2012 MSHA Conference Learner Outcomes

Managing the Emotional Roller Coaster of Asperger Syndrome Presenter: Timothy Kowalski Learner Outcomes:

1. Describe the emotional system typically associated with Asperger syndrome 2. Describe the reactions associated with inefficient emotional intelligence

associated with Asperger syndrome 3. Describe appropriate treatment strategies to produce effective change in

emotional regulation Are You In The Zone? Social Awareness for the Socially Impaired Presenter: Timothy Kowalski Learner Outcomes:

1. List social difficulties associated with Asperger syndrome 2. Define how mirror neurons can be applied to Asperger syndrome 3. List strategies designed to enhance socialization by engaging mirror neurons

Enhancing Social Skills in Asperger syndrome Presenter: Timothy Kowalski Learner Outcomes:

1. List 6 techniques to address social communication deficits 2. List 6 techniques to address social interaction deficits 3. List 6 techniques to address social emotional regulation deficits

Reading, Writing, and Rage: The Three R’s of Asperger Syndrome Presenter: Timothy Kowalski Learner Outcomes:

1. Describe the reading comprehension deficits typically associated with Asperger syndrome 2. Describe the challenges written output creates in students diagnosed with Asperger syndrome 3. Describe appropriate treatment and compensatory strategies to produce effective change in emotional regulation

TASK FORCE on the 216License An Update on the Work of the 216 License Task Force Presenters: Gloria Kellum and Jayne Buttross Learner Outcomes:

1. Summarize the recommended Scope of Practice for the 216 License holder. 2. Interpret the guidelines for supervision of 216 License holder. 3. Apply methods for recruitment of qualified personnel in the schools.

Expansion of the School SLP Role to Supervision Presenters: Beverly Ray Learner Outcomes:

1. Be informed of the new MDE 216 license 2. Understand the supervisor role of the 215/CCC SLP 3. Summarize the associates program presented at the July ASHA Summit

216 Task Force-Scope of Practice Presenter: Georgene Falcone-Johnson Learner Outcomes:

1. Define terms relative to the 216 scope of practice. 2. Recognize the 216 license holder's recommended duties. 3. Recognize the duties that do not within the 216 license holder's duties.

Recruitment and Retention of SLPs in Mississippi Public Schools Presenter: Carolyn Higdon Learner Outcomes:

1. Attendees will demonstrate a working knowledge of the components of SLP retention issues in Mississippi schools.

2. Attendees will demonstrate a working knowledge of SLP recruitment issues in Mississippi schools.

3. Attendees will be able to explain the 216 Task Force plan for recruitment and retention of SLPs in Mississippi schools.

Task Force on the 216 License: Academic Programs' Recommendations Presenter: Lennette Ivy Learner Outcomes:

1. Summarize the recommendations for the academic curriculum and clinical practicum in undergraduate programs for 216 license seekers.

2. Summarize the recommendations for expanding training access for acquiring the master's degree.

3. Summarize the recommendations for transitioning current school personnel to the 216 license.

MSHA Project: The Roles, Responsibilities, and Value of 215 SLPs Presenters: Rachel Powell and Jennifer Moak Learner Outcomes:

1. Identify the purpose of the MSHA Roles, Responsibilities, and Value of 215 SLPs Project

2. Describe the progress and goal of the MSHA Task Force Project 3. Utilize the information from the project for advocacy at the local and state

level with parents, principals, supervisors, and legislators Preparing 21st Century Speech and Hearing Professionals: Technology Innovations in the Clinic and Classroom Presenter: Priscilla Davis Learner Outcomes:

1. Discuss the advantages of technology for instructional and clinical purposes,

2. Describe three technological procedures that may be used in the classroom and clinic such as appropriate apps for iPad, multimedia and teaching tools

3. Describe the steps involved in securing client confidentiality when using material from filmed clinical sessions.

4. Describe the steps involved in securing client confidentiality when using material from filmed clinical sessions.

Strategic Interventions for Auditory Memory Training Presenter: Megan Richmond-Simmons Learner Outcomes:

1. Discuss current memory models, the development of auditory memory, and the relationship between working memory and learning.

