Speaker Biography:
Phuong Lien Palafox, MS, CCC-SLP, is a Vietnamese-Chinese multilingual speech-language
therapist, author, and advocate. Currently, her time is spent serving clients and their families, SLPs, and educators across the United States. Her work has been featured in various publications, including the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, and content for the American Speech-Language-H ea ring Association. With a foundation of evidence-based and human-centered practices, she is continually invested in Culturally Responsiveness and Sustaining, Advocacy, Narrative-Based interventions, and the Mental Health of Educators and Service Providers. She is the author of The Heartbeat of Speech-Language Pathology. Attendees leave her presentations and storytelling feeling validated, refueled, and re-engaged to fuel their meaningful work. You can find more information at http://www.phuonglienpalafox.com/.
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will identify and describe legal mandates to support culturally responsive practices.
2. Participants will identify and describe culturally responsive, family-centered considerations to maximize communication impact.
3. Participants will describe the assessment framework for supporting the heritage language influences of students, clients, and patients.
4. Participants will describe the process for effectively working alongside interpreters.
Registration Information:
$75.00 Professionals Fee
$50.00 Non-Lehman Student Fee
Registration Deadline: February 29, 2024
Payment Link: https://www.rfcuny.org/eventpayment/events/index?college=lehman
**Must e-mail proof of payment to receive Zoom link**
**Students must submit proof of current Student ID**
ASHA CEU offering:
.30 (Intermediate, Professional area); no partial credits
Agenda:
8:30 am Log on
9:00-9:20 am Introduction & Family-centered Intake (20 min)
9:20-9:40 am Multilingual Research & Considerations (20 min)
9:40-11:10 am Multilingual Framework (Formal & Qualitative) (90 min)
11:10-11:25 am Break (15 min)
11:25-11: 55 am Working Alongside Interpreters (20)
11:55-12:15 pm IEP Prep/Plan of Care & Q/A (30)
Cancellation Policy:
There will be no workshop fee reimbursement. We reserve the right to substitute speakers due to circumstances beyond our control. We will make every effort to secure a speaker in the specified area; however, this may not always be possible because of the expertise required and the short notice available.
Contact Us:
If any participant requires special assistance of any kind, they should contact the CE
Administrator within 10 days of the event. Should a participant have a complaint regarding this
workshop, they should contact the CE Administrator, either verbally or in writing, within 14
business days of the event.
Contact us at:
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Department Lehman College
Tel: 718-960-8134
Email: [email protected]
CE Administrator Email: [email protected]
Department Chair Email: [email protected]
Office Assistant Email: [email protected]
