rules for Medicare,
Medicaid, EI, and schools
NYS Speech-Language-Hearing Association
930 Albany Shaker Rd
Latham, NY 12110

EI/Preschool Issues
o EI/CPSE evaluations, intervention, and
language acquisition
o Language and emergent literacy
o Screening services
o Co-treatment with occupational and physical
therapy

School Issues
o Use of iPads, smart phones, apps to enhance
treatment
o RTI: programs that work, SLP involvement
o ELL/ESL assessment and treatment
considerations
o Specialty areas: childhood apraxia of speech,
selective mutism, ADD, & executive function
o Language/literacy and SLP intervention
o Stuttering and cluttering
o Screening services

Professional Resources
o Interdisciplinary teamwork and
interdisciplinary college/university training
o EI/preschool regulations/Special Education
Law
o Health reform, insurance reimbursement,
Medicaid, Medicare
o Electronic solutions to paperwork
overload/practice management
o Teletherapy

Medical Speech-Language Pathology
o Swallowing/feeding: pediatric, adult, ASD
population
o Neurogenic: TBI, aphasia, dysarthria, apraxia,
dementia
o Voice and resonances: high and low tech
approaches
o Head/neck oncology: SLP role in swallowing
and voice disorders
o Geriatric issues: work in SNFs and HHC
o Craniofacial genetics and syndromes

Student Resources
o Student posters
o Seeking employment, CFYs, mentoring
Tel: 518-786-0947
Fax: 518-786-9126
Web: www.nysslha.org
Call for Papers Form
55th Annual Convention
April 23-25, 2015
Submit all required materials electronically via email to capgar@nysslha.org. Word documents are preferred.
List all co-presenters; use additional forms if necessary.
LEAD PRESENTER
Name: ____________________________________________________________________________________________
Position/Title: ______________________________________________________________________________Degree: _____________________
Affiliation/Organization/College: ________________________________________________________________________________________
Mailing Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Telephone: (
) _________________________________
E-mail: _________________________________________
CO-PRESENTER
Name: ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Position/Title: ________________________________________________________Degree: ______________________
Affiliation/Organization/College: ___________________________________________________E-mail: ______________________
CO-PRESENTER
Name: ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Position/Title: ________________________________________________________Degree: ______________________
Affiliation/Organization/College: ________________________________________ E-mail: ______________________
PRESENTATION TITLE: ____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
SESSION TYPE (choose one)





2-hour Lecture
2-hour Panel Discussion
2-hour Session with Hands-on Applications
Professional Poster Session
Student Poster Session
INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL
 Introductory
 Intermediate
 Advanced
CONTENT AREA (choose one)





Audiology
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Hearing Impairment
Augmentative/Alternative Communication
EI/Preschool Issues
NYS Speech-Language-Hearing Association
930 Albany Shaker Rd
Latham, NY 12110




School Issues
Professional Resources
Medical Speech-Language Pathology
Student Resources
Tel: 518-786-0947
Fax: 518-786-9126
Web: www.nysslha.org
Speaker Disclosure Form (Required for each presenter, including students.)
To ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all CE courses, The New York State SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association (NYSSLHA) requires instructional personnel to disclose information regarding any
relevant financial and non-financial relationships related to course content prior to and during course planning.
Full Name: _________________________________________________________________________
Presentation Title: ___________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
HIPAA REQUIREMENTS
To comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), we ask that all program planners
and instructional personnel insure the privacy of their patients/clients by refraining from using names,
photographs, or other patient/client identifiers in course materials without the patient’s/client’s knowledge and
written authorization.
I am in compliance with these policies: _____________(INITIAL HERE)
____________________________________________________________________________________
Relevant financial relationships are those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary,
royalty, intellectual property rights, gift, speaking fee, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks,
stock options, or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit.
Financial relationships can also include “contracted research” where the institution gets the grant and manages
the funds and the individual is the principal or named investigator on the grant.
Do you have relevant financial relationships to disclose? Your place of employment is
typically disclosed.
 No
 Yes,
if yes complete Financial Relationship Disclosure Form
Relevant non-financial relationships are those relationships that might bias an individual including any personal,
professional, political, institutional, religious or other relationship. May also include personal interest or cultural
bias.
Do you have relevant non-financial relationships to disclose?
 No
 Yes,
if yes complete Non-Financial Relationship Form.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
I attest that the information in this disclosure is accurate at the time of completion and I agree to notify NYSSLHA
of any changes to this information between now and the presentation.
Signature _______________________________________________Date _________________
NYS Speech-Language-Hearing Association
930 Albany Shaker Rd
Latham, NY 12110
Tel: 518-786-0947
Fax: 518-786-9126
Web: www.nysslha.org
Financial Relationship Disclosure Form
Copy this page as many times as you need to complete information regarding each of your relevant financial
relationships. Program Planners/Instructional personnel have a relevant financial relationship if that relationship
could influence the information presented in the course and could be perceived as a conflict of interest by
learners.
Full Name: _____________________________________________________________________________
Financial relationship with (name of Company/Organization): __________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
Date: _______________________________
What was received? (Check all that apply)
 Salary
 Consulting fee
 Intellectual property rights
 Speaking fee
 Royalty (for book or product sales)
 Hold patent on equipment
 In kind
 Grants
 Gift
 Ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options
or other ownership interest excluding
diversified mutual funds)
 Other financial benefit (pleased describe):
For what role? (Check all that apply)
 Employment
 Management position
 Teaching and speaking
 Board membership
 Ownership
 Consulting
 Membership on advisory committee or
review panels
 Independent contractor (including contracted
research)
 Other activities (please describe):
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
NYS Speech-Language-Hearing Association
930 Albany Shaker Rd
Latham, NY 12110
Tel: 518-786-0947
Fax: 518-786-9126
Web: www.nysslha.org
Non-Financial Relationship Disclosure Form
Copy this page as many times as you need to complete information regarding each of your relevant non-financial
relationships. Program Planners/instructional personnel have a relevant non-financial relationship if that relationship
could influence the information presented in the course and could be perceived as a conflict of interest by learners.
Full Name: ______________________________________________________________________________
Non- financial relationship with (name of Company/Organization): _______________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
Date: _______________________________
What is the nature of the non-financial relationship? (complete all that apply)
 Personal, please describe: ____________________________________________________________________
 Professional, please describe: _________________________________________________________________
 Political, please describe: _____________________________________________________________________
 Institutional, please describe: ___________________________________________________________________
 Religious, please describe: _____________________________________________________________________
 Personal interest, please describe: _______________________________________________________________
 Bias, please describe: _________________________________________________________________________
 Other relationship, please describe: ______________________________________________________________
For what role?
 Volunteer employment
 Volunteer teaching and speaking
 Board membership
 Volunteer consulting
 Volunteer membership on advisory committee or review panels
 Other volunteer activities (please describe):_______________________________________________________
NYS Speech-Language-Hearing Association
930 Albany Shaker Rd
Latham, NY 12110
Tel: 518-786-0947
Fax: 518-786-9126
Web: www.nysslha.org