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Nichole S. Bailey, SLPD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL

Title: Innovate, Collaborate, Generate! Partnering with AI to Create Therapy Materials*
*Designated a Visionary Session
Session format: Seminar (in-person)
Session number: 1465
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Presenting author(s): Nichole Bailey, Maleah Stewart

Nina Capone Singleton, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL

Title: Gesture Reflects An Expected Language Transition In Eastern Languages: Evidence From Mandarin
Session format: Virtual poster for language in infants through preschoolers
Session number: Code: 5154V
Date and time: Available as of Friday, Nov. 29

Catherine J. Crowley, JD, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL

Title: Skill-Building at ASHA for Language Evaluations: Analyzing Sentence Structures and Dialect-Neutral Indices of Narrative Cohesion
Session format: Seminar (in-person)
Session number: 1026
Date: Thursday, Dec. 5
Time: 10 to 11 a.m.
Author(s): Catherine “Cate” Crowley, Azana Green, Maya Hammond, Vivian Li, Kim Silberman

Title: Walking-the-Walk Away From Discriminatory Evaluations Towards Accurate, Culturally Responsive, and Ethical Assessment Practices
Session format: Seminar (in-person)
Session number: 1540
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Kerry Ebert, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL

Title: Assessing Language Skills of Multilingual Children with Variable Experiences: A Convergent Evidence Approach
Session number: 1122
Date: Thursday, Dec. 5
Time: 2 to 3 p.m.

Title: Comparing Dynamic Assessments for Use with Multilingual Language Learners
Session format: Poster presentation (in-person)
Session number: 8413L screen 151
Date: Friday, Dec. 6, 2024
Time: 8 to 9:30 a.m.

Perry F. Flynn, MEd, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL

Title: Elevating SLP Engagement with Multi-Tiered Systems of Support: Analyzing Challenges from Practice, and Research Perspectives
Session format: Invited session, short course (in-person)
Session number: SC03
Date: Thursday, Dec. 5
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Location: CC/Arch-800 Pike/800 Pike-Skagit 5 (lower lvl.)

Title: Elevate Your Practice by Evaluating Your Workload: Practical Strategies From NC SLPs
Session format: Seminar (in-person)
Session number: 1236
Date: Thursday, Dec. 5
Time: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Title: Elevating and Empowering Students: Navigating the Pathway to Graduate School for Underrepresented Students Through Mentorship
Session format: Seminar (in-person)
Session number: 1472
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Title: Men in ASHA, AAA, CAPCSD, NBASLH, and NSSLHA Collaborate to Elevate Gender Diversity
Session format: Seminar (in-person)
Session number: 1532
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Yvette Hyter, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, ASHA Honors

Title: Our Intellectual Ancestry: Honoring our Ancestors, Inspiring our Successors
Session number: 1368
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: CC 606-607

Title: Practice-based Evidence in Trauma Responsive Care
Session number: 1417
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: Noon
Location: CC Ballroom 2, 5th level

Melissa Jakubowitz, MA, CCC-SLP, ASHF, BCS-CL

Title: Elevate Your Practice: Proven Strategies for Increasing Income in Private Practice*
*Designated a Visionary Session and chosen to be live-streamed
Topic area: Business and practice management: Speech-Language Pathology
Session number: 1520
Session format: Seminar (in-person)
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Author(s): Traci Bean (presenting author and moderator), Melissa Jakubowitz (presenting author)

Linda Jean Lombardino, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL

Title: An Online Caregiver Questionnaire Evaluating Child Emergent Literacy: Initial Data for English and Mandarin Versions
Topic area: Literacy assessment and intervention
Session format: Poster
Session number for in-person poster presentation: 8207L screen 163
Session number for virtual poster: 8207V
Date: Thursday, Dec. 5
Time: 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Author(s): Shujia Sun, Siwei Qin, Linda Lombardino

Sharynne McLeod, PhD, CPSP, BCS-CL, ASHA Honors

2024 ASHA Awards Recipient: Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions in International Achievement
During the ASHA Awards Ceremony, the Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions in International Achievement will be awarded to Sharynne McLeod. Here is her Multilingual Children’s Speech website with free resources in over 100 languages: https://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/speech-assessments.

Title: Culturally Appropriate Assessment in International Contexts: Assessing Children’s Speech in Their Home Language(s)
Session number: 1168
Date: Thursday, Dec. 5
Time: 4 to 5 p.m.
Author(s): Sharynne McLeod, Helen L. Blake, Kate Margetson

Title: Services for Children With Pacific Islander Heritage: Practices and Aspirations of Speech-Language Pathologists
Session number for in-person technical: 4575L
Session number for virtual technical: 4575V
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: 1:30 to 2 p.m.
Author(s): Holly McAlister, Suzanne Hopf, Sharynne McLeod

Title: Children Draw Talking: Understanding Children’s Functioning with Arts-Based Methods
Topic area: Language and learning in school-age individuals
Session number: 1776
Date: Saturday, Dec. 7
Time: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Shari B. Robertson, PhD, CCC-SLP, BS-CL, F-ASHA

