Disclosures:

Relevant financial disclosures include receiving a salary as a Clinical Instructor at the University of the District of Columbia. She financially supports Head to Speech, Incorporated and its causes through in-kind donations and speaking fees. She receives Head to Speech Intellectual Property Rights, honorariums and complementary course registration related to neurogenic language disorders, brain injury, sports concussion management, and brain health. 

Relevant non-financial disclosures include being a non-salaried Chairperson, President and CEO of Head to Speech Incorporated. She is also the member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association SIGs 2 and 10, as well as the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing.  

Bio: Dr. Tabia Pope serves as the Founding Chair, President & CEO of Head to Speech Incorporated, the leading 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to educational, scientific and charitable initiatives, which address the impact that post-concussion syndrome has on athletes' speech-language, hearing and cognitive-communication outcomes.

The organization has 9 dedicated Board of Directors and staff members, which provide training to over 40 Ambassadors throughout the global community. Dr. Pope leads 100 Interprofessional Task Force members within the organization's mastermind group. She empowers them to advise, research, educate, and speak on various topics that affect student-athletes, professional and former athletes, and their support systems.

Dr. Pope utilizes her background as a Health Communication Specialist to raise awareness, create content, disseminate toolkits and educational resources to key groups involved in neurogenic disorders, brain injury, and sports concussion management. She has served as a Director of Rehabilitation, in addition to having research, teaching and clinical supervisory experiences across various inpatient and outpatient settings. Settings include a collegiate academic concussion management research program, a neurorestorative program, an acute-care hospital, and skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers.

Session Title: From the Speech & Hearing Clinic to the Sports Arena: Collaboration between Communication Sciences & Disorders and Athletics

Introductory, Level 

Session Description: Dr. Pope discuses dual tasking strategies that Speech-Language Pathologists can use to go from the Speech & Hearing Clinic to the Sports Arena. 

Learning Objectives: 

1. Identify dual tasking terminology

2. Identify dual tasking strategies that speech-language pathologists and sports performance coaches can use with athletes

3. Describe the cognitive tasks and brain health challenges that can be integrated into athletes' warm ups, sports drills and daily routines. 

Time Ordered Agenda

5 min Introduction 

15 min Brain Workout Terms 

15 min Brain Workout Strategies

15 min Brain Workout Tasks 

10 min Conclusion 

Disclosures:

Relevant financial disclosures include receiving a honorarium for this presentation. 

Relevant non-financial disclosures include being a Head to Speech Board member. It is possible that audience participants may wish to refer athletes who have undergone concussions to the presenter who specializes in evaluations and recommendations for accommodations and treatments for people with auditory processing disorders.

Bio: Dr. Lucker is a Professor Emeritus from Howard University in Washington, DC. He is a Certified and Licensed Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathologist specializing in auditory processing disorders in all age groups and people. He has published numerous articles internationally on auditory and language processing disorders and is an internationally known expert in these areas. He is very concerned that possible auditory processing disorders may have occurred in athletes who have undergone concussions, but they are not checked out or screened for such possible disorders. Often they are only screened to ensure they can hear, but auditory processing goes WAY beyond mere hearing.

Athletes who undergo a sports concussion may wind up having an auditory processing disorder. Auditory processing disorders typically involve normal hearing but an inability to process and therefore, understand what is spoken to that person such as class lectures, discussions, social communication, telephone communication, watching videos, TV, movies, and, most importantly, following verbal directions and instructions such as during sports activities. This presentation provides an overview of what are auditory processing disorders, how they can negatively impact an athlete who undergoes a concussion, and how coaches, doctors, other professionals, the athlete's family members, friends and colleagues can screen for indications that the athlete may have an auditory processing disorder. Also, to whom should the athlete be referred if there is a suspicion of an auditory processing problem.

Session Title: Understanding How a Sports Concussion Can Cause an Athlete to Have an Auditory Processing Disorder

Introductory, Level  

Session Description: Educate audience members as to how concussions can negatively impact an athlete's abilities to process and understand what is spoken and the need to screen for possible auditory processing problems and refer athletes for auditory processing evaluations when they fail a screening.