2. Identify learning strategies that ensure successful memory training. 3. Explain a direct, systematic approach using software for auditory memory

training. An Individualized Approach to Teaching Sequencing Skills Presenter: Megan Richmond-Simmons Learner Outcomes:

1. Discuss cognitive and linguistic deficits that impact sequencing. 2. Name the sequencing deficits seen in five disorders (i.e., auditory processing disorders, autism spectrum disorders, hearing impairment, learning disabilities, and specific language impairment). 3. Explain an individualized software-based approach for addressing weaknesses in sequencing skills.

Increasing Interactive Storybook Reading through a Home-based Training Program Presenter: Lekeitha Morris Learner Outcomes:

1. The participant will be able to describe a caregiver training program that was theoretically and empirically derived from the literature.

2. The participant will be able to identify four behaviors that AA caregivers utilized more frequently after a three-day training program.

3. The participant will be able to demonstrate four behaviors that can be targeted in caregiver training programs.

A Clinical Course in Use of the Blom Tracheostomy Tube Presenter: Eric Blom

1. Participants will identify the benefits and features of the Blom Tracheostomy Tubes

2. Participants will explain three methods by which to verify upper airway airflow when utilizing the Blom Speech Cannula or Low Profile Speaking Valve.

Quantifying the Relationship Between Stroke and Labial Strength

Presenter: Katie Weeks Learner Outcomes:

1. Listeners will list and describe the labial muscles used for producing speech and maintaining labial seal.

2. Listeners will identify the correlation between labial strength and a patient's deficits.

Craniofacial Difference: Subtle to Severe Presenters: Gloria Kellum and Staci Kellum Learner Outcomes:

1. Recognize subtle as well as severe craniofacial anomalies that can have a negative impact on patients.

2. Prepare the appropriate diagnostic protocol and procedures for use with individuals with subtle and severe craniofacial differences.

3. Summarize the intervention and referral processes appropriate to patients with craniofacial syndrome.

Affordable Care Act of 2010: Impact on Audiologists and SLPs Presenter: Amy Hasselkus Learner Outcomes:

1. Discuss the broad focus areas of the ACA 2. List key provisions in the law that may affect practice 3. Identify possible actions to take to assist in the implementation of the law

within the state or individual practices 4. Discuss issues that may impact reimbursement for audiology and SLP

services in the future Implementing ACA in Mississippi: Where we have been, Where we are, and Where we are going? Presenters: Leslie Hammond, Linda Rigby, Tineciaa Harris, and Corey Wiggins Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will summarize the role and responsibility of the STAR. 2. Participants will recognize the role between ASHA and MSHA in relation to

the STAR Network. 3. Participants will analyze current goals for MSHA STAR Current State needs

and develop additional goals to meet state needs as it relates to coverage and reimbursement

Who is doing what? A Transdiciplinary Approach to Complex AAC Needs in Early Intervention and Preschool Settings Presenters: Sarah Case-Price, Sarah Rouse Myers, Judy Prehn, Donna Stauter Learner Outcomes:

1. Attendees will be able to identify and target varying augmentative communication needs in one classroom setting.

2. Attendees will be able to develop a lesson that will target multiple IEP goals and multiple communication levels utilizing all members in the transdisciplinary team.

3. Attendees will be able to provide a language rich environment and opportunities for communication for children with varying augmentative communication needs during typical preschool activities.

Enhancing Teaching with Blackboard Presenter: Mable Williams Learner Outcomes:

1. Discuss key instructional areas available within the Blackboard environment. 2. Describe how students and faculty benefits from using the Blackboard

Learning Management System. 3. Promote collaboration between faculty and Distance Learning for course

design and development support. Advocating for the Professions – Strategies for Member Success Presenter: Theresa Rodgers Learner Outcomes:

1. Identify and describe three the legislative and/or regulatory issues associated with the practice of speech-language pathology and audiology

2. Describe strategies for advocating at the federal, state, and local level Standards-Aligned Communication Curriculum Assessment: Framework for School-based Speech-Language Pathologists Presenter: Susan Floyd Learner Outcomes:

1. Explain the rational for a standards-aligned speech-language services 2. Identify key factors for successful implementation 3. Describe the process of developing standards-aligned communication

screeners and pre-post assessment Listening and Talking Children Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Presenters: Christina Perigoe & Marietta Paterson Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will be able to list principles of auditory-verbal therapy and education;

2. Participants will be able to describe the critical importance of audiology as the foundation of auditory-based practice;

3. Participants will be able to detail a host of teaching techniques which emphasize listening activities which can result in spoken language development.

