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Hello SCCSHA Members! Our thanks go out to those members and guests who attended

our Fall Workshop. It was a great day of learning, and our speaker, Char Boshart, received very positive reviews for her informative and lively presentation! Our upcoming January workshop will cover the exciting topic; Music and Movement - Language Learning – 2 Seminars Rolled into One! Rachel Arntson, M.S., CCC-SLP will present an exciting and interactive seminar on incorporating music into therapy. Join us January 27, 2017 at the Los Gatos Lodge for this exciting presentation.

SCCSHA would like to invite CSHA and SMCSHLA members to attend our workshops for the same cost that our members pay. Simply email proof of your CSHA or SMCSHLA membership to Sccsha1958@gmail.com when you register for one of our workshops.

Need some more live CEU’s? No problem, SCCSHA is pleased to announce that our May Luncheon will also include a three-hour workshop. Ann England from the Diagnostic Center of California will be presenting on: Including students with ASD: The role of the SLP. One of the fun activities of our yearly luncheon is the raffle drawings with prizes. There will be gift cards, therapy materials, apps, etc. These come from companies such as Super Duper, Hamaguchi and Associates, Northern Speech Services and many more. Your odds of winning something are quite high! You never know until you come and try.

Coming Soon! Thinking of a change of professional scenery, or craving new materials or websites? Check out our new page at www. Sccsha.org with job postings and promotions.

Thank you again for your continued support, and participation and we look forward to seeing you in the New Year!

Gesina Pagan M.A. CCC-SLP SCCSHA President 2016-2017

PRESIDENT: Gesina Pagan gesinapagin@yahoo.com VICE PRESIDENT: Jenn Huntley jenn.huntley@gmail.com RECORDING SECRETARY: Marian Gericke mbgslp@aol.com CORRESPONDING SECRETARY/NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Winnie Chau winnifredc@gmail.com TREASURER: Cheryl Padalino cherylpadalino@hotmail.com PAST PRESIDENT: Katrina Boom wahl.katrina@gmail.com LEGISLATIVE CHAIR: Ann England aengland@dcn-cde.ca.gov CEU CHAIR: Carol Rossi crspeech@comcast.net EVENT PLANNER CO-CHAIRS: Laurie Haggerty lauriehaggerty@gmail.com Fran Gholamipour franslp@yahoo.com SPECIAL PROJECTS CO-CHAIR: Tami Hansen tamihansenslp@gmail.com Kathleen Sandys kathleensandys@gmail.com STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE: April Oliver april.oliver@sjsu.edu

President’s Column December 2016

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Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS) The California state budget approved by the Legislature and signed by the Governor has allocated $20 million for a statewide MTSS program. MTSS is an integrated framework that’s been successfully used by a number of schools and districts that integrates evidence based supports within an MTSS framework, focusing on student’s academic, behavioral and social-emotional needs. By coordinating new and existing student supports, MTSS can help increase attendance, prevent dropouts, lower disciplinary rates, improve school climates and boost overall performance. The Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) was awarded a grant to lead this project. The investment by the California Department of Education positions OCDE as the lead agency on the California Scale-Up MTSS Statewide Initiative, or SUMS Initiative, which is designed to promote and expand the use of the Multi-Tiered System of Supports statewide. To implement the California SUMS Initiative, OCDE will partner with two educational agencies: Butte County Office of Education and the School Wide Integrated Framework for Transformation (SWIFT) Center, University of Kansas. The Butte County Office of Education will advance statewide communication and enable the sharing of professional learning resources through its Digital Chalkboard, an online access portal. Additionally, Butte staff will engage rural, geographically-isolated county offices of education, districts and schools to support their unique needs. SWIFT will support the project by providing technical assistance to assist OCDE and its partners to establish four tiers of trainers to help school districts and county offices of education scale up their own MTSS programs. At the top will be a state team featuring experts from the California Department of Education, OCDE, Butte County and the SWIFT Center. The second tier will include 11 regional teams based on the Superintendents Regions, which will work with 57 county teams. Numerous local teams will integrate the California SUMS Initiative at the district and school levels.

2016 State & National - Legislative UpdatesBy Ann England

Legislative Liaison, SCCSHA and CSHA District 4 Advisory Board

Past President’s Report by Katrina Boom ATTENTION! Application for SCCSHA’s Honors of the Association Award, and Student Scholarship are now open. Interested parties please submit applications on our website, sccsha.org by March 3, 2017. In other CSHA district 4 news, the Spring In-service for CSHA district 4 is tentatively planned for the end of April. The topic will be Dyslexia, with a 3-hour course provided. Brian Stowe, the Giants fan who sustained the brain injury, has been nominated as CSHA’s Consumer of the Year. Congratulations to SCCSHA’s very own Cheryl Padalino who is this year’s nominee for the SCCSHA District 4 Outstanding Service Award! SCCSHA District 4 is still currently looking to fill several committee liaison positions. Please send interest to Marcella at marcella.mccollum@gmail.com.

