Online Self Study Programming, Pre-Recorded Webinar and Live, In-Person CE Content
Empowering the Future
We are enthusiastic to share with you CE programming opportunities to come out and meet us live and in-person! Check it out below!
- Pre-Recorded Online, Live Webinar AND Live In-Person Opportunities For You to Mix & Match
- Variety of Sessions Available for ASHA CEU’s
- Ethics CEU’s to Meet ASHA and Ohio Licensure Renewal Requirements
- Keynote & Breakout Forums at our Live Conference
- Nationally Recognized Guest Presenters
- Innovative Therapy & Technology Content
View Individual Course Details for Specifics on Learning Level and ASHA CEU Quantity
Live Conference Opportunity
March 25, 2023
Hilton – Polaris
Columbus, OH
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
- 8:00 am – 8:30 am
Check – In & Vendor Visits
- 8:30 am – 9:30 am
Breakfast & Keynote Presentation
The War at Work: How to STOP Workplace Bullying, Kircher
- 9:40 am – 12:00 pm
Breakout Sessions (Choose One):
The Future is Now: Empowering Practitioners with Tools for Advocacy, Tepper
Voice Disorders Potpourri: Clinical Case Studies and Special Populations, Adessa & Laurash
On Stable Ground: Rebalancing Our Sensory Systems to Prevent Falls, Honaker
- 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm
Luncheon & Vendor Visits
Sponsored by Montgomery Insurance & Investments - 1:05 pm – 3:30 pm
Breakout Sessions (Choose One):
SLP & OT: Empowering our SNF Residents Together, Rediger
Trauma-Informed Care for Speech Pathology and Audiology Professionals, LaGrange
Increasing Awareness of Ableist Practices and An Alternative Lens for Providing Care, Foltz Hottle
- 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm
PM Snack & Vendor Visit
Sponsored by Talk To Me Technologies - 3:35 pm – 6:00 pm
Breakout Sessions (Choose One):
Replace, Recycle, or Redesign: Selecting Technology & Digital Activities to Enhance Your Telepractice Sessions, Houston
“How in the World Do I Treat This Patient?”: A Methodical Approach to Dysphagia Treatment, Kallambettu
The Role and Benefit of the Speech-Language Pathologist in the NICU: Care During Admission and Follow-Up, Thompson

Keynote Message - The War at Work: How to STOP Workplace Bullying
Presented by: Jan Kircher, Ph.D.
Workplace bullying is not a new phenomenon, but it is prevalent in 2023, resulting in financial losses, damaging reputations, and hidden client losses. Bullying can be eradicated through the use of the S.T.O.P Framework. In this workshop, you’ll learn to create psychological safety, prevent turnover, and heal the workplace culture.
- The Participants will be able to discover the warning signs around workplace bullying.
- The Participants will be able to implement the S.T.O.P. method to eradicate bully culture.
- The Participants will be able to build a workplace that prioritizes wellness and resilience.
Speaker Disclosures: Jan Kircher has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content.
AM Breakout Sessions

