Amy McConkey Robbins - Speech Pathologist

UPCOMING SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Wednesday, June 3, 2009
"A Global Village: Children with Hearing Loss and Bilingualism"

Day-long presentation on issues related to multilingual learning and teaching of children who have hearing loss.
This presentation is sponsored by the Montreal Oral School, Montreal, Quebec.

For more information contact:

Martha Perusse, Director
Montréal Oral School
514-488-4946
www.montrealoralschool.com

Thursday, June 18, 2009. Seattle, Washington.
12th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children.
“The Intersection of Music and Spoken Language: A Therapeutic Alliance.”

The purpose of this presentation is to describe Amy’s approach to pediatric CI users in which music intersects with communication at five critical developmental points in intervention. It is at these developmental points when the inclusion of music into CI rehabilitation appears to be most powerful in enhancing spoken language in children.
For more information: www.ci2009usa.com

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Bloomington, IN.
The Paul Munger Conference for Youth-Serving Professionals

From 2:00 to 5:00 pm, Amy will lead an interactive workshop for attendees. How do youth-serving professionals maintain their energy and commitment while working in a rewarding, but often emotionally exhausting field? During this hands-on afternoon session, Amy will help participants explore answers to this question. Using many resources, including her book, Whirlwinds and Small Voices, Amy will share her insights on spiritual renewal as a seven-day cycle of recreation, encouraging participants to find paths to their own recommitment, spiritual rejuvenation and job-life balance in their work with youth.
For more information: Ms. Catherine Gray, Conference Director
http://munger.indiana.edu

Tuesdays in June and July, 2009, Indianapolis, IN

Amy will lead the Summer Institute for staff of the Small Blessings daycare, Lee Ann Balta, Director. Together, we shall explore issues of professional burn-out, re-commitment to our work, and our goal of not bringing home “just the left-overs of ourselves” to those we hold most dear.

Friday, October 30, 2009. Indianapolis, IN
HEAR INDIANA Fall Conference.
TBA

Friday, November 6, 2009 Santa Clara, California
Annual Cochlear Implant Conference

Amy will provide the keynote address, Acknowledging New Trends in Treatment: The Therapeutic Alliance between Music and Spoken Language, on the first morning of this two-day conference. Amy’s second presentation that morning will be entitled, Working with Bilingual Children with Cochlear Implants and their Families. On Friday afternoon, she will serve on a panel addressing the latter issue with several other colleagues. For more information: Ms. Joy Murdock Kearns, MS, CCC-SLP, Let Them Hear Foundation; jkearns@letthemhear.org

October 4-5, 2010
Nordisk konferens
Barn med cochleaimplantat/hörselnedsättning
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Wallenbergs Konferenscentrum Göteborg, Sweden
Amy will be the keynote speaker for the conference.
Download the PDF here.