Learning Objectives: 

After attending this presentation, participants will be able to do the following: 
1. Describe how a concussion can impact the brain leading to an auditory processing disorder
2. Describe what symptoms in communicating with an athlete who has undergone a concussion will show that suggests the athlete may have an auditory processing disorder
3. Explain to what professionals the athlete should be referred to evaluate that athlete for an auditory processing disorder

Time-Ordered Agenda:
10 minutes: Introduction as to what in general is already understood about sports concussions and the impact of these concussions on athletes ending with the question, but how can the concussion affect the athlete's auditory processing abilities
20 minutes: What are auditory processing disorders and what systems in the brain are involved in auditory processing and how may they be negatively impacted by a sports concussion
15 minutes: What problems in communication, hearing, and listening can you expect to see if an athlete has undergone a sports concussion
15:minutes How can we screen for a possible auditory processing disorder in an athlete who has undergone a concussion and to whom should we refer that person if the person fails the screening
Note: that at the end of each discussion session I will open to questions and answers regarding what we had just discussed and I have presented.

Question & Answer:
Where can I locate an audiologist who specializes in auditory processing evaluations?
Once an auditory processing disorder has been identified, what treatments and other services will the athlete need including accommodations and treatments?
What are some of the accommodations and treatments the athlete may undergo and are they evidence-based treatments?

Disclosures:

Relevant financial disclosures include Honorarium for this presentation. 

Relevant non-financial disclosures include being a Head to Speech Ambassador. 

Bio: Lena Masri is a student at Speech at New York University, currently completing her first clinical internship. Prior to starting her studies at NYU, Lena worked in the sports industry. She worked as a ticket sales rep for The Aspire Group at Georgia Tech Athletics and University of Colorado-Boulder, as well as a ticket sales rep for IMG-Learfield at Syracuse University. She moved on to Director of Corporate Partnerships at the Tampa Bay Lightning AHL Affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, before beginning her MBA program at the University of Denver. After graduating with her MBA, Lena worked for SSB Consulting (now part of KORE Software) as an Account Manager, helping college athletic departments and professional sports teams and leagues synthesize and capitalize on their data. Lena pursued a degree in speech pathology when COVID-19 upended the world in early 2020. Now, she is finding a way to bridge the gap between her experience in the sports world and her clinical degree.

Session Title: How Sport Management Professionals Can Advocate for Brain Health

Introductory, Level 

Session Description: This session explores the connection between sport management professionals and the speech pathology field. It highlights the ways that sports professionals can advocate for brain health and how to involve collegiate athletes in the conversation. Lena discusses actionable ideas for attendees to take away from the session. She shares current research on the impact of brain injury on cognitive communication and shares ways for attendees to become advocates.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the session, participants will be able to do the following: 

1. Explain the importance of advocating for the brain health of athletes involved in contact sports.
2. Formulate an action plan to advocate for athletes' brain health in their community.
3. Identify stakeholders that can assist in spreading awareness of brain health.

Time-Ordered Agenda:
5 min Introduction
15 min: Why brain health matters
15 min: Importance of advocacy
15 min: How to advocate for brain health
10 min Call to Action & Conclusion

Disclosures:

Relevant financial disclosures include receiving a honorarium for this presentation. 

Relevant non-financial disclosures include being a Head to Speech Ambassador. 

Bio: Karah Foster graduated from Radford University with her Bachelors of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She is a current second-year graduate student at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) interested in individuals across the lifespan ( i.e., feeding, swallowing, trash/vent, and sports-related brain injuries). She currently serves as the UDC National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA) chapter's Historian. Following graduation, her plan is to work in the Acute Care setting, as well work with individuals with sports-related brain injuries and prevention management.

Session Title: Keeping the Brain Healthy: Before and After Sports-Related Brain Injury

Introductory, Level 

Session Description: This session explores prevention management. She will discuss cognitive workouts before a brain injury, workouts after a brain injury, and health and nutrition as it relates to healing the brain naturally. She will discuss cognitive games, exercises, nutrition, and meal planning.