The Future is Now: Empowering Practitioners with Tools for Advocacy
Presented by: Amy Tepper, Ed.D., CCC-SLP
This session provides attendees with the opportunity to more deeply consider their role as advocates regarding the topic of workload/caseload for themselves and those they serve. Topics include: an overview of advocacy, our ethical obligation to engage in advocacy efforts, current workload/caseload considerations in the state of Ohio, professional burnout, solutions-focused problem solving, outcomes-oriented planning, practical strategies/tools to get started, and an interactive exchange of ideas/collaborative discussion.
- The participant will be able to explain the need for concerted advocacy efforts specific to workload/caseload issues in School settings in Ohio.
- The participant will be able to identify potential solutions to current challenges facing school-based practitioners.
- The participant will be able to enact a grass-roots approach to systems advocacy towards facilitating impactful change to the status quo (re: workload/caseload considerations).
Speaker Disclosures: Amy Tepper is employed as a full-time academic faculty member at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio. She is also co-owner of A3 for Life Consulting and ss an invited speaker, the conference registration fee was waived for this presentation. Amy serves as the Director of Advocacy for the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is an OSLHA member. She is also a member in good standing of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Voice Disorders Potpourri: Clinical Case Studies and Special Populations
Presented by: Michelle Adessa, B.M., M.S., CCC-SLP & Emma Laurash, M.S., CCC-SLP
The presentation will take attendees through four clinical case studies focusing on assessment and treatment of four different voice disorders: videostroboscopic findings, auditory-perceptual assessment, and then treatment paradigms. It will then move into two shorter segments on chronic refractory cough and gender-affirming voice.
- The participant will be able to correlate videostroboscopic findings to perceptual voice quality for voice assessment, and describe evidence-based treatment.
- The participant will be able to describe assessment and treatment of chronic refractory cough.
- The participant will be able to describe the role of the speech pathologist for gender-affirming voice care.
Speaker Disclosures: Michelle Adessa has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content. Emma Laurash has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content.

On Stable Ground: Rebalancing Our Sensory Systems to Prevent Falls
Presented by: Julie Honaker, Ph.D., CCC-A
When our balance system is “stable,” we can coordinate sensory input for simple and complex motor tasks to maintain our balance. Unfortunately, age impairs our ability to achieve stable balance, thus increasing the risk of falls. This presentation will review the balance system and how audiologists can help prevent falls.
- The participants will be able to describe sensory and motor components to the balance system.
- The participants will be able to list top risk factors for falls and how they can be evaluated.
- The participants will be able to understand best practice outcomes to predict falling risk.
Speaker Disclosures: Julie Honaker is a salaried employee of the Cleveland Clinic and receives royalties for published materials through Plural Publishing. Julie is an ASHA National Advisory Committee and serves as Chair of the American Academy of Audiology Vestibular and Balance Disorders Guideline.
Mid-Day Breakout Sessions

SLP & OT: Empowering our SNF Residents Together
Presented by: Ashley Rediger, CCC-SLP & Kellie Reno, OTRL
Working in Skilled Nursing Facilities, Speech-Language Pathologists and Occupational Therapists can find themselves looking to each other as resources. In this discussion we’ll explore typical roles each discipline plays in SNFs and patient care, how to collaborate, co-treat and incorporate function into engaging groups to achieve the best possible outcomes.
- The Participant will be able to demonstrate knowledge of modes of treatment, billing and documentation requirements to support medical necessity.
- The Participant will be able to describe functional application of IDT collaboration.
- The Participant will be able to identify rationale behind collaborative treatment between SLPs and OTs in the SNF setting.
Speaker Disclosures: Ashley Rediger has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content. Kellie Reno has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content.

Trauma-Informed Care for Speech Pathology and Audiology Professionals
Presented by: Elizabeth LaGrange, M.A., CCC-SLP, CBIS
A majority of people will experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. Some will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Trauma-informed care is an approach that acknowledges the need to understand a person’s life experiences in order to deliver effective care. It has the potential to improve patient/client engagement, treatment adherence, health outcomes, and provider and staff wellness. During this presentation, speech pathology and audiology professionals will be presented with definitions of trauma and PTSD, which will be distinguished from stress, and they will learn about signs of acute trauma-related distress. Language and environmental adaptations along with other considerations will be presented as tools for mitigating impacts of trauma in the work we do. The importance of collaborating with mental health colleagues and others will also be covered.
- The Participant will be able to define trauma and distinguish it from PTSD and stress.
- The Participant will be able to provide examples of how trauma can negatively impact therapy sessions and ways to mitigate this.
- The Participant will be able to state why it is important to collaborate with mental health providers in their settings and ways to strengthen relationships with these colleagues.
Speaker Disclosures: Beth LaGrange has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content.

