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The
2009 MSHA convention will be at the Holiday Inn Grand Montana
Hotel and Convention Center at 5500 Midland
Road in Billings on October 15-17, 2009.
Registration is closed for the convention.
Download
a PDF printable agenda for all attendees:
click
here
Click
here to download a registration
form.
Sign up for
the convention and pay at the bottom of this
page.
Things
to Remember:
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On
Thursday, October 15, the Silent
Auction and Social will begin at 6:00 at the
Holiday Inn in the Missouri Room.
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The
business luncheon is on Friday, October 16,
from 12:00 to 1:30
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Strict
attention will be made to the schedule:
Please be on time.
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During
the 2009 Fall Convention, the members will
have the opportunity to vote on the amended
By-laws. Please read
(click here) and critique the proposed
MSHA By-law changes and e-mail comments or
concerns to Past-President, Valeria Schmauch
(vasmttalk35@yahoo.com ) or President,
Jennifer Pierce
(cmatters@questoffice.net ) by October
1, 2009.
This
Year's Topics and Presenters:
Speech
Program
Click
here
for speaker biographies, abstracts and
learner outcomes
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Auditory
Verbal Therapy/Cochlear Implants - Don
Goldberg from Cleveland Clinic
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Executive Functioning -Jill Fahy from E.
Illinois University
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Dysphagia topics-Jonalyn Brown
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Evergreen Healthcare, Laurel; Crystal Pardy
- Billings Clinic
Training
for Speech Pathology Aides
Click here
for speaker biographies, abstracts and learner
outcomes.
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Developing Speech Sound Patterns and
Articulation - Dr. Lucy
Hart-Paulson
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"
I have a goal, now what do I do in therapy?"
- Christine Merriman, M.Sc., CCC
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Autism
- Colleen Fay, MS
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Sign
Language - Catherine "Kitty" Griffin,
M.C.S.D., CCC-SLP
Audiologists - Topics for this year's
convention
Click
here
for speaker biographies, abstracts and
learner outcomes
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Sudden
Hearing Loss - Sr. Scott Price, ENT
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Newest
features of Starkey S Series hearing
instruments - Dr. Heather Parish
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"Excellence in your Practice"; "Myths" - Dr.
Brian Taylor from Unitron
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Strategies and Decisions Making for Managing
Patients with Tinnitus: A Clinical Pathway
Model; Evoked Potentials: Maximizing
Diagnostic Possibilities - Dr.
Sharon Sandridge
Lodging:
To phone
for reservations at the Holiday Inn, call
248-7701 and tell them you are with the
Montana Speech and Hearing Association to
get discounted pricing on your room. Rooms
are $70 with 50 reserved for our use.
Reservations need to be made prior to
September 14th to get our discounted price.
There are several other hotels within
walking distance of the Holiday Inn
including:
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The
Clubhouse Inn @ 5610 S. Frontage Road –
248-9800
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Billings
Hotel and Convention Center- 1223 Mullowney
Ln – 248-7151
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Kelly Inn
- 5425 Midland Rd. - 252-2700
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Motel 6 -
5400 Midland Rd - 252-0093
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Red Roof
Inn - 5353 Midland Rd – 248-7551
MEA is in
Billings on the same weekend so book early!
Book now to get a room at our discounted price!
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