Upcoming Workshops, Conferences and Continuing Education Opportunities

Croscurrents 2012 Conference by Special Education Association of BC,  March 1-2, Vancouver, BC

Cochlear Implant Workshop for Professionals, BC Family Hearing Resource Centre, March 5 - 7, 2012, Surrey.

Teaching Children with Development Disabilities to Speak, April 18 and 19th, 2012, Richmond, BC

Sunnyhill is having a Pediatric Feeding Workshop with Joan C Arvedson, PhD, April 19th and 20, 2012, in Vancouver

Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders (OMDs): Beyond Tongue Thrust. What SLPs Treating Articulation Need to Know to Link Research with Practice, May 4, 2012, Richmond

The Speech and Stuttering Institute is hosting a workshop in fluency disorders in preschool and early elementary school aged children - The Palin Parent - Child Interaction Program with Willie Bottersill, Mary 28 and 29, at Le Parc, Markham, Ontario

The MBSImP: An Evidence Based Protocol to Standardize Dysphagia Assessment and Treatment Planning, hosted by Northern Speech Services, June 9 & 10, Vancouver

Introduction to PROMPT, 3 day training on June 21, 22, 23, Executive Airport Plaza Hotel, Richmond, BC. Accommodation is available at the hotel at a reduced rate, quote Prompt Institute when making your booking. Register on the PROMPT website for the course. An additional $90 CAD is being requested by the host agency to fund the cost of venue, morning refreshments and audio visual equipment hire. Please contact Julia Hodder at the Cariboo Chilcotin Child Development Centre 250-392-4481 Ext 221.

International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Conference, July 30 - August 2nd, Pittsburgh

The Vancouver Acute Services S-LP Practice Group will be holding a workshop on motor speech disorders, assessment and treatment, presented by Dr. Joseph Duffy, November 2 - 3, at Vancouver General Hospital. Registration details to follow . Contact Heather Longstaffe for inquiries.

BCASLPA provides these workshops or conferences for your information. Posting an event does not necessarily imply endorsement.