****COMMENT TO THESE MINUTES TO GET CREDIT FOR THE MEETING!!!****
CIKD meetings this week
Explore UT was great! Thanks to those who came out!
next service- Forty Acres Fest
speaker: Ellen Kester- bilingual therapist in the acquistition of semantic skills in bilingual children, masters and undergrad here at UT
Founded company: Bilinguistics- serve school districts in central TX, everyone is bilingual and into research
Over 70% of students in Austin come from homes where English isn’t primary language, how do we differentiate from those students and those that have learning disabilities
Started company in 2002- given an assignment to do bilingual trainings as doctoral students, built modules for bilingual population, Early childhood intervention and schools were the main areas of focus
ECI- go into homes and train families to be providers for the children wasn’t working at first so developed bilingual materials to help them, parent handbooks to leave with family, very simple very specific assignments for the parents to do
Do lots of presentations as well as service
Now opening a clinic to serve more people, enormous need for slp with language skills and knowledge of bilingual acquisition of those students
Works with region 13 to create and provide programs in Spanish training with autism
Birth to 3years therapy is one on one, usually in the home
3-5yrs: some get halfday school program, work with teachers in room, literature based interventions, in schools mostly group intervention
Work with Barefoot Books, developed a program to go with their books
Try to match the day the child is having whether to use English/Spanish/bilingual during intervention
In schools try to use both languages; try to do intervention in the middle ground with sounds that are both in English and Spanish
when they hire someone: they try to get an understanding of applicants bilingual acquisition, ok if don’t know this b/c they can help you get on track to learn, trying to draw up guidelines for employers to discern bilingual applicants
Grad schools with bilingual program: get info about faculty and clinic and if they work well together, look if people are doing research in that area at the school, what are core competencies, how are they addressed, opportunities for off campus placement
To be bilingual- emerse yourself in Spanish, basics in classes and hear it and use it for several months to really understand it
She spent 6 months in Mexico
Can observe in schools or in their clinic, AISD do Spanish conversation nights once a week
Current research shows that bilinguals have more cognitive ability than monolinguals because they learn 2 languages so early, not detrimental to learn 2 languages early
They value home language of the family
Schools starting dual language programs for all students
Get knowledge of the culture- be up front with the family about cultural differences, be aware of the kinds of differences
ANNOUNCEMENTS!!
CIKD COMMITTEE MEETINGS ALL THIS WEEK!
KELLY NEEDS TSHA HOTEL MONEY BY FRIDAY 3-12-10!! ($60 for 2 nights)
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
3/2/10 BONUS MEETING!!
******COMMENT TO THESE MINUTES TO GET CREDIT FOR THE BONUS MEETING!!***
This Saturday is Explore UT- email sarah
SPEAKER: Jan Lougeay- UT Dallas clinic director and vp for research and development
Tsha mission: advocates and educates and informs professionals and provides opportunities to work to gether to be better at what we do
What tsha does for you:
Legislative voice- advocacy, maintain high professional standards, issues related to licensed assistants and licensure
Professional issues- slp shortage, cld issues, telepractice, medical issues, private practice, assistive technology
Public info and marketing- pamphlets and brochures, public info exhibit, shoppe THSA
Belonging to tsha is voluntary
March 25-27 TSHA convention this year in dallas: communication, cowboys and culture
101 courses- highly intervention based, recommended for students and people involved in clinical practicum
Keynote speaker- Dr. Hunter “Patch” Adams
Other speakers: Nancy Swigert- focus on pediatric and adult dysphagia; Michelle Winner- expert on autism and social domain; Judy Montgomery- public school setting
Student rep to TSHA exec board: Samantha Barrera and Kalli Donaway
For every 2 hrs you volunteer you get 2 TSHA bucks to spend at the convention
University contests:
Most students attending convention, most student member of TSHA, Praxis Bowl
Legislative active students- new task force, one student from each university, learn to be proactive politically, your vote counts!
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month- try to get NSSLHAs to do community activities
Continuing education- must get 10 hrs every yr as an SLP, they have many free opportunities
Cost- student membership $25 per year, annual convention registration is $30
Benefits- half off first yr of professional membership if you were a student member for 1 yr, free if student member for 2 yrs, career awareness info, legislative advocacy, continuing ed, publications, reduced convention registration, job placement, website access
Getting in masters programs is very competitive now, becoming more popular profession
Most cases, jobs wont hire you because you graduated from ut- Austin; they hire because you are enthusiastic, hardworking and committed
Applying to grad school- be open minded- apply to any that you can, some programs have difficulty filling their spots so don’t worry too much about your GPA; try to do what you can with your GPA- schools prioritize most likely on GPA; letters of recommendation- usually want letters from faculty members, try to get to know the professors, have at least 2 people that can speak about your academic abilities; letter of interest- doesn’t need to be creative excuse, be a reflection of who you are, what is exciting to you about this field, what have you enjoyed, well defined career interests if any, if you have had experiences related to slp, observation hours are really helpful
Can work as an SLP- assistant with bachelor degree- must have 25 hrs of observation and 25 hrs of therapy; why??- can work as an assistant to have a job for now until you decide/can go to grad school
advice- Don’t decide right away what you want to work in because you don’t really know until you experience many things. ask yourself: Does this profession appeal to me now?? Does it seem interesting and will it keep my interested??
want a Research career- important to look at the university you are attending and the faculty that are involved in the research you are interested in
at TSHA: Go to exhibit hall during sessions to seek out people to talk to them about what they do
Door prize winners: cara patierno and ashlee burzo
ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!!
