Science and Clinical Practice in Speech, Language and Swallowing
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)- Language development/facilitation via AAC
- Language representation (graphics, sign, etc.)
- Augmented input
- Technology issues (development, devices/software)
- Funding and policy issues
- Inclusion of AAC users in education, work, and community life
- AAC applications and acquired disabilities
- AAC applications and developmental disabilities
- Consumer and family issues
- Literacy development service delivery models and practices Vocabulary selection
- Personnel development and training specifically related to AAC
- Multicultural/cross linguistic issues specifically related to AAC
- General discussion of AAC technology issues
- Education and training issues specific to AAC
- Administrative and regulatory issues related to AAC
- AAC strategies for young children
- Developing language via AAC
- Theoretical models of fluency and fluency disorders
- Development of fluency in individuals with and without disorders
- Cognitive, psychological, social, linguistic, and cultural factors related to fluency and fluency disorders
- Physiological, neurological, acoustic, and perceptual issues related to fluency and fluency disorders
- Prevention of fluency disorders
- Education and training issues specific to fluency
- Outcomes research
- Assessment and treatment of fluency disorders
- Computer-based and other instrumentation for assessment and treatment of fluency disorders
- Consumer issues related to fluency and fluency disorders
- Multicultural and cross-linguistic issues related to fluency and fluency disorders
- Effects of various communication disorders on speech fluency
- Administrative and regulatory issues related to fluency
Language and Learning in School-Age Children and Adolescents
- Theoretical models of spoken and written language development and use in school-age children and adolescents
- Continued development of language in school-age children and adolescents with and without disorders
- Developing skills in metalinguistics and written language in school-age children and adolescents with and without disorders
- Cognitive processes and knowledge pertaining to language learning or use in school-age children and adolescents
- Comparisons of the spoken and written language behaviors of school-age children and adolescents with and without disorders
- Second-language acquisition and/or use in school-age children and adolescents
- Prevalence of language-learning disabilities in school-age children and adolescents
- Etiologies of language-learning disabilities and the association between LLD and related conditions.
- Screening, evaluation, and treatment of spoken language abilities in school-age children and adolescents
- Prevention of language-learning disabilities
- Screening, evaluation, and treatment for linguistic aspects of reading, spelling, and writing disorders
- Language assessment and remediation for adults with developmental or language-learning disabilities
- Second-language/second-dialect instruction in school-age children and adolescents
- Teaming issues
- Education and training issues specific to language in school-age children and adolescents
- Outcomes research
- Computer-based and other instrumentation for assessment and treatment of language-learning disabilities
- Multicultural/cross linguistic issues in language-learning disabilities
- Administrative and regulatory issues related to language and learning in school-age children and adolescents
- Language and cognitive abilities in adults with or without disorders
- Changes in language and cognitive abilities associated with aging
- Comparisons of language behaviors of adults with and without disorders
- Second-language learning in adults
- Aphasia and related disorders
- Communication disorders and other cognitive disturbances associated with traumatic brain injury, right hemisphere syndrome, focal prefrontal damage, and dementia
- Progressive neurological diseases
- Neurological syndromes
- Pharmacological, surgical, behavioral, and other interventions
- Teaming issues
- Education and training issues specific to language and motor speech in adults
- Outcomes research
- Computer-based and other instrumentation for assessment and treatment of neurogenic disorders
- Use of the Internet in assessment or treatment of neurogenic communication disorders in adults
- Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)strategies for individuals with acquired neurogenic disorders
- Multicultural/cross linguistic issues in acquired neurogenic disorders
- Innovative treatment strategies including group and family focused approaches
- Qualitative and ethnographic studies of normal and disordered adult language
- Assessment of language, cognitive, and communication disorders associated with aphasia, TBI, right hemisphere syndrome, prefrontal damage, and dementia
- Administrative and regulatory issues related to language in adults
- Theoretical models of language development and use in infants, toddlers, and preschool children
- Developing language systems in oral and/or alternative modes by young children
- Cognitive processes pertaining to language learning or use by young children
- Comparisons of the language behaviors of young children with typical and atypical language
- Prevalence of developmental language disorders
- Screening, evaluation, and treatment for developmental language disorders in young children