Integration of Tinnitus Therapy in the Adult Audiology Practice Presenter: Charles Bishop Learner Outcomes:

1. Discuss the theoretical basis of common audiological-based tinnitus treatments.

2. Differentiate between sound therapy and masking in the treatment of tinnitus.

3. Identify three ways to incorporate tinnitus therapy in the everyday adult audiology clinic.

The Late Auditory Potentials-A Research Review and Update Presenter: Charles Marx Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will become familiar with current research efforts regarding the late auditory evoked potentials.

2. Participants will become aware of potential clinical applications of the late auditory responses.

3. Participants will be exposed to the concept of using the late auditory potential as a predictive biomarker for the efficacy of intervention modalities in various clinical populations.

Simultaneously Improve Speech Intelligibility and Establish Literacy Skills w/Orthographic Instruction! Presenter: Keli Richmond Learner Outcomes:

1. The participant will be able to describe the roles of the four reading/writing processors within the brain.

2. The participant will be able to outline the suggested “letters-to-literacy” natural step progression.

3. The participant will be able to explain the rationale for introducing orthographic instruction (printed cues) into therapy and classroom activities.

Alzheimer's Disease Presenters: Maley Morris and Jessica Miller Learner Outcomes:

1. Give examples of personal Alzheimer's-related experiences. 2. Summarize the various components of Alzheimer's Disease. 3. Increase awareness of understanding current knowledge and on-going

research for Alzheimer's Disease. Using the Speech Sciences to Revolutionize Articulation Therapy Presenter: Greg Snyder Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will be able to define coarticulation 2. Participants will be able to apply coarticulation into articulation remediation

strategies

3. Participants will be able to create allophonic coarticulatory treatment plans that will likely increase therapeutic efficiency thereby reducing overall length of treatment.

Defining and Achieving Relevant Therapy Objectives in Pediatric Stuttering Presenter: Greg Snyder Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will be able to properly define the stuttering phenomenon, as well as define success in stuttering treatment.

2. Participants will be able to create relavent and obtainable short and long term therapy objectives.

3. Participants will be able to create therapy activities and exercises as a means of reaching short and long term therapy objectives.

The Use of Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) as a Tool for Clinical Decision Making in the Evaluation and Management of Dysphagia Presenter: Rebecca Gould Learner Objectives:

1. Demonstrate specialized knowledge by performing and interpreting endoscopic swallowing evaluation;

2. Demonstrate report -writing skills to better communicate results; 3. Describe the use of Fiber Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) as an

effective evaluation tool and explain how it correlates with Video Fluroscopic Evaluation of Swallowing;

4. Identify demographic and risk factors for swallowing disorders; 5. Describe and discuss how to create effective partnership with physicians and

other allied health professionals and how to engender working relationships with colleagues in their community.

6. Discuss holistic approach to treatment of swallowing. 7. Increase differential diagnostic evaluation of “overlapping hypopharynx”

through knowing which scope and which procedures to select when evaluating swallow disorders.

Legal Hot Spots in Special Education Presenter: Julie Weatherly Learner Objectives:

1. Recognize legal hot spots in special education 2. Identify forms of discrimination to watch out for in schools 3. Avoid making procedural mistakes that have legal consequences

The USMGC Autism Project: A Training Resource for Mississippi Presenter: Tim Morse Learner Outcomes:

1. Describe the two primary components of the Autism Project: autism training and direct service provision to students with autism at the Autism Demonstration School.

2. List autism training opportunities via the Autism Project. 3. Explain how project personnel address the social communication skill needs

of students with autism. Speech-Language, Nutrition and Behavior Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorders Presenters: Regina Enwefa, Stephen Enwefa, Arnold Nyarambi Learner Outcomes:

1. Discuss the role of the speech-language pathologist and other professionals in providing therapy for autism children and their families.

