Spring 2024 SLP Convention

Cupola atop a building on the Molloy University campus

Molloy University’s Third Annual Communication Sciences and Disorders Convention: 
Listening to our Clients: Amplifying Client Perspectives and Values Using Evidence-Based Practice    

Friday, April 5, 2024; 8:30 a.m.-4:55 p.m.
Public Square, Molloy University, RVC Campus and Online via Zoom
Attendees can receive up to .7 ASHA CEU's

The Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) Department and the Office of Continuing Education at Molloy University are pleased to offer our third one day CSD convention.  

The 2024 convention will offer two options to attend: in-person and virtual through Zoom.

This intermediate level program will provide attendees up to 0.7 ASHA CEUs in the area of speech-language pathology. While all attendees will attend the first 1.5 hours of the program, each attendee will then choose 2, 1.5 hour workshops during the morning and afternoon and attend a panel session for 1.5 hours for the last part of the program. There will also be poster sessions during lunch that participants can earn 1 CE credit for. Therefore, up to .7 ASHA CEUS may be earned.

Time-ordered Agenda

8:00-9:00:         Continental breakfast and Check-in

9:00 - 10:30:     Introductions and Keynote Address-Keynote speaker is Jennifer Scuro, Ph.D.: "From Ableism to En-Memberment: Imagining Transformative Ecologies of Care"

10:30 - 10:40     Break 

10:40 – 12:10     Concurrent sessions A,B,C (click on the title for a description and speaker bios):

10:40-12:10 & 1:45-3:15 

 12:10-1:40          Lunch, career fair, vendors, posters  

1:45-3:15            Concurrent sessions A,B,C:

3:15 - 3:25          Break   

3:25-4:55            Panel Session: Moderator: Jennifer Scuro, Ph.D., Closing Remarks, Q and A 

Keynote:
Speaker: Jennifer Scuro, Ph.D.   
Title: "From Ableism to En-Memberment: Imagining Transformative Ecologies of Care"

Speaker Bio: 
Jennifer Scuro, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Molloy University and is the author of Addressing Ableism: Philosophical Questions via Disability Studies (Lexington Books 2018) and The Pregnancy ≠ Childbearing Project: A Phenomenology of Miscarriage (Rowman & Littlefield International 2017). She completed a certificate in Trauma Response and Crisis Intervention in 2022 and is currently co-authoring research on the intersection of disability and trauma and its implications for ethics and epistemology.

Learning Outcomes

  • Name and explain some ways in which ableism operates as a harmful bias and as it intersects with other kinds of structural and institutional forms of harm.
  • Assess and prioritize the competing, intersectional perspectives and interests of stakeholders in a disability-informed, trauma-informed way, particular to the best care practices and therapeutics of speech and communication clientele.
  • Appraise new and revise current applications of best practices in creative, transformative ways to challenge institutional and cultural operations of ableist bias.

Speaker Disclosures:

Jennifer Scuro
FINANCIAL: Salaried, full-time Assistant Professor at Molloy University in the Philosophy Department, School of Arts and Sciences. Royalties from published manuscripts with Lexington Books and Rowman & Littlefield International; Recent Grants awarded: Lilly Fellows Small Grant Program, Bioethics & Social Justice Summer Institute 2023; Molloy DEI Small Grant Program, 2023; Faculty Research Summer Grant, 2022.
NON-FINANCIAL: Editorial Board Member, The Journal of Philosophy of Disability (JPD); Manuscript Review Board Member, Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal; Elected Governing Board Member, Cultural Studies Association (CSA); Anonymous Article and Manuscript Reviewer for academic publishers in Philosophy, Gender Studies, Disability Studies, Medical Humanities, and Cultural Studies.
Katilin Brooks
FINANCIAL: Katilin is employed full-time by Molloy University and receives a salary.
NONFINANCIAL: Katilin has no nonfinancial disclosures.
Rachel Dorsey
FINANCIAL: Rachel is the owner of Rachel Dorsey: Autistic SLP, LLC and receives a salary. Rachel is a paid consultant for Responsive Feeding Pro, LLC and Learn Play Thrive, LLC. Rachel will receive an honorarium for this presentation and appearance in a panel discussion.
NONFINANCIAL: Rachel is Autistic and has friends and family members who are Autistic.
Avi Golden and AC Goldberg have no financial or nonfinancial disclosures.
 