Time Ordered Agenda:
2-minute introduction
5-minute icebreaker ( Related to Workouts)
10 minutes: Pre and Post cognitive workouts and what helps boost the brain.
5 minute Ice breaker (related to food)
10 minutes: Health and Nutrition, meal planning
5 minutes: Questions and Answers

Learning Objectives:

As a result of this activity, the participant will be able to do the following: 
1. Identify pre and post workouts that keep the brain healthy.
2. Identify the importance of nutrition as it relates to healing the brain.
3. Identify how to plan meals based on their needs and budget.

Question and Answers:
1. What can you do if you are allergic to some of these foods recommended?
2. What are cognitive games that I can incorporate in my everyday life?
3. What are the tools you use for meal planning?

Disclosures:

Relevant financial disclosures include receiving a honorarium for this presentation.

Relevant non-financial disclosures include being a Head to Speech Ambassador and member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Bio: Tina has been a speech-language pathologist for nearly 30 years. She currently works in a skilled nursing facility with an outpatient department in Virginia. She has treated many patients with varying degrees of concussions/TBI over the lifespan and in various settings such as inpatient, outpatient, and home health. She focuses on all aspects of cognition not just memory post-concussion along with auditory processing deficits, visual-spatial deficits, and higher level executive functions.

Tina became a Head to Speech Ambassador to not only help identify the SLP’s role in post-concussion care but to also share my own concussion/TBI story to raise awareness within the medical community and across all disciplines with using evidence-based therapeutic interventions. She also wanted to be involved with Head to Speech to “spread the word” about the importance of therapeutic interventions being provided in a timely manner after the initial injury. Needless to say, this population is the most rewarding to work with because of the tremendous positive impacts that it has on the person who has suffered this injury and their families.

Session Title: How to Sustain Brain Health and Deal with Mental Health Issues Post Injury 

Introductory, Level 

Session Description: How to sustain brain health and deal with mental health issues post injury to include exercises/games to maintain skills learned in speech therapy, and how to break through the negative opinions of other professionals regarding mental illness associated with head injury/concussions.

Learning Objectives: 
1. Describe concussion/head injury exercises to increase brain function/promote brain health
2. Describe symptomatology/behavioral changes associated with head injury/concussion
3. Describe when to refer to mental health professional

Question & Answer:

• How important are the support systems in the recovery process?
• How long before you noticed behavioral changes?
• What impact does age have on the person when the injury was suffered?

Disclosures:

Relevant financial disclosures include receiving a salary from Whitted Wellness and a Honorarium for this presentation. 

Relevant non-financial disclosures include being a Head to Speech Ambassador.

Bio: Cassandra Pope is a performance coach and a stretch therapist with Whitted Wellness. She is a former AAU track athlete and collegiate cheerleader. With a master's in exercise science, Cassandra works along the mechanical level of human performance with high school, collegiate, and professional athletes. Being someone who suffered a concussion in her collegiate years while participating in athletics, both as an intern and athlete, she understands the importance of protocols in recovery, as well as injury risk reduction. Although injuries are unavoidable, there are ways to be proactive to minimize the risk of injury. Through her years in the health and fitness industry, Cassandra has demonstrated constant interest to learn and stay up to date with the best methods of training and sports recovery. Education is very valuable to her so the more athletes she can influence with proper training and awareness the greater the impact on the industry. As CEO of her own training company and COO of Whitted Wellness, she is currently working on her first series of e-books to educate the public on human performance and injury prevention. Although the methods Whitted Wellness brings to the industry are relatively new it's been proven to be beneficial to youth athletes in building their performance. In 2019, Dwight Howard needed a second surgery to help remove excess scar tissue in his lower lumbar. This surgery was set to be a career-ending surgery. Whitted Wellness CEO & owner, Montiono Whitted, worked with him one on one throughout his recovery process. The following year, Dwight Howard was able to participate in the All-Star NBA Dunk Contest. He also won his first NBA championship the same year. This just goes to show the advancements in sports recovery is not only vital but necessary for back to play.

Session Title: Return to Play: The Recovery Phase

Introductory, Level  

Session Description: Athletes of today have been treated with and still have a low level of attentiveness when it comes to athletic care and prevention. Take a look at professional athletes much like the quarterback, Tua Tagovailoa, the injuries suffered during the season and still being required to play immediately after injury. The proper protocols for concussion care, and injuries as a whole, are not practiced regularly. They have become dependent on coaches' calls based on location, teams, and the importance of the game when it comes to rank or playoffs. How does one enforce the importance of recovery to athletes and vice versa to coaches in the long haul?

