Studies have shown that this is an efficacious and effective evidence-based treatment for stuttering.  The Lidcombe Program has been adjusted for school-aged children and special populations.

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Instructor: Kathy Boyle-Gast, Communication Sciences & Special Education, SIM® Professional Developer

River’s Crossing
850 College Station Road
Athens, Ga. 30605

Cost: $275 (includes refreshment breaks, 2 instructor’s manuals, 2 student lessons books, packets of training materials, as well as supplemental handouts and power points sent electronically following the workshop to augment instruction)

Successful completion of this workshop will provide 1 PLU for eligible participants.

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Gassner

Nearly 200 speech language pathologists, audiologists, educators and students from across the state will hear about the latest research and best practices in their fields at the UGA College of Education’s fifth annual Communication Sciences and Special Education Summer Institute. The keynote speaker will be Dena Gassner.

The Missing Link: Helping Students with Asperger’s to Embrace and Integrate Self-awareness as a Foundation for Personal Advocacy and Growth

Dena Gassner
Program director and owner the Center for Understanding
Nashville, Tenn.

Georgia Center for Continuing Education

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Each of the Summer 2013 Innovative Instruction Faculty Grants provides $5,000 for faculty to improve teaching and learning through innovative instructional projects, such as redesign of course curricula and materials, integration of new techniques or pedagogical strategies for a course, or exploration of a new instructional technique. The projects also focus on faculty improving instruction in high-demand courses (large lecture classes, courses involving multiple sections, general education courses, etc.), as well as those that integrate instructional technology.

“This is the second year these instruction grants have been funded to faculty, and once again, the selection process was extremely difficult, due in large part to the overwhelming number of submissions and the overall quality of the proposals,” said Laura Jolly, vice president for instruction. “This year’s submissions demonstrated further interest in technology to enhance the student learning experience, as well as interests in supporting current campus initiatives. This is strong evidence of the faculty’s commitment to improving teaching and learning and expanding beyond traditional instruction methods.”

Each of the 92 proposals was reviewed by three faculty members outside the college from which the proposals were submitted. The 26 projects, which included 40 faculty across the university, receiving grants were:

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  Emuel Aldridge, New Media Institute, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication: “Coding and Merit Badges: New Components for NMIX 4110 (New Media Production)”

• Charles Byrd, Germanic and Slavic Studies, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences: “Integrating Student Videography and eLC-New in Elementary Russian I and II”
• Ike Choi, career and Information Studies, College of Education: “Developing A Mobile Peer Evaluation Tool for Any Classroom”
• Christy Desmet, Ron Balthazor and Sara Steger, English, Franklin College: “Digital Barn Raising for a Peer Review Platform”
• Ellen Evans, kinesiology, College of Education: “KINS 2500:  Exercise Is Medicine: A General Education Course Proposal”
• Kamal Gandhi, forest biology, Warnell School of Forest Resources: “Enhancing & Digitizing the Forest Pest and Pathogen Collection at UGA”
• Jennifer Gay, health promotion and behavior, College of Public Health; and Laurel Murrow, GRU/UGA Medical Partnership: “Bridging the Gap between Public Health and Medical Education at UGA”
• Allison Haley, Simon Platt and Marc Kent, small animal medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine: “Development of an Internet Based, Interactive Canine Neurology Teaching Model”
• Kelsey A. Hart, James N. Moore, large animal medicine; Robert M. Gogal, Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging; Ira G. Roth, small animal medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn, advertising/public relations, Grady College: “Interactive Tools for Enhancing Instruction of Veterinary Diagnostic Skills”
• DeLoris Wenzel Hesse, cellular biology, Franklin College: “Improving Assessment Techniques for a Large Enrollment Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Class”
• Mary Hondalus and Sreekumari Rajeev, infectious diseases; Brad Gilleland and Chris Herron, Educational Resources Center, College of Veterinary Medicine: “Incorporation of Computer Animated and Interactive Laboratory Learning Modules and Clinical Case Workup for Enhancement of Veterinary Student Engagement and Retention of Veterinary Microbiology”
• Shelley Hooks, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences, College of Pharmacy: “Active Learning and Assessment in Pharmacology Instruction”
• Imi Hwangbo, sculpture, Lamar Dodd School of Art: “A New Model for Technology in the Art Foundations Classroom”
• Sonia Janis and Mardi Schmeichel, educational theory and practice, College of Education: “Learning to Teach Social Studies in Authentic Settings”
• Kyle Johnsen and Hillary Tanner, College of Engineering: “Mobile Immersive Learning Environments for Engineering”
• Nadia Kellam, College of Engineering: “3D Printing and Maker Learning Communities in the First Year Mechanical Engineering Program: Encouraging Retention and Professional Identity Development”
• Fanbin Kong, food science and technology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences: “Using Flipped Learning to Improve Food Engineering Course at the University of Georgia”
• Paula P. Lemons, biochemistry and molecular biology, Franklin College: “Reinvigorating BCMB 3100 with Case Studies and Flipped Class Sessions”
• Richard Morrison, organic chemistry, Franklin College: “Development of a Library of Guided-Inquiry Clicker Exercises for Sophomore Organic Chemistry”
• Marisa Anne Pagnattaro, legal studies, Terry College of Business: “Apple Inc.’s Global Business Strategies: Balancing Law, Ethics and Human Rights”
• Julie Velásquez Runk, anthropology, Franklin College: “Fostering Interaction, Local Engagement, and Diverse Perspectives in ANTH 3541 Anthropology of Eating”
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  Kristin Sayeski, communication sciences and special education, College of Education: “Addressing Dyslexia: Instructional Strategies for Teaching Reading”

• Janice Simon, art history, Lamar Dodd School of Art: “American Art and the Environmental View”
• Alan E. Stewart, counseling and human development, College of Education; and John Knox, geography, Franklin College: “Collaborative Research in Atmospheric Science: Probability Forecasting—Perception of the Probability of Precipitation”
• Brock Tessman, international affairs, School of Public and International Affairs: “Creating Conversations Outside the Classroom: A Cloud-based, Multimedia, Student-led Approach”
• Zion Tsz-Ho Tse and William Kisaalita, College of Engineering: “Do-It-Yourself Approach for Learning Engineering Physiology.”

Gassner

Nearly 200 speech language pathologists, audiologists, educators and students from across the state will hear about the latest research and best practices in their fields at the University of Georgia’s fifth annual Communication Sciences and Special Education Summer Institute at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education June 6-7.

Dena Gassner, program director and owner of the Center for Understanding in Nashville, Tenn., will be the keynote speaker. She will speak on The Missing Link: Helping Students with Asperger’s to Embrace and Integrate Self-awareness as a Foundation for Personal Advocacy and Growth at 8:45 a.m. on Thursday, June 6.

Gassner, LMSW, developed her interest in family systems with diagnostic training at the University Affiliated program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital while simultaneously becoming a certified early intervention specialist. Upon completing her master’s degree at the University of Kentucky, she transitioned to individual/family coaching support in the field of Asperger’s Syndrome and similar processing/developmental learning challenges.

She was the 2009 winner of the Jo Andrews Award from Nashville’s Mayor’s Committee on Disability for outstanding disability advocacy. She has been featured in a PSA (no-myths.org) and an online video for the Dan Marino Foundation (AU-tube). She is a frequent contributor to Autism Brainstorm (autismbrainstorm.org). She recently completed two years as an itinerant faculty member for Health-Education Network traveling the nation, providing professional development training to teachers, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, behavioral consultants, families, individuals and others.

Several breakout sessions, led by both national and local experts, will address current topics and trends for special educators, general educators and speech-language pathologists such as:

• Asperger’s Disorder
• Reading Disabilities
• Medical Issues of Children in the Schools
• Data Collection and Behavior Management
• Legal Issues Pertaining to Classroom Teaching and Children with Disabilities
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication Solutions in the Classroom

The institute will also include information on administrative issues, parental concerns and perspectives of individuals with disabilities on each of these topics.

Participants may earn 1.0 PLU from the Georgia Department of Education and up to 1.075 CEUs from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association for attendance on both days. PLU and CEU approval is in progress.

Registration costs vary. The early registration deadline is May 9. Regular fee registration deadline is May 30.

For costs and more information, visit:
www.coe.uga.edu/cssesummer/

Pictured are: (L-R) left to right: CMSD graduate students Rebecca Benson, Emily Campos and Madyson Feit and Alice Sanderson, CMSD Clinical Assistant Professor and Audiologist

A group of UGA College of Education students in communication sciences helped the UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic publicize International Noise Awareness Day on Wednesday, April 24 at the Tate Student Center.  Grady Newsource Channel 15 reports on the story.

CMSD graduate students Emily Campos and Madyson Feit with Hairy Dawg at Tate Center.

Patterson

Christopher Patterson, a faculty member in the College of Education’s department of communication sciences and special education, received the 2012 Georgia Deaf Community Leader Award. Patterson, who is deaf, uses sign language to deliver his lectures, advise his students and communicate with others on and off campus.

Patterson and and his work are featured in an April 1 Columns story titled, “Grand Gestures.” The article also includes a link to a UGA multimedia piece on Patterson. In addition, the story is displayed as the “Teaching” feautre on the UGA Home Page this week.

DeCelles

We’re hEAR for You, a four-year-old non-profit organization that raises awareness in Athens’ music scene on the dangers of hearing loss, which was co-founded by College of Education alumna Caroline DeCelles (MEd ’10, BSEd ’08), an Athens speech pathologist, is featured in a February 27 story in Non-Profit Quarterly. The article also mentions free hearing screenings offered for area residents by the UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic, which is based in the COE.