Keynote & Invited Speakers
Keynote Speakers.
Carole Pound
It is with pleasure that I announce, on behalf of the Conference Planning Committee, the first of our Participation 2010 keynote speakers. Carole Pound has enthusiastically accepted our invitation to fulfil this role.
Carole has already commenced work on her contribution to Participation 2010 and will be presenting a key note address, workshop and pre-conference master class.
Carole will be well known to many Australian speech pathologists, as she has previously conducted a national tour and is a well published, highly regarded practitioner.
Through her particular areas of interest and focus, Carole has been a long-time advocate for people living with aphasia and long-term communication impairment. Carole’s pioneering work exemplifies the key message and theme for our conference and we are confident she will inspire and challenge our many delegates.
Carole is co- founder of Connect the communication disability network and until recently worked there as Director of Innovation, leading their pioneering work with people with aphasia. Connect is a UK based voluntary sector organisation which exists to promote effective services, new opportunities and a better quality of life for people living with aphasia and communication disability.
Carole originally trained as a Speech and Language Therapist and has worked in acute and neurorehabilitation settings, and as Director of the Aphasia Clinic at City University, London, prior to setting up Connect in 2000. Throughout her career she has championed the role of people living with aphasia in designing, developing and delivering innovative services, training and resources, such as the recently published Communication Access Toolkit. Carole has co-authored and edited a range of publications for people who live with communication disability and those who provide services with and for them. These include the Stroke and Aphasia Handbook, Aphasia Inside Out, Beyond Aphasia and The Aphasia Therapy Files volumes 1 and 2. Carole was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists in 2006 and won the BUPA Foundation Communication Award in 2008. She is currently carrying out research into communication access and participation in life and leisure at Brunel University.
For further information about Carole Pound please visit her website:
or click this link to read her abstracts for her masterclass, keynote and presentations.
Dr Gregory Lof
Gregory L. Lof, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department Communication Sciences and Disorders at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, a graduate school founded by the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994.
His research, teaching and clinical interests primarily are with children who have articulation/ phonological (speech sound) disorders. Dr. Lof was the 2004 and 2009 topic coordinator for speech sound disorders for the ASHA conventions and has served on the 1995, 1998, 2002, 2007 and 2008 ASHA Convention Program Committees. He is or has been an editorial consultant for the journals Journal of Speech, Language, Hearing Research, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. He was a member on ASHA’s Center for Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders that conducted evidence-based systematic reviews of oral motor exercises. He is also on the communications committee of the Council on Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders.
Dr. Lof has published numerous articles and book chapters, primarily on childhood speech sound disorders. He has presented over 40 peer-reviewed and 35 invited presentations/workshops at ASHA conventions, universities, school districts, state and international association conventions. Most recently he has published and presented about the controversy surrounding the use of non-speech oral motor exercises to change speech sound productions in children.
For further information about Dr Gregory Lof please visit his website:
http://www.mghihp.edu/about-us/person.aspx?PersonUri=LofGregory.xml
or click this link to read his abstracts for his masterclass, keynote and workshop presentations.
Invited Speaker
Elizabeth Usher Memorial Lecture
Professor Susan Balandin
As announced in the previous edition of Speak Out, the Conference Planning Committee is pleased to confirm that Professor Susan Balandin has accepted our invitation to present the 2010 Elizabeth Usher Memorial Lecture.
Professor Balandin has many years of clinical experience, predominantly in the field of lifelong disability and people with complex communication needs. She has published widely and made a substantial contribution to the body of speech pathology knowledge and clinical practice. Her work has appeared in a diverse range of journals.
She has been a dedicated and generous researcher over many years, particularly examining the implications and impact of lifelong communication impairment on an individual’s ability to participate in society.
Susan’s interests, expertise and research background represent an excellent ‘fit’ with the Participation theme selected for 2010 and we look forward to welcoming her to Melbourne.
For further information about Susan Balandin please visit her website: www.himolde.no
or click this link to read her abstract for Elizabeth Usher Memorial Lecture