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the session, participants will be able to do the following: 
1. Identify body language for identifying factors of health post-injury
2. Identify how to determine if an athlete is okay to return to play
3. Identify the proper protocol when athletes for lack of better terms lie on assessment

Question and Answer:
1. How would you advise medical care to an athlete omitting and/or denying symptoms in an effort to return to play prematurely?
2. In what ways can you improve the awareness of coaching staff to help with better return-to-play protocols?
3. Can you explain how biomechanics training/ awareness in the youth can benefit both athletes and providers?  

Disclosures:

Relevant financial disclosure includes receiving a salary from the University of the District of Columbia and a honorarium for this presentation. 

Relevant non-financial disclosures include being a Head to Speech Board Member and member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 

Bio: Tiffany C. Gurley-Nettles is a graduate of Virginia State University with a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration. She received her Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of the District of Columbia and completed her Ph.D. in Psychology at Walden University. Dr. Gurley-Nettles is a Medical Speech-Language Pathologist specializing in adult neurogenic disorders. Dr. Gurley-Nettles is the Program Director of Speech-Language Pathology at the University of the District of Columbia and the Owner and CEO of More Than Just Talk, LLC a speech-language pathology, community education and wellness company. Dr. Gurley-Nettles has 22 years of clinical experience in acute and skilled subacute care in Medical Speech Pathology and 14 years of higher education academic instruction. Dr. Gurley-Nettles is also a Health Psychologist centering this work around her passion for community wellness and education. Her research interests include post-stroke depression, family caregiver stress and wellness, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and health trauma intervention. Her recent work is entitled “Post Stroke Depression and the Lived Experiences of the Family Caregiver and Care Recipient Dyad”. Her academic mission is to challenge, transform, and equip individuals with the critical thinking skills to solve problems across academic, professional, and social arenas thereby creating a positive social change.

Session Title: Interprofessional Education Simulation for Sports Concussion Management from a Neuropsychology Perspective

Introductory, Level 

Session Description: Simulation 

Disclosures:

Relevant financial disclosure includes receiving a honorarium for this presentation. 

Relevant non-financial disclosures include being a student at the University of the District of Columbia, where Dr. Pope is serving as her master's thesis advisor. She is also a Head to Speech Ambassador. 

Bio: Deja Bulluck is a second-year speech-language pathology master's degree student attending the University of the District of Columbia. She is a Washington, DC, native and avid reader. Her research and career interests include advancing concussion management protocols universally across all settings and improving how speech-language pathologists can be utilized in concussion management protocols. Her future academic goals include pursuing a PhD in neuropsychology and continuing to research the brain.

Session Title: Examining Collegiate Student Athletes' Knowledge of Concussions and University Supports and Services Available through Academic and Speech-Language Pathology Programs

Introductory, Level 

Session Description: This session explores collegiate athletes' attitudes regarding concussions, how likely athletes are to report concussion symptoms or concussions, and concussion management. The presentation will feature introductory education regarding concussions, current concussion management practices, and how collegiate-athletes can benefit from interventions from a speech-language pathologist.

Learning Objectives: 

By the end of the session, participants will be able to do the following:
1. Identify concussion symptoms
2. Describe what should be included in a concussion protocol
3. Identify why collegiate-athletes may not report concussion symptoms or concussions
4. Describe the benefits of incorporating speech-language pathologists on a concussion management care team

Disclosures:

Relevant financial disclosure include receiving a honorarium for this presentation.

Relevant non-financial disclosures include being a student at South Carolina State University. In addition to being a Head to Speech Ambassador. 

Bio: Haley is a graduate student at South Carolina State University. After graduating, she plans to work with athletes with concussions. She hopes to work with the NFL and WWE regarding concussion protocols.

Introductory, Level 

Session Title: From the Playbook to the Textbook- Raising Awareness to Change Lives

The Head to Speech Summit brings together an interprofessional task force of speech-language pathologists and audiologists from various medical and pediatric backgrounds seeking to either share their roles, lived experiences, knowledge and/or specialized training in neurogenic disorders, brain injury, or sports concussion management in children, adolescents and adults.

