Dr. Jim Guinee, director of training and supervision in the counseling center and adjunct professor, recently presented on “The fundamentals of grief counseling” and “Dreams and nightmares of trauma survivors” at the Arkansas Counselor Association conference in Hot Springs.
Dr. Letha J. Mosley, assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, was the keynote speaker for the Interfaith Leadership Health Summit held Nov. 19 on the campus of Delware State University in Dover, Delaware. The summit was organized by Nemours.
Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker, assistant professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders has completed her M.S. in Epidemiology from Michigan State University. Her master’s thesis is titled “Communication and eating data collected by cerebral palsy registries.”
Publications:
Assistant Professor Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker along with former master’s students Morgan Poole Evatt and Kara Taylor authored: Hidecker, M.J.C., Paneth, N., Rosenbaum, P.L., Kent, R.D., Lillie, J., Eulenberg, J.B., Chester, K., Johnson, B., Michalsen, L., Evatt, M., & Taylor, K. (2011). Developing and validating the Communication Function Classification System (CFCS) for individuals with cerebral palsy, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. doi: DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.03996.x This article on the CFCS is discussed in an August 2011 podcast that can be found at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1469-8749/homepage/podcasts.htm
Hidecker, M. J. C. (2011). Describing hearing in cerebral palsy. Invited commentary on S.M. Reid et al., Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 53, 977-978. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04101.x
Funding:
Hidecker, M. J. C., Co-investigator, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Development of the Autism Classification System of Functioning: Social Communication, 08/2011 – 06/2014, $465,423
Presentations:
Assistant Professor Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker, Clinical Instructor II Sharon Ross, and Clinical Instructor I Jeffrey Adams have presented at a state and a national convention this fall:
Adams, J., Ross, S., Weir, S., Hidecker, M.J.C. (2011, October). Making a difference: Intervention planning. Presentation at the annual convention of the Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Hidecker, M.J.C., Adams, J., Ross, S. (2011, November). Getting to participation: Does it matter? Seminar, ASHA, San Diego, California.
Dr. Cooley Hidecker and UCA graduate students Amy Curtis Stone, Heidi Hawthorn, David Keith, and Brittany Reed have presented their research at state and national conventions:
Curtis Stone, A., Reed, B., Hidecker, M. J. C., Ross, B., DiRezze, B., Zwaigenbaum, L., & Rosenbaum, P. L. (2011, June). Operationalizing social communication in ASD: A scoping review. Student presentation to 5th Annual Jane H. LeBlanc Symposium in Communication Disorders, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Reed, B., Curtis Stone, A., Hidecker, M.J.C., Ross, B., Di Rezze, B., Zwaigenbaum, L., Rosenbaum, P. (2011, October). Defining social communication in autism spectrum disorders: A scoping review. Student presentation at the annual convention of the Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Keith, D., & Hidecker, M.J.C. (2011, October). The Spanish CFCS: Translating the Communication Function Classification System. Student presentation at the annual convention of the Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Hawthorn, H., & Hidecker, M.J.C. (2011, October). Exploring cerebral palsy and related communication disorders in South Africa. Student presentation at the annual convention of the Arkansas Speech-Language Hearing Association, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Carey, H., Hidecker, M.J.C., Kolaski, K., Krach, L. E., Romeiser Logan, L. (2010, October). Measuring outcomes that matter. Instructional course, AACPDM annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV.
Curtis, A., Reed, B., Hidecker, M.J.C., Ross, B., Di Rezze, B., Zwaigenbaum, L., Rosenbaum, P. (2011, November). Defining social communication in autism spectrum disorders: A scoping review, Poster presentation, ASHA, San Diego, California.
Ho, N.T., Hidecker, M.J.C., Dodge, N., Hurvitz, E., Kent, R.D., Lenski, M., Messaros, B.M., Paneth, N., VanderBeek, S.B., Working, M.S., Rosenbaum, P. (2011, November). Early predictors of communication function in children with cerebral palsy (CP): Methods of communication and associated impairments, Poster presentation, ASHA, San Diego, California.
Hidecker, M.J.C., Ho, N.T., Dodge, N., Hurvitz, E., Kent, R.D., Lenski, M., Messaros, B.M., Paneth, N., VanderBeek, S.B., Working, M.S., Rosenbaum, P. (2011, November). Communication function (CFCS), gross motor function (GMFCS) and manual function (MACS) in children with cerebral palsy: How are these classifications related? Poster presentation, ASHA, San Diego, California.
Student Receives National Graduate Student Scholarship
Heidi Lynna Hawthorn was recently awarded one out of nine graduate student scholarships from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation). Hawthorn was chosen from 99 applications on the basis of outstanding academic achievement, faculty recommendations and an essay about critical issues facing the profession. Heidi is a first year graduate student at the University of Central Arkansas pursuing a master’s degree in speech-language pathology. The $5,000 award was presented to Hawthorn by the ASHFoundation President, Jon Miller at the 2011 American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention in San Diego, Calif. in November.
The ASHFoundation was created in 1946 as a charitable organization to further knowledge and the advancement of research in the fields of speech-language pathology and audiology. Funds raised by the foundation are given as research grants, graduate student scholarships, clinical recognition awards and special initiatives. Since its beginning, the foundation has awarded over $5 million to over 1,600 students, professionals and leaders in the fields of speech-language pathology and audiology.