Date and Time
The program will take place on April 5, 2024 with the breakfast, check-in and registration being held from 8:00-9:00 a.m., and the program will begin at 9:00 a.m.

In-Person and Zoom Options
Participants may choose to attend either in-person or remotely through Zoom. There is a separate registration depending upon the format you choose. Please also note that the Zoom option will have a lower rate of tuition than the in-person option because food will not be offered. Zoom links will be sent shortly before the convention date. You must attend in real-time to receive CE credit. The program will not be recorded.

ASHA CEUs
This intermediate level program will provide attendees the opportunity to achieve up to .7 ASHA CEU's in the area of speech-language pathology: (.15 for keynote address; .15 for AM concurrent sessions; .15 PM concurrent sessions, .15 for panel session, plus poster sessions).  This program meets the 2 hour requirement in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. You must attend in real-time to receive CE credit. The program will not be recorded.

Location/Zoom Link
If you register for the in-person option the conference check-in, breakfast, keynote, panel discussion, lunch and closing session will be held in the Larini Room of the Public Square building (second floor) at Molloy's Rockville Centre campus located at 1000 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Centre, New York 11571. Click here for directions to the campus and a campus map.

If you register for the Zoom option you will be emailed the Zoom links with further information as we get closer to the conference date.

Concurrent Sessions
Conference participants will be able to pick from three (3) topics presented during two (2), 1.5-hour concurrent sessions: from 10:40 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. and 1:45-3:15 p.m. The topics can be found above in the section, "Time-ordered Agenda". Participants will be asked to pre-register for the topics that they would like to attend. In-person seating is limited, so please make your selections early.

"In-Person" Tuition Rates (includes Lunch and Breakfast):
Late Registration, until 4/4: $145
After 4/4 or at the door: $155
Molloy Students: $10 (please register by 3/22, please use Molloy email address)
Non-Molloy Students (provide copy of student ID at door): $50 (must register by 3/22)
Molloy Alumni 25% discount
Molloy Faculty and Staff: No Charge (please register by 3/22, please use Molloy email address)

"Zoom" Tuition Rates (no food is included):
Late Registration, until 4/4: $115
After 4/4 or at the door: $125
Molloy Students: No Charge (please register by 3/22, please use Molloy email address)
Non-Molloy Students (provide copy of student ID at door): $20 (must register by 3/22)
Molloy Alumni 25% discount
Molloy Faculty and Staff: No Charge (please register by 3/22, please use Molloy email address)

Registration 
Click here to register online. You will be able to pay for your classes online by ACH check or by MasterCard, Visa or Discover credit card. If you pay by credit card there will be a fee of 2.75% for domestic cards and 4.25% for international cards added to the tuition. You can avoid the credit card fee by paying with a check online.

If you have a problem please call the CE Office at 516-323-3550.

You may also phone in your registration by calling 516.323.3550 with your MasterCard, Discover, Visa, or purchase order information. If you pay by credit card there will be a fee of 2.75% for domestic cards and 4.25% for international cards added to the tuition. 

Click here to download a fillable registration form to register by mail, by fax or in-person.  Confirmation of your registration and classroom assignments will be sent to you upon receipt of your registration.

Refund Policy
A full refund will be granted as long as you contact us one week prior to the start of the program. However, substitutions can be made until the day of the program at no charge.

Questions regarding registration?
Email: conted@molloy.edu
Phone: 516.323.3553

Email List
The most up-to-date scheduling information can be found on the program webpage. We also email monthly reminders of the upcoming schedule if you provide us with an email address. Click here to be added to our email list.

Communication Sciences and Disorders Department

Molloy's Communication Sciences and Disorders Department continues to offer a comprehensive undergraduate program in Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology and also offers an M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology. The M.S. program in speech-language pathology at Molloy College is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA) of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Additionally, our Speech, Language and Hearing Center is located off campus in a new facility and continues to serve the community by providing an array of evaluation and treatment services.

The Speech, Language and Hearing Center is located at 30 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Centre and continues to serve the community by providing an array of evaluation and treatment services.