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2007 HCSNet Human Communication Disorders WorkshopINTRODUCTIONIn the assessment, treatment, and delivery of services to people with communication disorders, new technologies and research have added to existing models and methods, but limitations remain in the use of enabling technologies and approaches. The aim of this inaugural 1 day workshop from the HCSNet’s Human Communication Disorders Priority Area is to bring together researchers, managers and industry leaders to address current or enduring problems, themes, and barriers to communication disorder management and to lay some groundwork towards addressing these questions via interdisciplinary collaboration. WORKSHOP FORMATA series of 20-30 minute presentations will present the latest research in speech pathology, audiology, service delivery, and technology whilst highlighting problems that have impeded progress in managing adult and paediatric communication problems. Problem-based group discussions will address the issues that arise in an attempt to facilitate interdisciplinary partnerships and future linkages amongst the participants, and move towards collaborative avenues of resolution. The programme will include time for added discussion and networking. KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONThere will be a keynote presentation by Professor Leslie Gonzalez Rothi. Leslie is the Professor of Neurology, Clinical & Health Psychology, and Communicative Processes and Disorders at the University of Florida and is the Program Director of the Brain Rehabilitation Research Center of Excellence. FUNDINGThe workshop is funded by the ARC Human Communication Sciences Network (HCSNet) and attendance is free, provided you let us know in advance that you are coming. In addition, the workshop budget provides some scope for travel support for HCSNet members who are coming from outside of Brisbane. Academics: 15 attendees who live outside the Brisbane area will have their travel expenses reimbursed to a maximum of $500. Early career researchers (in HCSNet terms, those who have received their PhDs in the last fifteen years) will have priority.Postgraduates: Up to 10 student travel awards (maximum $500) will be available for postgraduate students outside the Brisbane area. To apply for this funding, please send a 150 word statement outlining your interests in the subject of the workshop to Professor Helen Chenery h.chenery@uq.edu.au by 27.08.07. You will be notified by 3.09.07 if you have been selected for funding in either of the above categories. Please note that, if you are allocated funding, receipts must be provided before reimbursement can be made.CONTACTHelen Chenery h.chenery@uq.edu.au Elizabeth Cardell e.cardell@uq.edu.au
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