
The University of New Mexico
NEWS RELEASE
Media Contact: Steve Carr, (505) 277-1821, scarr@unm.edu
March 14, 2007
UNM Co-sponsors Southwest Conference on Communicative Disorders
The 16th Annual Southwest Conference on Communicative Disorders, sponsored by the UNM Chapter of the National Student Speech-Language Hearing Association and the UNM Speech and Hearing Sciences Department, will be held Thursday and Friday, March 22-23, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily at the Wyndham Albuquerque Hotel, located at 2910 Yale Blvd., S.E.
Conference offerings include sessions on: Teaching Strategies for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders; Auditory Processing Disorders: They’re Not Just for Kids; What Does the Research on Reading and Reading Disabilities Really Tell Us; Dual Language Experience in Early Years; and Multicultural Issues to Consider in Functional Assessment Approaches. Several other topical matters are also available.
Sessions will be held from 8:30 to 11:45 a.m. and 1:15 to 4:30 p.m. both days. Registration is available for one or both days of the conference. The registration rate for the full conference is $185 for professionals and $120 for a single day; $55 for students, full or single day and $75 for Clinical Fellowships (CFs), single or full day.
A conference brochure and a mail-in registration form are available at: http://www.unm.edu/~sphrsci/. For more information contact Stacey Ogaz, (505) 277-4453 or via e-mail at, swconf@unm.edu.
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