2. Provide knowledge, strategies and resources for therapy regarding diet, nutritional intervention, and feeding problems.

3. Summarize applied behavior analysis therapy strategies for children with autism spectrum disorders.

Intervention for Students with Mild-to-Moderate Autism Spectrum Disorder Presenters: Mary Langford-Hall and Betty Sutton Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will recall information provided that recaps ASHA guidelines related to SLP interventions when working with students with ASD.

2. Participants will evaluate language-based interventions/strategies used when working with early school-aged students with mild-to-moderate ASD.

3. Participants will examine the validity of the inclusion of core vocabulary training when working with early school-aged students. with ASD.

Assistive Technology for Fluency Disorders Presenter: Ricky Burk Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will compare assistive technologies for stuttering intervention 2. Participants will critique assistive technologies for client personalization

Only God Could Hear Me Presenter: Kym Heine Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will gain insight into the lives of augmented communicators. 2. Participants will demonstrate an understanding of the principles of

Minspeak. 3. Participants will recognize the need for spontaneous novel utterance

generation. This and That: Selecting Appropriate AAC Vocabulary Presenter: Kym Heine Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will be able to differentiate between fringe and core vocabulary. 2. Participants will understand the need to teach language through the use of

core vocabulary.

3. Participants will understand how to teach the use of core vocabulary across activities.

Mediated Learning for the Effective Management of Stuttering in School-Age Children Presenter: Nola Radford Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will be able to name 5 aspects of effective management 2. Participants will be able to demonstrate incorporation of board games in

therapy for structured talk sessions. 3. Participants will define mediated learning and explain application to fluency

management. My Assistive Technology Path to Communication, Education, and Vocation Presenter: Suzanne Colsey Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will explain how low expectations impact employment outcomes for people with disabilities.

2. Participants will identify 3 barriers to achieving employment. 3. Participants will describe one strategy for children with limited motor skills

to develop literacy abilities. Educational, Social, and Communication Considerations For The Child With Hearing Loss Presenters: Kimberly Ward and Lara Monico Learner Outcomes:

1. The attendee will be able to interpret an Audiogram and be able to explain degrees of hearing loss and it's relationship to what the child hears.

2. The attendee will be able to identify effects of hearing loss on a child's educational, social, and communication abilities.

3. The attendee will be able to apply strategies for working with children with hearing loss to their practices.

Color It DYSLEXIA...It's Not Gray Anymore! Presenters: Jan Shook, Becki Shoemake, Rachel Gillenwater, Jackie Mockbee Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will be able to define the specific LANGUAGE parameters of Dyslexia and the areas of academic impact.

2. Participants will be able to design a protocol for diagnosis in collaboration with classroom teachers and parents for comprehensive data collection and analysis.

3. Participants will be able to design an effective comprehensive treatment plan that is in a 'team format' including the child, parents, teachers and SLP.

Dos & Don'ts of Differential Diagnosis & Treatment of Dementia Presenter: Lollie Vaughan-Robinson

Learner Outcomes: 1. Participants will be able to differentiate various forms of dementia from the

medical history and cognitive-linguistic performance of patients with dementia.

2. Participants will be able to write goals for patients and caregivers at various participation levels.

3. Participants will be able to plan therapy appropriately to maximize spared memory processes in patients with various forms of dementia.

Realizing the Potential of Speech Generating Devices Presenters: Rebecca Mullican and Lori Arinder Learner Outcomes:

1. Utilize new strategies to incorporate the family and peers with an individual using an augmentative communication device in expanded settings

2. Generate strategies and techniques that can be used immediately with individuals using AAC

3. Understand the importance of peer and family modeling as well as how to use peer and family responses as positive reinforcement for the individual

Voice Evaluation and Treatment Presenter: Rebecca Gould Learner Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate specialized knowledge by performing and interpreting endoscopic voice evaluations

2. Demonstrate report -writing skills to better communicate results; 3. Identify demographic and risk factors for voice disorders 4. Describe the use of videostroboscopy as an effective evaluation tool and

explain how it correlates with acoustic and perceptual measures. 5. Describe and discuss how to create effective partnership with physicians and

other allied health professionals and how to engender working relationships with colleagues in their community.