Increasing Awareness of Ableist Practices and An Alternative Lens for Providing Care
Presented by: Abby Foltz Hottle, M.A., CCC-SLP
This presentation will address trends in pediatric SLP practices supporting autistic children, examining social and medical structures and how they contribute to ableist and neurodiverse affirming care. Participants will reflect on their own practices about how to make changes supporting neurodiverse affirming care for all our children to thrive authentically.
- The participant will be able to able to reflect and apply neurodiverse affirming language and strategies for their clients.
- The participant will be able to explain why neurodiverse affirming care practices are supportive for autistic clients.
Speaker Disclosures: Abby Foltz Hottle has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content.
PM Breakout Sessions

Replace, Recycle, or Redesign: Selecting Technology & Digital Activities to Enhance Your Telepractice Sessions
Presented by: K. Todd Houston, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT
In recent years, more professionals than ever are turning to telepractice as a way to serve their clients. In education, teachers and other school-based professionals have been integrating a range of technology into their instructional practices for years. Models from this field can be used to help SLPs and other professionals think about how they are going to utilize technology not just to replace what they would have done in person, but to reach clients and help them achieve their goals in new and innovative ways. This session will provide practical tips, examples of activities, and guide professionals to reimagine what they can do through models of telepractice service delivery.
- The participant will be able to describe three different levels of technology integration.
- The participant will be able to identify activities for a chosen speech/language treatment area in each of the three levels.
- The participant will be able to analyze whether the use of technology is enhancing the client’s learning and helping them to achieve their goals.
Speaker Disclosures: K. Todd Houston receives royalties from three books published by Plural Publishing and is the founding partner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the 3C Digital Media Network, LLC. He also serves as cohost the Telepractice Today podcast with Kim Dutro Allen. He has no additional financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content.

“How in the World Do I Treat This Patient?”: A Methodical Approach to Dysphagia Treatment
Presented by: Veena Kallambettu, M.A., CCC-SLP, BCS-S, et al.
Dysphagia treatment is inherently challenging in the context of multiple etiologies, prognosis, and the myriad of therapy tools at every SLP’s disposal. This course will discuss the application of the rehab treatment specification system into clinical practice and how to approach complex etiologies with carefully selected treatment targets.
- The participant will be able to list the components of the rehab treatment specification system.
- The participant will be able to state considerations for exercise based vs bolus driven driven therapy.
- The participant will be able to discuss therapy directions in relation to the dysphagia etiology.
Speaker Disclosures: Veena Kallambettu is a salaried employee at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Veena is a current member of ASHA and DRS. Margaret McGlade has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content. Brooke Bell has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content.

The Role and Benefit of the Speech-Language Pathologist in the NICU: Care During Admission and Follow-Up
Presented by: Brenda Thompson, M.A. CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CNT
This course will focus on knowledge/skills required of the Speech-Language Pathologist practicing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Topics will include risks of prematurity and hospitalization and developmental and trauma-informed care. Specific focus includes supporting infants feeding and global developmental needs during admission and at the time of discharge.
- The participant will be able to describe at least 3 risks for long-term outcomes in premature infants.
- The participant will be able to list at least 3 activities used to support a trauma-informed care approach to infants in the NICU.
- The participant will be able to describe at least 3 types of feeding difficulties a premature infant might demonstrate in the NICU and following discharge.
Speaker Disclosures: Brenda Thompson has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content
Intermediate Learning Level, Available for 0.70 ASHA CEU’s
Participants of our live conference will be able to identify potential situations to advocate for communication rights, identify team members with whom to consult to maximize the support of patients and families, describe methods for effective diagnosis and therapy applications in various work settings.
PROFESSIONAL
OSLHA
MEMBER – $200*
NON-MEMBER – $300
ALLIED PROFESSIONAL / CONSUMER
OSLHA
MEMBER – $175*
NON-MEMBER – $250
STUDENT
OSLHA
MEMBER – $100*
NON-MEMBER – $150
Tickets Include Complimentary Parking, Buffet Breakfast, Full Day of Comprehensive CE Programming, and Buffet Lunch
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