The Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at Michigan State University is pleased to announce the 35th annual Herbert & E. Jane Oyer Lecture on March 13.
We are pleased to welcome Jennifer Lundine, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS from the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at The Ohio State University and the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
We hope you can join us for this special event – either in-person or remotely via Zoom. Our invited speaker will be presenting on-campus, in-person. Welcome, light snacks and refreshments to begin at 1pm in the Communicative Arts and Sciences building on campus, with the lecture from 2-4:00pm.
Pediatric Brain Injury: Little people. Big problem.
Description
This course describes how acquired brain injury affects children and adolescents, considering the simultaneous processes of recovery and development. The potential for delayed developmental consequences, impacts on communication, cognition, behavior, and social-emotional outcomes, plus family, school, and community integration, focusing on interdisciplinary collaboration were discussed.
Learning Objectives
Participants who complete the course will be able to:
- Describe the delayed developmental consequences of pediatric brain injury.
- Explain the current challenges for returning kids to the classroom after brain injury.
- Identify several practical methods for assessment and intervention that can be incorporated into home and school.
- Discuss strategies to encourage professional and family collaboration to assist students with brain injury across the educational continuum.
Agenda
- 1:00 – 2:00 Optional social hour and refreshments (no CEs)
- 2:00 – 4:00 Keynote presentation: Keli Licata
- 15 minutes: Introduction, epidemiology, description of pediatric brain injury, BI as a chronic condition
- 15 minutes: Outcomes, delayed developmental consequences
- 15 minutes: Early/preschool injuries
- 15 minutes: Transitions to school, assessment
- 30 minutes: Challenges in school, explanations & lived experiences, evidence-based interventions
- 15 minutes: Intentional collaboration; where do we go from here?
- 15 minutes: Question & Answer
Keynote Speaker
Jennifer Lundine, PhD, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS
Bio: Jennifer P. Lundine is an Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Speech and Hearing Science at The Ohio State University and a clinical researcher at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She has over a decade of experience working as a Speech-Language Pathologist on a pediatric rehabilitation unit. Her clinical, teaching, and research interests include cognitive-communication disorders associated with complex pediatric medical conditions, such as acquired brain injury (ABI). Specifically, her research focuses on improving gaps in access to and utilization of services designed to support children and adolescents with ABI and identifying specific approaches that would improve assessment and treatment practices following pediatric ABI. Jenny is board certified by the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences. She serves on the Board of Governors for the International Pediatric Brain Injury Society and is a Co-Chair for NASHIA’s Collaborative on Children’s Brain Injury.
Financial Disclosure: Honorarium from Michigan State University, Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders for presenting the Oyer Lecture.
Nonfinancial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial relationships exist.
Satisfactory Course Completion Requirements
Learners must complete the following in order to obtain continuing education units.
- Attend the course in full as reflected in check-in and check-out Qualtrics surveys with time-stamps
- Submission of a post-course reflection statement regarding three take-aways from the presentation that can be applied to their work-related activities, or that have advanced their learning on the topic. Qualtrics survey will be available for 24 hours after the course completion to submit the reflection. Alternatively, reflections can be directly submitted to searljef@msu.edu within 24 hours of course completion.
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.