Iga?aastane Saffrani konverents toimub reedel, 25. septembril, registreerimisinfo saabub peagi.
Loe algset kirja:
Dear Colleagues and Friends, Help us celebrate our 20th Annual Saffran Conference on Friday, September 25th! The topic this year is The Influence of Precision Medicine on Approaches to Rehabilitation of Language and Communication Disorders in Children and Adults. We have an excellent selection of speakers, and we will be highlighting the work of 15 student scholars during a poster session. These scholars are students who demonstrate dedication to their research and whose work highlights this year’s theme or some topic related to translational research in the communication sciences. Attached is the Student Scholar Award application. Please circulate the application among your students! Additionally, ASHA CEUs will be offered for this conference. Registration details are soon to follow. We hope to see you there!
Best, Nadine Martin & Jamie Reilly Conference Organizers Eleanor M. Saffran Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Temple University
Palume vastata küsitlusele, mis keskendub augmentatiivse ja alternatiivse kommunikatsiooni (AAC) kasutamisele lastel.
Loe täpsemalt algsest kirjast:
We are conducting a survey study focused on the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) in pediatric speech-language pathology. Our study, Identifying Gaps in AAC Services for Children: Perspectives from Speech-Language Pathologists, aims to:
Explore AAC education and training during SLP/SLT graduate programs
Identify barriers to AAC service provision amongst general practitioners (e.g., those with varied populations in treatment centres, school boards, private practice, hospitals) and those working in specialized AAC clinics.
Understand what supports could increase SLPs’/SLTs’ confidence in using AAC
Compare experiences between Canadian and international SLPs/SLTs
To ensure we have a representative sample of SLPs/SLTs, we would be grateful if you could share the survey link with your SLP/SLT members (https://redcap.link/AAC_SLP_Survey_UWO). I have also attached a short blurb and the study flyer, which you are welcome to include in your email, newsletter, or other communication with your membership. The survey is open to all SLPs/SLTs working with children and youth and is estimated to take approximately 30 minutes to complete.
The Principal Investigator for this study is Dr. BJ Cunningham, PhD, SLP(C) Reg. CASLPO, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Western University, Email: bj.cunningham@uwo.ca.
If you have any questions or would like more information about the study, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Thank you,
Lauren
Lauren Denusik, PhD, SLP Reg. CASLPO
Adjunct Research Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
The 64th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia will be hosted at the University of Liège, a beautiful public research university of the French Community of Belgium based in Liège, Belgium. The Academy welcomes submissions of experimental, clinical, theoretical, and historical research from any field that contributes to the study of aphasia, including Speech-Language Pathology, Psychology, Neurology, Neuroscience, Linguistics, and Computational Modeling. We encourage onsite attendance – required for platform presenters – although we also offer the option to participate online via an interactive hybrid platform. The conference reception and welcome party will be held Sunday, October 4th at the Foyer Eugène Isaÿe, located in the prestigious and historic home of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Liège.
This year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Michel Thiebaut de Schotten, research director at the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), and head of the Brain Connectivity and Behaviour group, University of Bordeaux, France. Dr. Thiebaut de Schotten is an internationally recognized expert in neuropsychology and neuroimaging for pioneering research on white matter anatomy, brain connectivity, and disconnection syndromes in both healthy individuals and stroke populations.
Now in its ninth year, the NIDCD-funded Academy of Aphasia conference grant (R13 DC017375) will sponsor student and junior research fellows to attend and present their work. Selected fellows will also receive focused mentoring and training from expert faculty at the meeting. Both U.S. and international students submitting a first-author abstract are eligible to apply (check the website for details). The grant also sponsors a state-of-the-artNew Frontiers in Aphasia Research seminar. This year’s seminar will feature Dr. Marc Brysbaert, Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Ghent University, whose influential research on visual word recognition, bilingualism, and large-scale lexical databases has significantly advanced our understanding of language processing.
Abstract guidelines
Submission procedures. Abstracts (max. 500 words) must be submitted through the vFairs platform. Account creation is required to register and submit. An individual can submit and participate in more than one abstract but can be listed as first author on only one submission. Please note that if you are submitting an abstract for a symposium, you need to submit individual abstracts for each of the talks that are part of the symposium. If the submitter serves as a symposium organizer without presenting one of the symposium’s individual talks, they may still submit a separate platform or poster abstract as first author.
Presentation types. This includes papers (i.e., platform and poster sessions) consisting of original research that has not yet been published andsymposia (i.e., 3-4 platform sessions focusing on a common theme) consisting of original or previously published research. Platform session presenters will be required to attend and present onsite (in Liège). Poster session presenters have the option to present onsite (in Liège) or present in the online poster hall.
Templates. All abstracts should conform to a specified template format (click link to download template for either platform/poster presentations orsymposia). Please use the correct template to be considered for acceptance to the conference program.
Notification of acceptance. The Program Committee will e-mail a decision by July 31, 2026.
Visa information is available online.
Childcare support may be available on a limited basis, subject to funding availability.
Program Committee: Silvia Martínez-Ferreiro & Rajani Sebastian (Co-Chairs), Arpita Bose & Effy Ntemou (Co-Vice-Chairs), Dan Roberts, Ran Li, Jee Eun Sung, and Nichol Castro.
Local Arrangements Committee: Steve Majerus (Local Chair), Martine Poncelet, Solène Hameau, Marie-Pierre de Partz, and Sophie Gillet.
Thank you very much for your help. It is very much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Silvia Martínez Ferreiro
Ramón y Cajal Researcher
Gerontology and Geriatrics Research Group
Department of Physiotherapy, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
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