6. Discuss holistic approach to treatment of voice. 7. Increase differential diagnostic evaluation of “overlapping hypopharynx”

through knowing which scope and which procedures to select when evaluating voice.

One Book Does It All! Presenters: Ladell Kraft, Lori Burgess Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will understand the expanded role of the speech pathologist in providing services related to the development of literacy skills.

2. Participants will be able to select a children's book that will target multiple learning objectives and skills.

3. Participants will be able to create materials and activities to teach the targeted skills.

You Want Me to Read What? Presenter: Missy Schrader Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will identify six types of syllables. 2. Participants will apply syllable division rules to decode multisyllabic words. 3. Participants will apply multisensory instructional strategies to syllable

division Feeding Disorders in Young Children: The A.E.I.O.U. Approach Presenter: Nina Johanson Learner Outcomes:

1. Identify 5 factors that contribute to the maintenance of pediatric feeding disorders and how to address them in therapy.

2. Discuss strategies for improving the mealtime environment. 3. Describe components of effective parent training to achieve carryover in the

home environment. Achieving Independence: Successful Transition to Oral Feeding Presenter: Nina Johanson

1. Identify contraindications for oral feeding and describe a 5-step treatment plan for non-oral feeders.

2. Discuss pros and cons of various types of supplemental feeding. 3. Formulate treatment strategies for children with tracheostomy and other

medical conditions leading to supplement dependency. A.E.I.O.U.: Helping Children With ASD Eat Well and Thrive Friday 3:30pm-5:00pm, Diplomat II (1.5 CEU) Presenter: Nina Johanson

1. Integrate 5 management factors to address feeding problems in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders.

2. Explain sensory food aversion and devise effective treatment plans. 3. Describe the impact of biological, sensory, and environmental stress on

feeding skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. MSHA MDE Updates Presenter: Rachel Powell Learner Outcomes:

1. Identify updates from the MDE 2. Answer questions regarding MDE policies and procedures regarding

Language/speech disorders 3. Apply knowledge of MDE policies and procedures to practice in schools

Sensory Tools for the Speech-Language Pathologist Presenters: Jamie Austin, Carey Marsalis, Christy Brooks Learner Outcomes:

1. Describe and identify signs of sensory processing disorder

2. Devise a plan for helping children self regulate and refer to OTs as needed 3. Apply techniques for increasing participation in therapy sessions

Apps for Autism Presenters: Julie Chadwick and Susan McPhail

1. Participants will be able to identify three apps that promote communication. 2. Participants will be able to identify one app that tracks behavior for behavior

support. 3. Participants will be able to identify two apps that provide visual supports or

task completion. Autism Advisory Council Update Presenters: Julie Chadwick and Susan McPhail Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will learn the background of the council and who serves as representatives on it. 2. Participants will become familiar with the recommended four strategies for implementation that address each of the core deficits identified by the committee. 3. Participants will have the opportunity to communicate their concerns to members of the committee.

Autism and Communication: A Parent's Perspective Presenter: Susan McPhail Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will identify successful techniques for enhancing communication skills for individuals with autism.

2. Participants will generalize communication techniques for students with autism.

3. Participants will develop techniques that are individualized and meaningful for students with autism.

Identification of NIHL in College Students Comparing Pure-Tones and DPOAEs Presenters: Tommy Strini and Rebecca Lowe Learner Outcomes:

1. Recognize the clinical utility of DPOAE testing in identifying outer hair cell damage

2. Will be able to describe how DPOAE testing can be used clinically as a pre-indicator for damage to noise exposure prior to quantification of a hearing loss

Reviewing and Comparing ASHA and MDE Guidelines for Hearing Screening Presenter: Rebecca Lowe Learner Outcomes:

1. The participant will be able to list the frequencies and dB level screened for the ASHA Guidelines and the justification for screening each frequency.

2. The participant will be able to list the frequencies and dB level screened for the MDE Guidelines and describe how these guidelines compare to ASHA.

3. The participant will be able to state the appropriate recommendation for individuals who "fail" screenings for outer/middle ear disorders.

Educational Audiology: What Every Clinician Should Know Presenter: Kimberly Ward Learner Outcomes:

1. The attendee will be able to Give examples of and implement accommodations/modifications for children with hearing loss.