- Etiologies of children's language disorders and the association with related conditions
- Programming for young children with severe or multiple disabilities
- Issues regarding teaming issues, collaborative consultation, transdisciplinary approaches, and other service delivery models
- Issues related to family systems and natural environments
- Personnel preparation issues specific to language in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers
- Outcomes research
- Technology applications for assessment and treatment of language disorders in young children
- Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies for young children
- Cultural and Linguistic differences in young children and their families
- Neuroscientific advances: relevance to clinical assessment and intervention
- Administrative and regulatory issues related to language in infants, toddlers, preschool children
- Brain-behavior relationships: Cognition/language, neural plasticity
- Normal speech/language processes: Spoken and written language
- Theories and models of language and its disorders
- Computer-based and other research technologies for interfaces among speech, language, and sociocognitive/sociolinguistic processes •
- Multicultural /cross-linguistic issues and research in language science
- Research methodology and data analysis (quantitative and qualitative)
- Educational and professional issues specific to language science
- Dysarthrias and oral motor dysfunction
- Comparison of the motor speech behaviors of adults with and without disorders
- Changes in motor speech abilities associated with aging
- Apraxias in adults
- Developmental motor speech disorders
- Motor speech disorders associated with traumatic brain injury
- Progressive and degenerative neurologic disease
- Neurologic syndromes
- Pharmacological, surgical, behavioral, and other interventions
- Outcomes research
- Multicultural/cross linguistic issues specifically related to motor speech aspects in adults and children
- Acoustic analysis of aging speech and motor speech disorders in adults and children
- Administrative and regulatory issues related to motor speech in adults and children
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Speech acoustics and perception
- Vocal tract imaging
- Brain-behavior relationships: Speech and voice production
- Neurobiology and Plasticity
- Normal processes in speech production
- Computer-based and other research technologies for speech science
- Educational and professional issues specific to speech science
- Multicultural/cross linguistic aspects of speech production
- Theoretical models of articulation and phonological development and disorders
- Articulation and phonological development in children with and without disorders
- Articulation and phonological development in multilingual children with and without disorders
- Identification and assessment of articulation and phonological disorders in children
- Treatment of articulation and phonological disorders in children
- Assessment and treatment of articulation and phonological disorders in multilingual children
- Assessment and treatment of articulation and phonological disorders in special populations
- Technical advances in assessment and treatment of articulation and phonological disorders
- Efficacy of assessment and treatment of articulation and phonological disorders
- Prevention of articulation and phonological disorders
- Outcomes research in articulation and phonology
- Multicultural/cross linguistic issues specifically related to articulation and phonology in children
- Administrative and regulatory issues related to phonological and articulatory processes in children
- Phonological Awareness (Assessment and Intervention); link to Literacy
- Swallowing function in infants, children, and adults with or without disorders
- Diagnosis, management, and prevention of dysphagia in infants, children, and adults
- Outcomes, efficacy, and effectiveness
- Nutritional management
- Professional education considerations specific to dysphagia
- Ethical and legislative issues
- Interdisciplinary and team issues
- Education and training issues specific to swallowing
- Computer-based and other instrumentation for assessment and treatment of dysphagia
- Multicultural/cross linguistic issues specifically related to swallowing
- Management of dysphagia in special populations
- Esophageal disorders
- Pharmacological, surgical, behavioral and other interventions
- Administrative and regulatory issues related to swallowing
- Basic science in voice production
- Voice production across the life span in individuals with and without disorders
- Diagnosis and management of functional and organic voice disorders
- Problems of the professional voice user
- Voice and speech production after head and neck cancer surgery
- Tracheostomy and alaryngeal speech
- Disorders of resonance and voice resulting from craniofacial anomalies, including cleft lip and palate
- Prevention and intervention issues related to voice disorders, craniofacial anomalies, or head and neck cancer
- Diagnosis and management of neurologic voice disorders
- Interdisciplinary and team issues
- Education and training issues specific to voice and resonance
- Outcomes research
- Computer-based and other instrumentation for assessment and treatment of voice and resonance disorders and alaryngeal speech
- Multicultural/cross linguistic issues specifically related to voice and resonance and alaryngeal speech
- Administrative and regulatory issues related to voice and resonance