Title: The Magic of Mentoring: Your Recipe for Personal and Professional Success
Topic area: Leadership and professional issues
Session format: Seminar (in-person)
Session number: 1079 
Date: Thursday, Dec. 5
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Title: Facilitating Resiliency in Children with Language Disorders: Talk, Move, Imagine, Smile!
Topic area: Language and learning in school-age individuals
Session number: 1482
Session format: Seminar (in-person)
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Title: By the Book: Leveraging Children’s Literature to Maximize IEP Goals and Classroom Success
Topic area: Language and learning in school-age individuals
Session format: Seminar (in-person)
Session number: 1827
Date: Saturday, Dec. 7
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.

Bonnie Singer, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL

Title: The SLP’s Role in Teaching Writing: Don’t Teach Writing! Teach This Instead
Session format: Seminar (in-person)
Session number: 1491
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Authors: Bonnie Singer, Anthony Bashir

Alisha P. Springle, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL

Title: Elevating Language and Social Communication: Therapeutically Applied Role-Playing Games for DLD & ASD
Topic area: Language and learning in school-age individuals
Session format: Technical research
Session number for in-person technical: 4591L
Session number for virtual technical: 4591V
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: 1:30 to 2 p.m.

Title: Learning About Speech and Language in Gamified Classrooms: Student Knowledge Elevated
Topic area: Models of academic and clinical education
Session format: Poster
Session number for virtual poster: 7303V
Session number for in-person poster presentation: 7303L screen 121
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Katie Squires, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL

Title: Elevating Literacy through Structured Word Inquiry
Session format: Short course (in-person)
Session number: SC04
Date: Thursday, Dec 5
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Authors: Katie Squires, Kim Murphy, Ginger Collins, Heather Ramsdell, Abbie Olszewski

Title: Integrating Literacy to Elevate Language Intervention
Session format: Seminar (in-person)
Session number: 1136
Date: Thursday, Dec 5
Time: 2 to 3 p.m.
Authors: Kim Murphy, Danielle Brimo-Picanes, Abbie Olszewski, Katie Squires, Gal Kaldes, Anya Maloney, Jana Parker

Title: Unlocking Written Morphology: Debunking Myths and Unveiling Truths
Session number: 1177
Date: Thursday, Dec 5
Time: 4 p.m.
Authors: Abbie Olszewski, Anya Maloney, Kim Murphy, Heather Ramsdell, Katie Squires

Title: Elevate Secondary School Students’ Spelling, Vocabulary Knowledge, and Reading Comprehension Using Word Journals
Session number: 1887
Date: Saturday, Dec. 7
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Authors: Ginger Collins, Gal Kaldes, Katie Squires, Anya Maloney, Heather Ramsdell, Abbie Olszewski, Jana Parker

Jeannene M. Ward-Lonergan, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL

Title: The Impact of Language Status on Bilingual Literacy Development and Language Development
Session format: Poster (in-person)
Session number for virtual poster: #8039V
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 20
Time: Noon
Session number for in-person poster presentation: #8039L
Date: Thursday, Dec. 5
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Authors: Ashley Ippolito, Madhu Sundarrajan, Nalanda Chakraborty, Jeannene Ward-Lonergan

Karla N. Washington, PhD, CCC-SLP, S-LP(C), BCS-CL, ASHA Fellow

Title: Culturally-Fair Language Assessment of Child Speakers of African American Englishes: A Multilingual Perspective
Session number: 1217
Date: Thursday, Dec. 5
Time: 5:30 p.m.

Title: Telepractice Considerations in the Absence of Ideal Technology: A Jamaican Case Study
Session number: 7254L
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: 10 a.m.

Title: Capturing Code-Mixing Behaviours Using the IPSyn in Spanish-English and Jamaican-Creole Bilingual Children
Session number: 7289L
Date: Friday, Dec. 6
Time: 4 p.m.

Title: Children Draw Talking: Understanding Children’s Functioning with Arts-Based Methods
Session number: 1776
Date: Saturday, Dec. 7
Time: 9:30 a.m.

Title: Using Drawings to Understand the Communication Experiences of Young Bilingual Children
Session number: 8953L
Date: Saturday, Dec. 7
Time: Noon

Title: Qualitative Insights into Children’s Language Development Using Adult Models
Session number: 4046L
Date: Saturday, Dec. 7
Time: 2 p.m.

Title: Enhancing Health Literacy: Using Social Stories to Successfully Include Children in the Neuroimaging Environment
Session format: Virtual
Session number: 3530V

Carol Westby, MA, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL

Title: Play, Language, and Literacy Relationships: Beyond Decoding to Comprehension
Date: Thursday, Dec. 5
Time: 4 to 5 p.m.

Title: Language and Content Knowledge: Foundations for Reading Comprehension
Date: Saturday, Dec. 7
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.