BAKE SALE DID GREAT!!!!!! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED!
EXPLORE UT IS THIS SATURDAY MARCH 6. CONTACT SARAH WITH ANY QUESTIONS
** THIS MEETING WAS A BONUS ONE TO GIVE YALL AN EXTRA POINT WHERE YOU NEED IT. ALONG WITH YOUR NAME AND EID IN THE COMMENT BELOW, INCLUDE WHERE YOU WANT THIS BONUS POINT TO GO- SOCIAL, SERVICE, FUNDRAISER OR MEETING (IF YOU HAVE MISSED ONE AND YOU ARE PLANNING ON GOING TO TSHA)**
This Saturday is Explore UT- email sarah
SPEAKER: Jan Lougeay- UT Dallas clinic director and vp for research and development
Tsha mission: advocates and educates and informs professionals and provides opportunities to work to gether to be better at what we do
What tsha does for you:
Legislative voice- advocacy, maintain high professional standards, issues related to licensed assistants and licensure
Professional issues- slp shortage, cld issues, telepractice, medical issues, private practice, assistive technology
Public info and marketing- pamphlets and brochures, public info exhibit, shoppe THSA
Belonging to tsha is voluntary
March 25-27 TSHA convention this year in dallas: communication, cowboys and culture
101 courses- highly intervention based, recommended for students and people involved in clinical practicum
Keynote speaker- Dr. Hunter “Patch” Adams
Other speakers: Nancy Swigert- focus on pediatric and adult dysphagia; Michelle Winner- expert on autism and social domain; Judy Montgomery- public school setting
Student rep to TSHA exec board: Samantha Barrera and Kalli Donaway
For every 2 hrs you volunteer you get 2 TSHA bucks to spend at the convention
University contests:
Most students attending convention, most student member of TSHA, Praxis Bowl
Legislative active students- new task force, one student from each university, learn to be proactive politically, your vote counts!
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month- try to get NSSLHAs to do community activities
Continuing education- must get 10 hrs every yr as an SLP, they have many free opportunities
Cost- student membership $25 per year, annual convention registration is $30
Benefits- half off first yr of professional membership if you were a student member for 1 yr, free if student member for 2 yrs, career awareness info, legislative advocacy, continuing ed, publications, reduced convention registration, job placement, website access
Getting in masters programs is very competitive now, becoming more popular profession
Most cases, jobs wont hire you because you graduated from ut- Austin; they hire because you are enthusiastic, hardworking and committed
Applying to grad school- be open minded- apply to any that you can, some programs have difficulty filling their spots so don’t worry too much about your GPA; try to do what you can with your GPA- schools prioritize most likely on GPA; letters of recommendation- usually want letters from faculty members, try to get to know the professors, have at least 2 people that can speak about your academic abilities; letter of interest- doesn’t need to be creative excuse, be a reflection of who you are, what is exciting to you about this field, what have you enjoyed, well defined career interests if any, if you have had experiences related to slp, observation hours are really helpful
Can work as an SLP- assistant with bachelor degree- must have 25 hrs of observation and 25 hrs of therapy; why??- can work as an assistant to have a job for now until you decide/can go to grad school
advice- Don’t decide right away what you want to work in because you don’t really know until you experience many things. ask yourself: Does this profession appeal to me now?? Does it seem interesting and will it keep my interested??
want a Research career- important to look at the university you are attending and the faculty that are involved in the research you are interested in
at TSHA: Go to exhibit hall during sessions to seek out people to talk to them about what they do
Door prize winners: cara patierno and ashlee burzo
ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!!
BAKE SALE DID GREAT!!!!!! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED!
EXPLORE UT IS THIS SATURDAY MARCH 6. CONTACT SARAH WITH ANY QUESTIONS
** THIS MEETING WAS A BONUS ONE TO GIVE YALL AN EXTRA POINT WHERE YOU NEED IT. ALONG WITH YOUR NAME AND EID IN THE COMMENT BELOW, INCLUDE WHERE YOU WANT THIS BONUS POINT TO GO- SOCIAL, SERVICE, FUNDRAISER OR MEETING (IF YOU HAVE MISSED ONE AND YOU ARE PLANNING ON GOING TO TSHA)**
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