• Association Services • Organizational Advancement and Outreach • Professional Development

Student Corner by April Oliver As 2016 comes to an end, I would first like to extend a thank you to Char Boshart, M.A. CCC-SLP for giving a very engaging and interactive presentation on remediation of articulation. The resources and visual aids provided were amazing and helped teach us new therapeutic strategies. During the workshop, we had a total of 15 SJSU students attend, which is amazing! I hope we can increase the number of students for our Winter 2017 workshop. Attending these workshops is a great way to connect students and professionals in Santa Clara County and to build lasting relationships. To stay connected and to receive updates about the workshop, please “like” and “follow” our Facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/sccsha I would also like to thank the SCCSHA board members for volunteering to speak to SJSU CD&S students about life after graduate school. Hearing stories and having questions answered by SLPs currently working in the field is invaluable, and the student body as a whole cannot thank you enough. Finally, I would like to inform all students that the Jan Wilkerson Memorial SCCSHA Student Scholarship is now open for all graduate level students in the field of Speech-Language Pathology or Audiology! The scholarship is in the amount of $500 and will be paid directly to the student’s college for tuition fees. To learn more and complete an online application, visit the SCCSHA website at: http://www.sccsha.org/scholarship.html Wishing everyone the best during this holiday season, I look forward to seeing you all at the Winter 2017 workshop about integrating music therapy with speech and language therapy.

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PLEASE NOTE: Your name will appear in the directory alphabetized by the first letter of your last name. Please record the following information as you wish it to appear in the SCCSHA directory.

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SCCSHA

C/O Marian Gericke 1641 Knollwood Ave

San Jose, CA 95125-5043

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Savethedate: Friday,January27,2017Music and Movement – Language Learning – 2 Seminars Rolled into One

Los Gatos Lodge

50 Los Gatos Saratoga

Road,

Los Gatos, CA 95032

About Our Speaker: Rachel Arntson, MS, CCC-SLP, has been a Speech-Language Pathologist

in the greater Minneapolis, Minnesota area since 1980 and has worked in a hospital, pediatric clinic, and in early intervention. From 1991 to 2015 she worked in the Osseo School District in Maple Grove, MN where she provided family-centered speech and language intervention to infants and toddlers in their homes. Since retiring from Osseo Schools, she has focused on her company, Talk It Rock It, by speaking, developing new products, and working with private practice clients. Rachel is creator of all Talk It Rock It and Kids’ Express Train products including 9 critically acclaimed CDs, the WE CAN TALK parent training book, the Push-Pull Puzzle, and Animation Station videos for speech and language learning. Her passion for music and fun is reflected in both her products and presentations. For more information about Rachel Arntson and Talk It Rock It products, please visit www.Talkitrockit.com.

Speech-Language Pathologist Rachel Arntson will share her instantly usable teaching strategies and her love for music as she enthusiastically demonstrates how to improve communication skills in children-changing them from silent observers to active verbal partners. This seminar will stay practical and immediately usable. You will learn a systematic, flexible framework for analyzing each child’s unique and complex communication profile in clear, understandable terms. You’ll also learn techniques that you can teach to family members, other educators, and paraprofessionals to develop and reinforce basic communication skills (i.e., gesture use, attention shifting, shared enjoyment, imitation, turn taking, responding, and initiating). You'll even have the opportunity to create countless posters and activity sheets to use in classrooms or individual therapy sessions that illustrate songs with speech and language goals. Come for a practical seminar filled with immediately usable tools!

Learning Objectives: • List 3-5 components of a

verbally enticing song for young children with limited verbal skills and impaired interaction.

• List and use 5-10 songs that emphasize phonemic awareness, verbal imitation skills, and social interaction.

• List 7 communication skills that spell the acronyms of WIN and TTIRI and at least one technique used to improve those skills.

• List the 9 WE CAN TALK techniques. • List at least two ways for accurate data collection • Describe at least three research studies related to the use of music and

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: RECENT CEU CHANGE: Although SCCSHA is not an ASHA approved provider, our courses DO satisfy the requirements for maintaining ASHA certification. Please note, ASHA will not track our CEUs in the ASHA CE Registry. However, those attendees who participate in our CEU process will receive a “certificate of completion” to submit in response to an audit. Moreover, events’ CEU attendance records are saved by SCCSHA for 4 years. Please also refer to ASHA’s website for further information at http://www.asha.org/certification/FactDef.htm

**Required Last Name* _________________________ First Name* ____________________________ Street ___________________________________________________________________ City ________________________________________ Zip _________________________ Phone* ___________________________ E-mail* _________________________________ District/Agency_____________________________________________________________ � Check here to request an e-mail confirmation of your registration. � Check here if you are interested in serving on the 2017-2018 Executive Board Please check the appropriate fees (includes 6 CEUs and meals) � SCCSHA Member…………………………………………………...……….....$125.00 � Non-Member………………………………………………………………….….$165.00 � CFY………………………………………………………………………………....$40.00 � CFY (Non -Member)……………………………………………………………....$60.00 � Student…………………………………………..................................................$25.00 � Student (Non-Member)……………………………………………………………$35.00 � Retiree………………………………………………………………………….…..$75.00 � Retiree (Non-Member)…………………………………………………………….$95.00 � Scholarship Donation (optional)……………………………………...$____________ � PAC Donation (optional) NOT tax deductible……………………….$____________ Total Enclosed……………………………………………………………………..$____________

*workshop is on Friday, January 27, 2017.

**onlineregistrationisrecommended

SCCSHA For questions, contact Marian C/O Marian Gericke mbgslp@aol.com or (408) 440-8811 1641 Knollwood Ave San Jose, CA 95125-5043

REFUND POLICY: Space is limited so REGISTER EARLY. Reservation and written cancellation must be received no later than January 20, 2017. Phone calls will not be accepted. No refunds will be made after that time. A processing fee of $10.00 will be deducted from the refund.

Driving Directions to The Los Gatos Lodge: From 101 South, take CA-85 S to Saratoga Los Gatos Rd in Los Gatos. Take the exit toward E Los Gatos from CA-17 S. Drive to 50 Saratoga Los Gatos Rd.