The task force also features the perspectives of interprofessional disciplines involved in the assessment, diagnosis, management and rehabilitation of athletes with acute and sub-acute concussions (post-concussion syndrome). 

Post concussion syndrome stories and case studies of athletes with a focus on high-school upperclassmen, collegiate, professional and former athletes and their support groups are front and center within the simulations.

We support interprofessional education and collaborative practices between the following disciplines:

• Health and rehabilitation sciences professionals, (e.g., sports medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, neurologists, neurosurgeons, pediatricians, primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, neuropsychologists, sports psychologists, athletic trainers, sports performance coaches, fitness trainers,  physical and occupational therapists) 
• Sports management, entertainment and legal professionals, (e.g., athletic directors, coaches, current and former athletes, sports broadcasters and journalists, marketing managers, publicists, recruiters, agents, attorneys)
• Academic advisers, (e.g., teachers, professors, vocational counselors, social workers)

TIME ORDERED-AGENDA FOR IN-PERSON AND LIVESTREAM VIA ZOOM

Total of 0.5 ASHA CEUs (5 hours) for Live In-Person Summit 

Saturday, April 1st, 2023

8:00 am – 9:00 am: Registration & Check-In: Pre-Assessment, PSA Challenge Ice Breaker & Interprofessional Roles

9:00 am – 9:30 am: Welcome Remarks: Head to Speech President & CEO, Tabia Pope, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

University of the District of Columbia NSSLHA Executive Board, Agenda, Introduction of Speakers, Sponsors & Exhibitors

9:30 am – 10:30 am: Action Plan: Advocate for the Profession

Keynote Speaker

10:30 am – 11:00 am: Action Plan Simulate Experiences

11:00 am – 12:00 pm: Simulate Experiences
Interprofessional Education Stimulation

12:00 pm – 12:30 pm: Lunch

12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: Action Plan: Face the Challenges

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Action Plan: Fill in the Gaps

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm: Action Plan: Evaluate the Process

Post-Assessment

Resources

Networking

* Continuing education sessions are bolded

TIME ORDERED-AGENDA FOR SELF-STUDY 

Up to 0.75 ASHA CEUs (7.5 hours) for Self-Study 

Online Portal Opens: April 1st

Online Portal Closes: April 16th

2023 SUMMIT SPEAKERS 

Tabia Pope (60 mins) 

Lena Masri (52:14 mins) 

Tina Allis (34: 04 mins) 

Cassandra Pope (18:26 mins) 

Dr. Jay Lucker (52:59 mins) 

Dr. Tiffany Gurley (56:29 mins) 

Karah Foster (19:16 mins) 

Deja Bulluck (10:46 mins)

Haley Leann Searson (30 mins)

Runtime: 4 hours and 3 minutes

2022 SUMMIT SPEAKERS

Amanda Locke, Keynote Speaker (30:31 mins)

Meredith Greenberg (17:12 mins)

Dr. Nia Johnson (38:13 mins)

Joy Kinney (26:28 mins)

Danielle Hyde (24:30 mins)

Dr. Kelli Uitenham (18:49 mins)

Dr. Kelli Uitenham (44:05 mins)

Dr. Karen Davis (25:23 mins)

Runtime: 3 hours, 43 minutes and 55 seconds

Our in-person and livestream summit sessions provide you, your interprofessional team or community collective with the tools needed to develop an action. You receive the full experience ranging from meeting and greeting our interprofessional task force and audience members to participating in simulations and breakout sessions! 

Our self-study courses help you take a deeper dive into the 5-step summit framework, as well as the interprofessional task forces' perspectives. Our self-study courses also support what you learn at the summit.

We provide on-going support after the summit through our 90-min Intensive Strategy Session. Dr. Pope will assist with carrying over the skills needed to not only devise your action plan but to implement it and evaluate the process.

As a result of attending this Summit you will be able to do the following:

1. Identify ways to advocate for the inclusion of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists in Sports Concussion Management within various communities.

2. Describe ways in which the participant involved can invite other key groups and individuals to become an Ally in utilizing interprofessional education and collaborative practices within various communities.

3. Explain the biggest challenges the participant may face with referrals, assessment or interventions for sports-related concussion.

4. Demonstrate how to access resources for sports concussion management and cognitive-communication rehabilitation.

5. Evaluate what is and isn't missing from the participants' educational, scientific, charitable or therapeutic toolkit.

6. Analyze the steps or messages that have or haven't been well received by key groups in sports concussion management.

7. Assess what needs to be changed for a better experience in educating, counseling, evaluating, and treating post-concussion cognitive-communication disorders.

8. Formulate an action plan with measurable and obtainable short-and-long-term goals for each step within the framework including Advocate for the Profession, Simulate Experiences, Face the Challenges, Fill in the Gaps, and Evaluate the Process.

The key benefits from this course are:

• Discovering ways to advocate for the inclusion of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists in Sports Concussion Management within their community.
• Identifying the key concepts and benefits of interprofessioanl education (IPE) and interprofessional practice (IPP) experiences.
• Analyzing the biggest challenges speech-language pathologists and audiologists face with referrals, assessment or interventions for traumatic brain injury and sports-related concussion.
• Analyzing how to face the challenges through increased educational partnerships, practitioner referrals, and community outreach.
• Analyzing what is and isn't working within their community and other communities, in addition to what is and isn’t missing from educational, scientific, charitable or therapeutic toolkits!
• Analyzing what is and isn’t working in their community and other communities in order to fill in the gaps, including tools and resources for teaching, research, fundraising, clinical interventions, and/or growing a private practice including athletes.
• Analyzing how to evaluate the process for IPE/IPP experiences including the steps or messages that were well received by key groups.
• Identifying the potential changes that need to be made for a better experience.

Topics include but are not limited to:

1. Contemporary policies, issues and advocacy in neuroscience, neuropsychology and neurogenic language disorders with a specialization in traumatic brain injury, sports concussion management, and cognitive-communication rehabilitation
2. Preventative education
3. Health communication and social marketing strategies
4. Interprofessional education and collaborative practices
5. Evidence-based research that supports best clinical practices
6. Multicultural populations at high-risk of sustaining sports-related concussions and facing health disparities

This experience uses various learning modalities ranging from keynote speakers and panel discussions to on-demand talks and breakout sessions, which include case studies, simulations, audits, solution-based thinking, and action plans.

Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists: This summit is offered for up to 1.25 ASHA CEU's (12.5 hours, Various Levels, Professional Area). 

Participants must demonstrate satisfactory completion of the learning experience by doing the following:  

1. Demonstrate attendance and participation. 

2. Complete all of the learning assessments.

• You must attend the session or view the online presentation prior to taking the post-assessment.
• You are allowed to take the quiz two times.
• A passing score is 70% (percent). You must pass the post-assessment in order to earn your CEUs. 
• Each post-assessment consists of multiple choice and/or true/false questions. 

3. Complete of the Course Evaluation form after the summit in order to earn your certificate.

• You will receive an email with your certificate upon completion of all requirements.

4. Complete all requirements by the Head to Speech Summit ASHA CE Reporting Deadline, which is April 16, 2023. 

PLEASE NOTE: Participants are highly encouraged to attend all summit events and corresponding sessions. 

In-person and Livestream via Zoom

• To receive LIVE ASHA CEUs you must attend all sessions in-person or live in Zoom.
• Attendance will be taken at the beginning and end of each session. 
• If you are in-person you will sign in and out using the attendance sheet.
• If you are live stream via Zoom, our moderator will verify your log in and out times. 
• Individuals who are not present for the full summit will receive partial credit for the sessions they attend. Please notify the moderator if you need to leave for any reason. 
• Examples given for partial credit: If a participant attends only 1 session, they will earn 0.1 ASHA CEUs. If a participant attends only 2 sessions, they will earn 0.2 ASHA CEUs, etc. Please note that an ASHA CEU is a tenth of an hour. Thus, a one-hour course is equivalent to 0.1 ASHA CEU. In this 1-day in-person/livestream summit, the maximum ASHA CEUs translates to 0.5 ASHA CEUs (5 hours).

Self-Study 

• Individuals completing the summit at their own pace will be using our learning management system called Kajabi. Kajabi will track your watch times and alert us to when you have completed each course.  
• Example given for partial credit: Individuals completing our self-study courses are able to receive partial credit by selecting which courses to complete. We recommend competing all of the courses to receive up to 0.75 ASHA CEUs (7.5 hours).

If you require special accommodations (dietary, visual, hearing, physical) to attend or participate in this summit, please provide information about your requirements to the Head to Speech Headquarters via [email protected] at least 15 business days in advance for virtual summit attendance and 30 days for in-person summit attendance. Closed captioning will be provided upon request. 

Head to Speech, Incorporated, dba, Head to Speech Academy reserves the right to cancel the course, program or event. In the unlikely event of a cancellation, Head to Speech Academy will issue a full refund of the registration fee, but will not be responsible for any other charges incurred by the registrant due to the cancellation of the course, program or event. Participants are encouraged to purchase travel insurance, in the event that an in-person course, program or event is canceled, refunds are not given for travel arrangements. For university or professional development courses, registered participants, may be entitled to a refund depending on the date of withdrawal. If the course is canceled (for example, due to insufficient enrollment), registration fees paid by participants will be refunded in full. Graduate level registration fees paid to the university are non-refundable.

Registrants canceling outside of two weeks (14 calendar days) of the course may receive a refund less a $50 cancellation fee, transfer to another course without penalty or keep a credit with us for a future course without penalty. Please note that course credits are non-refundable. Registrants canceling within two weeks (14 calendar days) of the course are not eligible to receive any refunds. Registrants have the option to transfer to another course or keep a credit with us for a future course, both of which are subject to a $50 cancellation fee. Please note that course credits are non-refundable. Registrants who do not show up for a course have 1 week (7 calendar days) after the course to notify us their absence. At that time, registrants have the option to transfer to another course or keep a credit with us for a future course, both of which are subject to a $50 cancellation fee. Registrants who do not notify us of their absence within the allotted 7 days will forfeit all funds. Please note that course credits are nonrefundable.

Complaint Policy

If you are not satisfied after participating in one of our courses, programs or events, let us know in writing within 7 days, and we will issue a credit voucher for you or anyone in your network (e.g., facility, business, organization, university, interprofessional team or community collective) to use towards another course, program, event or online product.

SUMMIT EVENTS

MEET & GREET FUNDRAISER

• Meet & Greet with Head to Speech and University of the District of Columbia National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association on Friday, March 31st from 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST!
• Other NSSLHA Chapters, Intercollegiate Athletic Departments and athletes and support systems are welcome to participate.
• LOCATION: Panda Express, 3100 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20010 or Online Ordering using the code Head to Speech at a location near you!

ALL-DAY SUMMIT

• Get Your All-Day Summit Pass for Saturday, April 1st from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm!
• LOCATION: University of the District of Columbia Windows Lounge, Bldg. 38, 2nd Floor 4200 Connecticut Ave, NW Washington, DC 20008

BRAIN WORKOUT

• Workout Your Brain & Body with Us on Sunday, April 2nd from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm!
• LOCATION: University of the District of Columbia Windows Lounge, Bldg. 38, 2nd Floor 4200 Connecticut Ave, NW Washington, DC 20008

Directions By Metro Rail
Take the Red Line to Van-Ness-UDC station

Directions By Metro Bus
The following bus routes go to UDC:

H2 – Crosstown Line
L1 – Connecticut Avenue Line
L2 – Connecticut Avenue Line

UDC is located at: University of the District of Columbia
4200 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington DC 20008

Directions By Car
From Maryland:

Take I-495 beltway exit 33 MD-185 s Connecticut Ave towards Chevy Chase continue around roundabout take 4th exit continue on Connecticut Ave then turn right on Van Ness 4.6 miles

From Virgina:

Take I-295 North towards DC take 14th Street bridge turn left on I Street then turn right on Connecticut Ave continue on Connecticut Ave then turn left on Van Ness 3.9 miles

Guest/Visitors may access the Van Ness Campus Garage.

3305-3365 Van Ness St NW, Washington

University of the District of Columbia Address: 4200 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008

The hotels by the University of the District of Columbia are:

Days Inn by Wyndham Washington DC/Connecticut Avenue
4400 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008
wyndhamhotels.com

Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009
hilton.com

Hyatt Regency Bethesda
One Bethesda Metro Center, 7400 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814
hyatt.com

Thank you for your interest in joining our Interprofessional Task Force! Please complete our Speaker and Sponsor application. Within the application you will be able to submit your summit talk or exhibit description, bio related to Head to Speech, headshot, and financial and non-financial disclosures. If you have any questions, comments or concerns please contact us at [email protected].

THE HEAD TO SPEECH PSA CHALLENGE: March is Brain Injury Awareness Month!

We challenge you to create a Public Service Announcement (PSA) that incorporates this year’s summit theme!

Our Audience: Our Allies in the inclusion of speech-language pathologists and audiologists in sports concussion management (i.e., sports medicine professionals, allied health professionals, academic support systems, sports management professionals, etc.)

We are educating our allies on our role in sports concussion management in order to increase interprofessional education and collaborative practices and practitioner referrals.

Record your COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE giving our allies one piece of advice on how they can better utilize speech-language pathology and audiology services for sports concussion management!

The PSA Storyboard for the Head to Speech Interprofessional Task Force
Summit:

If an athlete who sustained a sports-related concussion walked into your clinic today, what would you say to him or her to let them know you cared?

If you were having a conversation with one of your colleagues, such as a physical therapist, what would you tell him and her about when to refer the athlete to you, your experiences with brain injury, and how you think you would incorporate physical and cognitive-communication goals into an individualized or co-treatment session.

BEFORE YOU GET STARTED:
Complete the Ambassador Application with the consent form.

If you or someone you know has sustained a sports-related concussion, share
your story with us! Complete the Share Your Story form.

• We pledge to inform the public about how repetitive sports concussions can cause auditory processing disorders, mild cognitive impairments, Earlier onset Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, and other post-concussive cognitive-communication disorders.
• We understand that sports concussion is a public health issue impacting various communities of men and woman involved in sports as they may not have access to resources due to health disparities and continue to underreport their signs and symptoms due to academic, athletic, and socioeconomic pressures.
• We truly believe in a world where athletes and their support systems affected by sports concussion, HEAD TO SPEECH-language pathologists and audiologists to receive education, counseling, timely identification, assessments, and interventions for speech-language, hearing and cognitive-communication disorders!

Sarah Baar, MA, CCC-SLP (She/Her)

Clinical Professor and Private Practice Owner, Honeycomb Speech Therapy 
Head to Speech Sponsor

Financial disclosures: Owner of Honeycomb Speech Therapy (receiving salary, profit, and intellectual property rights), salary from clinical professor role, royalties from Medbridge Education.

Non-financial disclosures: Board of Trustees and Member for Aphasia Access, Volunteer writing committee with National Aphasia Association, Member with ASHA and SIG 2

Product Disclosure: A Honeycomb Speech Therapy PDF download related to concussion care is included with the summit toolkit. 

Carla B. Smiley, Au.D., CCC-A (She/Her)

Audiologist and Private Practice Owner 

Financial disclosures includes receiving a salary from Onsite Audiology. 

Non financial disclosures include board-certified member of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. Licensed with the Board of Examiners for Speech Pathology and Audiology. Holds a Doctoral Level Service Educator’s Certificate with the Georgia Professional Standards Committee. Active member of the eCornell Women's Entrepreneur Alumni, Georgia Head Start Association, Georgia Department of Education Educational Audiology Advisory Committee, International Guild of Auditory Processing Specialists and the Spalding County Chamber of Commerce.

Cassandra Pope, MS, NSCA-CPT, PPSC 

Relevant financial disclosures include receiving a salary from Whitted Wellness and a Honorarium for this presentation.

Whitted Wellness is a company that offers both massage and Sports Therapy. With over 17 years of experience we offer a unique combination of deep tissue, stretch and Swedish massage. We at Whitted Wellness cater to not only the athlete but the everyday working individual.

Whitted Wellness is committed to making massage and Sports Therapy more accessible and convenient. We believe that every individual is different and that the massage should be catered to the client not to the company.

Relevant non-financial disclosures include being a Head to Speech Ambassador and providing in-kind donations for the Brain Workout-a-Thon.