Christina Luna and Donna Kennedy are experienced speakers having provided educational presentations including lectures, continuing education programs, and guest speakers on a variety of topics both onsite (face-to-face) and online via interactive, recorded and live formats at local, state, national, and international audiences. They have jointly and independently created individual day programs and curricula for longer programs for continuing education and webinars. Integrated Speech Pathology is happy to create/present a programs for your organization. Full-day, half-day, lunch-and-learn and other types of programs are available. Contact us directly for more information.
Selected Previous Speaking Engagements, Lectures & Continuing Education Programs
Topic Area: Selective Mutism
“Selective Mutism”,
“My Student has Selective Mutism: What Do I Do Now?”
“Selective Mutism: Beyond the Basics”
“New Methods to Test and Treat Children with Selective Mutism”
“S-CAT (Social Communication Anxiety Treatment) Therapy for Selective Mutism”- co -presenter Child Mind Institute, New York, NY
“Social Engagement and Non-Verbal Communication the Bridge to Verbalization”, International Selective Mutism Conference and Family Retreat
Topic Area: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
“Building an APP Toolkit for the SLP" co-presenter, Full-Day Symposium, Kean University, Union, NJ
“AAC APP Attack: iTechnology Options for Augmentative and Alternative Communication” NJCIE 9th Annual Summer Inclusion Conference
“The World of Apps: Supporting Communication and Learning” - co-presenter, NJSHA 2011 Annual Convention
“AAC Implementation Strategies” NJSHA Evening Schools Conference co-presenter
Topic Area: Behavior, Social Skills and Cognition
"Is disruptive behavior in college classrooms intentional? Thoughts on classroom management." The 11th Annual Teaching Professor Conference
"Can the use of meditation improve rehabilitation?" Association for Psychological Sciences 25th Annual Convention
"Learning how to recognize hidden disabilities in the classroom and coping with the disruptive behavior"
"Communication in chronic aphasia and executive function: The effect of treating cognitive flexibility" Clinical Aphasiology Conference
"Language, Thought, and Literacy: A review of the basics"
"Assessment and intervention strategies for memory and other executive dysfunctions"
"Managing the school-aged child with a history of cleft palate and VPI"
Topic Area: Presentations & Professional Communication; Business
"Creating Effective Visual Support for Professional Presentations""Posters Presentations: The Poster and The Q&A"
"Program Assessment Strategies for Higher Education"
"Research Presentations: Putting Your Best Foot Forward"
"New Ways to Work with PowerPoint: More than Speaker Notes"
"The Pre-Professional Program in Speech-Language Pathology: An online program developed to address a professional personnel shortage" Montreal, Ontario, Canada
"Writing Measurable Goals: It's Not How To Write but What To Write"
"e-Learning and Distance Learning Techniques"
Graduate and Undergraduate CoursesTaught
Introduction to Speech, Language and Hearing Disorders
Phonetics
Normal Language Acquisition
Anatomy and Physiology of the Ear and Speech Mechanism
Disorders of Speech Production and Voice
Neuroscience
Clinical and Professional Issues in Speech-Language-Hearing
Computers & Technology for the Speech-Language Pathologist
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Thesis Supervision & Statistics
Dysphagia
Professional Writing in Speech-Language Pathology
Craniofacial Disorders and Syndromes
Developmental Disabilities in Children with Speech and Language Disorders
Applied Clinical Practicum in Speech-Language Pathology (Clinical Supervision)
Clinical Methods in Speech-Language Pathology