Conference Schedule

Event Sponsors
(other sponsors are noted on the schedule below)

Exhibitors

Time	Thursday, September 26	Room
	Pre-Conference Workshop - Training for Board Members (Additional Fee Required)	Ballroom A
Time	Friday, September 27	Room
8am - 8:30am	Registration & Continental Breakfast Sponsored By:	Ballroom C
8:30am - 8:45am	Howdy Yall; Welcome Kerri Phillips, SLP.D; Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; NCSB President Gregg B. Thornton, Esq; Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board; NCSB President Elect	Ballroom A
8:45am - 10am	The Rough Riders; Administering Compacts Presentation James R. Puente, MS, MJ, CAE; National Council of State Boards of Nursing; Illinois	Ballroom A
10am - 10:15am	Break Sponsored By:	Ballroom C
10:15am - 11am	Three Amigos; Licensure Compact Update Nahale Freeland Kalfas, Esq; North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Kerri Phillips, SLP.D; Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; NCSB President Gregg B. Thornton, Esq; Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board; NCSB President Elect	Ballroom A
11am - 11:30am	Ain't My First Rodeo; Update on Antitrust Case Law Nahale Freeland Kalfas, Esq; North Carolina Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Ballroom A
11am - 1pm	Welcome to the Fiesta; LUNCH and CORPORATE BUSINESS MEETING Sponsored By:	Ballroom A
1pm - 2:15pm	A Walk Along The River; Board Consolidation - Who’s in Your Canoe: Tammy Brown & Board Actions in the Climate of Deregulation Cheryl R. Hawkinson, Esq; Ohio Attorney General’s Office	Ballroom A
2:15pm - 2:30pm	Break Sponsored By:	Ballroom C
2:30pm - 3:15pm	Over the Counter Hearing Aids: A Prickly Pear or a Fruit Ripe for the Picking Presentation Matthew Lyon, AuD; TexasAcademy of Audiology	Ballroom A
3:15pm - 4pm	Holy Guacamole; Ethical Trends and Challenges Facing the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Professions Presentation Donna R. Euben, Esq; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; Maryland	Ballroom A
4pm - 5pm	The Whole Enchilada; New Ethics Requirement Todd R. Philbrick, CAE, CS; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; Maryland Panelists: Tracy Lynn Grammer, MS, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow; Oklahoma Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Matthew Lyon, AuD; TexasAcademy of Audiology Patty Nesbitt, West Virginia Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Ballroom A
Time	Saturday, September 28	Room
8:30am - 9:30am	Round Up - Part 1: State Information Exchange Facilitator: Presentation 1 Presentation 2 AAA Certification Update Amy S. Goldman, MS, CCC-SLP; Pennsylvania Board of Examiners A state representative should be prepared to speak for 5 minutes on successes and challenges in the respective state. A state representative should be prepared to speak for 5 minutes on successes and challenges in the respective state. Please download, review and complete the slides on or before Sep 6. Email the completed slides to Amy Goldman before the Sep 6 deadline.	Ballroom A
9:30am - 10am	Head'em-up-Mov'em Out - ETS Updates Kathy R. Pruner, MBA; Educational Testing Service; New Jersey
10am - 10:15am	Break	Ballroom C
10:15am - 11:15am	Round Up - Part 2: State Information Exchange Facilitator: Amy S. Goldman, MS, CCC-SLP; Pennsylvania Board of Examiners A state representative should be prepared to speak for 5 minutes on successes and challenges in the respective state.	Ballroom A
11:15am - 12noon	New Territories in Licensing; Clinical Simulation, Lobbying for your Board & Cultural Competence and Sensitivity Presentation 1; Presentation 2 Kerri Phillips, SLP.D; Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; NCSB President Tracy Lynn Grammer, MS, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow; Oklahoma Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Jayme Pultro, AuD; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Ballroom A
12noon - 12:15pm	Take off your boots and Hang up your Hat: Wrap-up and 2020 Conference Preview Kerri Phillips, SLP.D; Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology; NCSB President Gregg B. Thornton, Esq; Ohio Speech and Hearing Professionals Board	Ballroom A

Learner Outcomes

Identify potential challenges and pitfalls related to compact implementation and development.
Learn the typical infrastructure required for a compact and commission.
Understand how the proposed speech-language pathology and audiology licensure compact will be an enhancement of public protection.
Understand how board actions can impact Antitrust Law.
Examine the role board members and staff may have to play during board consolidation.
Understand how state legislation proposing deregulation can impact licensing boards, with Ohio serving as an example.
Understand the impact of recent changes to federal law introducing a new category of hearing aid and how this will affect the way hearing aids are obtained by consumers.
Understand how State licensing agencies will be affected and what changes will likely be required.
Identify ethical trends and challenges facing our professions today.
Examine practical implications and strategies to address these trends.
Understand what qualifies as meeting ASHA’s new ethics requirement and understand what states experienced when their ethics requirement was implemented.
Compare rules and regulations across states.
Understand the need for valid and reliable certification exams.
Understand recent updates to the ETS Data Manager, how to access performance data, and upcoming changes to the Praxis Audiology test.
Understand clinical simulation.
Summarize guidelines for appropriate methods of lobbying for state boards.
Identify cultural variables frequently encountered in the patient/client populations of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists.