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The NZSTA biennial conference will take place at Te Papa in Wellington on April 22nd and 23rd 2010.   Registrations are now open for this exciting event. 

Don't delay, numbers for some workshops are limited and some are reaching their capacity so get in early and secure your place now! Earlybird registrations have now closed. 

The Conference Brochure contains all the information you will need and outlines the keynote presentations and workshops. 

                         Register on-line at on-line registrations or complete the registration form included in the Conference Brochure.

Conference Brochure

On-line registrations

Travel Grants

Keynote Speakers

Workshops

Exhibitor and Sponsor Information

Abstract Submissions - are now closed

Contact

Keynote Speakers

The keynote speakers for the conference are Professor Linda Worrall and Professor Thomas Klee.

Professor Linda Worrall will be known to many therapists working in the area of health and adult neurogenic disorders. Linda is a Professor and Co-director of the Communication Disorder Centre at the University of Queensland. She leads a team that has produced exciting, innovative research which focuses predominantly on how to assist people with aphasia in participating in their social networks and communities. She has been a leader in implementing the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health into speech language therapy clinical practice and research. Linda’s research interests include:

• Communication disabilities in ageing
• International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health
• Functional communication in aphasia
• Communication accessibility
•  Acquired brain injury

More information about Linda can be found at:

www.uq.edu.au/uqresearchers/researcher/worrallle.html?uv_category=bio

Professor Thomas Klee is a leader in the field of child language and is a Professor at the University of Canterbury. Tom has a strong focus on the identification and diagnosis of children with language impairment. He has a number of publications addressing specific language impairment (SLI), language delay and disorder, and models of service delivery in schools. Tom's research interests include:

• Improving how children with language difficulties are identified
• Evidence-based assessment and diagnosis of developmental language disorders
• Language assessment of children in naturalistic contexts (language sample analysis)
• Early word learning in typically-developing children and late talkers

More information about Tom can be found at: 

www.cmds.canterbury.ac.nz/people/klee.shtml

Workshops

 The following workshops have been confirmed: 

• Developing a New Rehabilitation Pathway for People with Aphasia and their Families - Linda Worrall
• Evidence-Based Assessment of Child Language Disorders -  Tom Klee
• Ways with Words– Oral language and the New Zealand Curriculum - Carolyn Grace and Sonia Glogowski
• Running on Empty - Sally Kedge, Peter Huggard and Clare McCann
• Motor Speech Disorders: Time to Refuel -  Megan McAuliffe
• Childhood Apraxia of Speech - Brigid McNeill
• Goal setting for speech-language therapists - Felicity Bright and Tami Howe
• Peer Supervision: How does it work? - Tika Ormond
• Traumatic Brain Injury - Brigette Larkins
• Auditory Processing Disorders - Suzanne Purdy
• Strategic Business Planning - Steve Hockley, Red Hot Business Coaching

Travel Grants

The NZSTA is inviting applications for a new funding grant for therapists working in small centres.  The grant is being offered to support therapists to attend the 2010 NZSTA Conference (Practice Worth Spreading).  Most NZSTA Professional Development events are located in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch.  The NZSTA Executive Committee recognise that therapists in small centres (defined as those working 200km or more from Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch) consistently face significant travel and accommodation costs when travelling to professional development events.  There are up to four funding grants.  The amount of each grant may be up to $350 but this will be at the discretion of the Executive Committee.  Full information and application details are available at Travel Grants.  Applications close Wednesday 10th March 2010.

Exhibitor and Sponsor Information

NZSTA welcomes enquiries from any company wishing to become involved in this event as an exhibitor or sponsor.  There are several opportunities available including exhibition stand, satchel inserts or sponsorship of a workshop.  Further information is available here.

Abstract Submissions

Thank you to those that submitted a paper or poster, abstract submissions have closed.  All submitters have been contacted with the outcome of their submission, if you have not received notificaton please contact Executive Officer.

Contact

For more information about the conference, or any questions about this event, please contact Felicity Bright.