Convention

Mark Your Calendar for the 2024 Convention

Thurs-Fri, September 19-20, 2024

Younes Conference Center North
707 Talmadge St
Kearney, NE 68845

Hotel Accommodations

Location:
Crowne Plaza
707 W Talmadge St
Kearney, NE  68845

Make your room reservations directly with the hotel. Specify you are with the convention to gain the special room rate of $129.95 for a standard room.

Call for reservations:
308-238-7000

Deadline to make reservations:
August 19, 2024

Crowne Plaza offers free self-parking, indoor swimming pool, restaurant, bar and complimentary WiFi in your room.

Agenda, Wednesday, September 18, 2024

TIME
PRESENTATION / SPEAKER
MEETING LOCATION
6:30-9:00 PM
Student Share Fair
Silver 2
6:30 PM
NSLHA Board Meeting
Bronze 2

Audiology Agenda, Thursday, September 19, 2024

TIME
PRESENTATION / SPEAKER
MEETING LOCATION
7:00-8:00 AM
Registration (Breakfast On Your Own)
8:00-9:00 AM
General Session - Nebraska Legislative Presentation + Advocacy 101
Silver 1 & 7
9:00-10:00 AM
NSLHA Member Meeting - Eric Gerrard
Silver 1 & 7
10:00-10:30 AM
Break and Visit Exhibits
Silver 4-6 & 10-12
10:30-12:00 PM
Helping our Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Patients - Richard Tyler, BSc, MSc, PhD
Silver 2
12:00-1:30 PM
Lunch Provided for Attendees & Visit Exhibits
Silver 4-6 & 10-12
12:00-1:30 PM
Poster Sessions
Silver 4-6 & 10-12
1:30-2:30 PM
Thinking Outside the Posterior Canal: Atypical BPPV Presentations - Kristen Janky, AuD, PhD
Silver 2
2:30-3:00 PM
Evaluation of Pediatric Sensorineural Hearing Loss - Elizabeth Kelly, MD
Silver 2
3:00-3:30 PM
Break and Visit Exhibits
Silver 4-6 & 10-12
3:30-4:30 PM
An Update on Pediatric Unilateral Hearing Loss - Nicole Corbin, AuD, PhD
Silver 2
4:30-5:00 PM
Creating Home Birth Community Partnerships to Address Loss to Follow-Up for Newborn Hearing Screening - Natalie Lenzen, AuD, CCC-A
Silver 2
5:00 PM - ?
Social Networking
TBD

SLP School Agenda, Thursday, September 19, 2024

TIME
PRESENTATION / SPEAKER
MEETING LOCATION
7:00-8:00 AM
Registration (Breakfast On Your Own)
8:00-9:00 AM
General Session - Nebraska Legislative Presentation + Advocacy 101 - Eric Gerrard
Silver 1 & 7
9:00-10:00 AM
NSLHA Member Meeting
Silver 1 & 7
10:00-10:30 AM
Break and Visit Exhibits
Silver 4-6 & 10-12
10:30-11:30 AM
5 Ways Speech Language Pathologists Can Positively Impact Children Living With A Genetic Syndrome - Teresa Franks, CALT, OGDE, C-SLDS
Silver 1 & 7
11:30-12:00 PM
5 Ways Speech Language Pathologists Can Positively Impact Children Living With A Genetic Syndrome - Kathy Miklas, MS, CCC-SLP
Silver 1 & 7
12:00-1:30 PM
Lunch Provided for Attendees & Visit Exhibits
Silver 4-6 & 10-12
12:00-1:30 PM
Poster Sessions
Silver 4-6 & 10-12
1:30-2:30 PM
Addressing a Clinical Conundrum: Toddler Speech Sound Production Assessment and Treatment - Shari Deveny, PHD, CCC-SLP & Tina Peterkin, EdD, CCC-SLP
Silver 1 & 7
2:30-3:00 PM
ASHA Workload Calculator Portfolio - Lisa Rai Mabry-Price, MS, CCC-SLP
Silver 1 & 7
3:00-3:30 PM
Break and Visit Exhibits
Silver 4-6 & 10-12
3:30-4:30 PM
Will They Follow My IEP in College?: A Conversation About the Differences Between High School and College Accommodations - Sue Shower, EdD
Silver 1 & 7
4:30-5:00 PM
Putting It In Ink: The Power and Purpose of Prior Written Notice - Lona Nelson
Silver 1 & 7
5:00 PM - ?
Social Networking
TBD

SLP Medical Agenda, Thursday, September 19, 2024

TIME
PRESENTATION / SPEAKER
MEETING LOCATION
7:00-8:00 AM
Registration (Breakfast On Your Own)
8:00-9:00 AM
General Session - Nebraska Legislative Presentation + Advocacy 101 - Eric Gerrard
Silver 1 & 7
9:00-10:00 AM
NSLHA Member Meeting
Silver 1 & 7
10:00-10:30 AM
Break and Visit Exhibits
Silver 4-6 & 10-12
10:30-11:30 AM
Continuous-Wave Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Map Cerebral Hemodynamics During Cognition, Sensorimotor, and Somatosensory Tasks in Neurotypical and MCA Stroke Adults - David Sanchez; Tara Hull; Sara Feuker; Judy Harvey, PhD, CCC-SLP; & Steven Barlow, PhD, ASHA F/H
Silver 8 & 9
11:30-12:00 PM
Telepractic Interventions into Broader Public Health Strategies for Aging Populations - Ladan Ghazi Saidi, PhD
Silver 8 & 9
12:00-1:30 PM
Lunch Provided for Attendees & Visit Exhibits
Silver 4-6 & 10-12
12:00-1:30 PM
Poster Sessions
Silver 4-6 & 10-12
1:30-2:00 PM
Living with a Genetic Syndrome - Kathhy Miklas, MS, CCC-SLP
Silver 8 & 9
2:00-3:00 PM
mTBI: Improving Outcomes through Holistic Care - Kara Focht, SLP
Silver 8 & 9
3:00-3:30 PM
Break and Visit Exhibits
Silver 4-6 & 10-12
3:30-5:00 PM
Use of Technology to Support Person-centered Interventions for People Living with Chronic and Progressive Aphasia - Tresyri Williams Wood, SLPD, CCC-SLP (Virtual Presentation)
Silver 8 & 9
5:00 PM - ?
Social Networking
TBD

