Deadline Today to Register for April 15 Communication Disorders Symposium at U of A

University Relations

U of A students work with clients in the Speech and Hearing Clinic under the supervision of communication disorders faculty.

The University of Arkansas will offer experts in autism and childhood apraxia of speech at a symposium April 15 on campus for speech-language therapy professionals and students. The symposium also offers training for clinical supervisors of U of A students in the communication disorders program.

The symposium will take place from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Donald W. Reynolds Center, 145 Buchanan Ave. in Fayetteville. Cost is $110 for professionals and $55 for U of A clinical supervisors. U of A students can attend for free. Registration may be done online. Space is limited and the deadline to register is today, April 10.

The U of A student chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association is presenting the symposium. Professionals can earn seven hours of professional development credit.

The communication disorders program will also present the 2017 Mentor of the Year award and awards to outstanding students during the lunch break.

Speakers are Amy Jamison-Casas, a speech-language pathologist for 10 years and mother of a son with autism; Kimberly Frazier, coordinator of the communication disorders program; and Aletha Cook, director of clinical services at the U of A Speech and Hearing Clinic.