2. The attendee will be able to list possible roles of audiologists within the public school systems.

3. The attendee will be able to define the role of IEP/IFSP and obtain information on how to be an effective IEP/IFSP team member.

Implantable Devices: The Basics Presenters: Kimberly Ward and Suzanne Roark Learner Outcomes:

1. The attendee will be able to identify candidacy criteria for both a Cochlear Implant and a Bone Anchored Implant.

2. The attendee will be able to identify parts of each processor and describe their function.

3. The attendee will be able to identify potential problems with each processor and recognize correct troubleshooting procedures.

Grand Rounds: Pediatric Audiology Presenters: Kimberly Ward, Lauren McIntosh, Suzanne Roark, Kathy Irving Learner Outcomes:

1. The attendee will be able to identify certain unique pediatric cases that may require more than standard protocols.

2. The attendee will be able to identify outcomes of the unique audiology cases. 3. The attendee will be able to apply knowledge learned in this presentation to

their own practices. Device Modeling as Prompting Strategy for Users of AAC Devices Presenter: Meher Banajee Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will learn to identify issues presented by individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices.

2. Participants will learn to use a variety of intervention strategies while working with individuals with ASD and who use AAC devices.

3. Participants will learn neurological basis for the success of intervention strategies such as dual device modeling during intervention for individuals with ASD and who use AAC devices.

Dichotic Training And Language Processing in Children with ASD Presenters: Inga Denman, Meher Banajee, Annette Hurley Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will be able to describe the relationship between auditory and language processing in typically developing children as well as those on the Autism Spectrum Disorders

2. Participants will be able to describe the principles of dichotic listening training

3. Participants will be able to demonstrate the effect of dichotic listening training on auditory and language processing in children with autism spectrum disorders.

Poster Sessions

Nursing Students' Knowledge of Alzheimer's Disease Presenters: Kelly McDonald, Lindsey Russell, Angie Tanner, Diana Noe, Joanna Whitten Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will examine the Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale 2. Participants will explore the types of responses given by nursing students to

questions regarding communication with adults with dementia. 3. Participants will discuss ways to improve communication between speech

language pathologists and nurses working with adults with dementia. Attitudes and Knowledge Toward People Who Stutter: Effects of Video Presenters: Olivia Kennedy and Michelle Harmon Learner Outcomes:

1. Participants will explain the importance of research designed to discover ways of changing attitudes and increasing knowledge regarding stuttering and people who stutter.

2. Participants will identify areas where attitude and knowledge improved in the positive direction.

3. Participants will be able list several areas that warrant education of the public regarding knowledge and attitudes toward stuttering.

Evaluation of the Fluharty Screener for Low-Income Preschoolers in Mississippi Presenters: Brandi L. Newkirk, Ellalicia Bennett, Courtney Brown, Carmen Christmas, Lydia Nettle Dotson, Carol Cannon Learner Outcomes:

1. The participant will be able to describe potential cultural biases associated with this standardized speech/language screener.

2. The participant will be able to describe potential linguistic biases associated with this standardized speech/language screener.

3. The participant will be able to describe characteristics that should be considered when selecting standardized speech/language screening tests for this population.

Making Clinical Decisions: A Student Perspective Presenters: Jennifer Salgo and Amy Rosonet Learner Outcomes:

1. Attendees will be able to describe the literature regarding clinical decision making by speech-language pathology students.

2. Attendees will be able to discuss the methodology and results of a qualitative study on students’ perspectives of clinical decision making.

3. Attendees will be able to list several implications of the results of this study. Effect of Working Memory Training on Reading Comprehension Presenters: Christin Sanders Learner Outcomes:

1. List the cognitive skills associated with working memory 2. Summarize the link between working memory and reading ability 3. Examine working memory training as a potential therapy technique

The Attitudes of Future Teachers Toward Students’ Use of African American English Presenters: Melody M. Cooper and Brandi L. Newkirk

1. The participants will be able to describe the attitudes of future teachers toward the use of African American English.

2. The participants will be able to describe how prepared future teachers feel to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students.

3. The participants will be able to describe the SLP’s role in increasing positive attitudes towards students’ use of African American English.