Audiology Agenda, Friday, September 20, 2024

TIME
PRESENTATION / SPEAKER
MEETING LOCATION
7:00-8:00 AM
Registration (Breakfast On Your Own)
8:00-9:00 AM
General Session - Tough Talks From Pediatrics to Geriatrics: Igniting your Competency for Effective Counseling - Lindsay Larken, MS, CCC-SLP & Amy Lerman, CCC-SLP
Silver 1 & 7
9:00-10:00 AM
General Session - Engaging and Re-engaging Medical Trust: Two Community Clinicians' Candid Perspectives (.1 DEI credit) - Pamela Rowe, MA, CCC-SLP & Jessica Hooke, MA, CCC-SLP
Silver 1 & 7
9:00-10:00 AM
* Student Session - Offered in Person Only, Space is Limited - It's More Than Apples to Apples: Understanding Aspects of a Successful Job Hunt - Daniel Bombeck, MS, CCC-SLP & Joe Haney, MS, CCC-SLP
* Silver 3
10:00-10:15 AM
Break
Pre-Function Area
10:15-11:15 AM
Cross-Cultural Communication - Jeremy Holloway, PhD
Silver 2
11:15-11:45 AM
"Healthy Hearing" in Aging Farmers and Ranchers - Jan Moore, PhD
Silver 2
11:45-12:00 PM
Break
Pre-Function Area
12:00-12:30 PM
Prosodic Richness Impacts Spoken Emotion Identification - Devon Major, AuD, PhD
Silver 2
12:30-1:00 PM
Implications of Listening Effort during Speech Perception in Listeners with Hearing Loss - Steven Gianakas, AuD, PhD, CCC-A
Silver 2
1:00 PM
Adjourn
TBD

SLP School Agenda, Friday, September 20, 2024

TIME
PRESENTATION / SPEAKER
MEETING LOCATION
7:00-8:00 AM
Registration (Breakfast On Your Own)
8:00-9:00 AM
General Session - Tough Talks From Pediatrics to Geriatrics: Igniting your Compentency for Effective Counseling - Lindsay Larkin, MS, CCC-SLP
Silver 1 & 7
9:00-10:00 AM
General Session - Engaging and Re-engaging Medical Trust: Two Community Clinicians' Candid Perspectives (.1 DEI credit) - Jessica Hooke, MA, CCC-SLP
Silver 1 & 7
9:00-10:00 AM
* Student Session - Offered in Person Only, Space is Limited - It's More Than Apples to Apples: Understanding Aspects of a Successful Job Hunt - Daniel Bombeck, MS, CCC-SLP & Joe Haney, MS, CCC-SLP
* Silver 3
10:00-10:15 AM
Break
Pre-Function Area
10:15-11:15 AM
Gestalt Language Processing and the Natural Language Acquistion in Action - Rachel Lee, MA, CCC-SLP, NLA trained-clinician
Silver 1 & 7
11:15-11:45 AM
School-Age Stuttering Therapy - Andelica Bernabe Roman, MS, CF-SLP, PhD Student
Silver 1 & 7
11:45-12:00 PM
Break
Pre-Function Area
12:00-1:00 PM
Concussion Management and Return to Learn Process in LPS - Betsy Carr, MS, CBIS, CCC-SLP
Silver 1 & 7
1:00 PM
Adjourn

SLP Medical Agenda, Friday, September 20, 2024

TIME
PRESENTATION / SPEAKER
MEETING LOCATION
7:00-8:00 AM
Registration (Breakfast On Your Own)
8:00-9:00 AM
General Session - Tough Talks From Pediatrics to Geriatrics: Igniting your Compentency for Effective Counseling - Lindsay Larkin, MS, CCC-SLP
Silver 1 & 7
9:00-10:00 AM
General Session - Engaging and Re-engaging Medical Trust: Two Community Clinicians' Candid Perspectives (.1 DEI credit) - Jessica Hooke, MA, CCC-SLP
Silver 1 & 7
9:00-10:00 AM
* Student Session - Offered in Person Only, Space is Limited - It's More Than Apples to Apples: Understanding Aspects of a Successful Job Hunt - Daniel Bombeck, MS, CCC-SLP & Joe Haney, MS, CCC-SLP
Silver 3
10:00-10:15 AM
Break
Pre-Function Area
10:15-11:45 AM
Helping Our Patients Through Thick & Thin (Liquids) - Hillary Cooper
Silver 8 & 9
11:45-12:00 PM
Break
Pre-Function Area
12:00-1:00 PM
Wellness for Healthcare Professionals - Cassandra Whitmore, Rd, LMNT
Silver 8 & 9
1:00 PM
Adjourn

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