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07/23/2025

🎤 Exciting Announcement! 🎤

We’re thrilled to reveal some of the incredible speakers who will be joining us at this year's conference! Get ready to learn from our incredible ANCDS clinicians and researchers.

✨ Yao Du, PhD, CCC-SLP - Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Skills via Voice Assistive Technology (VAT) Alexa: A Hybrid Telehealth Program for Community-Dwelling Adults with TBI and Aphasia
✨ Kelly Fussman, MS, CCC-SLP - Transforming Clinical Workflows: Using AI and EHRs to Support Clinicians and Researchers
✨ Melissa Duff, PhD, CCC-SLP - Transforming Clinical Workflows: Using AI and EHRs to Support Clinicians and Researchers (continued)
✨ BC Committee: Diana Petroi-Bock, PhD, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, BCS-S; Ramani Voleti, M.S., CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS; Michael Biel, CScD, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS - Demystifying Myths and Case Presentations in Decision-Making for ANCDS Board Certification
✨ Yalian Pei, PhD, CCC-SLP - Exploring the Potential of LLMs in SLP Education and Clinical Care
✨ REDI committee - TBD
✨ Sarah E. Wallace, PhD CCC-SLP - Technology as a Life Participation Support for People with Aphasia
✨ RHD Writing Committee: Margaret Lehman Blake, PhD, CCC-SLP; Alexandra Zezinka Durfee, PhD CCC-SLP - The State of the Literature on Language and Pragmatics in People with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage: Implications for Assessment and Treatment

Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks! This is an event you won’t want to miss!

📅 Don’t forget to save the date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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07/18/2025

🌟 Save the Date! 🌟

Mark your calendars! The Annual ANCDS Scientific and Business Meeting is officially on the horizon. Join us for a day of insights, networking, and collaboration. More information will be available on our website and social media pages!

📅 Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2025
📍 Location: Washington, DC
🕒 Time: 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

For more details, visit: https://buff.ly/yoavurP

Stay tuned for more information! 📈✨

06/27/2025

🎉 Exciting news! The Mayo Clinic’s fellowship program has officially been accredited by the ANCDS Board of Residency Education! This recognition highlights their dedication to clinical excellence and advanced training in neurogenic communication disorders.

Congratulations to the entire Mayo Clinic team on this significant achievement! 🌟

06/18/2025

🌟 Member Achievement Highlight! 🌟

Congratulations to Morgan Powers, MS, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, on achieving board certification from ANCDS! 🎉

Morgan Powers, MS, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, is a clinical speech-language pathologist with the Durham VA Health Care System in Durham, North Carolina. She completed her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before joining the VA. Her passions lie in medical speech pathology and geriatrics. She has provided a full range of services to Veterans across acute, rehabilitation, and outpatient settings for over seven years, including the implementation of telemedicine to increase accessibility for rural or homebound veterans with complex medical needs. Her primary clinical interests include interdisciplinary care of patients with neurodegenerative cognitive, communication, and/or swallowing disorders, as well as mentorship and supervision to university students and clinical fellows. She has additional expertise in voice and upper airway disorders, including surgical airway management. Morgan is honored to support Veterans with a variety of neurological and other conditions, providing care that aligns with whole-health, person-centered, and evidence-based practices.

Congrats again, Morgan, and thank you for all that you do!

06/13/2025

🧑🏽‍🏫 New Self-Study Course: Exploring Race, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (REDI) in CSD

This course invites speech-language professionals to reflect on their own perceptions of race, equity, diversity, and inclusion within and outside the field of communication sciences and disorders.

Participants will explore how this self-reflection can influence their work as clinicians, researchers, or leaders, and help them move toward antiracist practice.

🧩 Topics include:
• REDI perspectives in the CSD field
• Challenging implicit bias
• Applying self-work to clinical and professional practice

📚 Learn at your own pace
🆓 Free for ANCDS Members | 💲$99 for Non-Members
🎓 Up to 0.8 ASHA CEUs available
📅 Complete by Dec 31, 2025

This course is presented by the ANCDS REDI Committee and features insights from clinicians, educators, and researchers in the field.

🔗 Register via the link on the ANCDS website: https://buff.ly/at5zATb

06/11/2025

🧠 Webinar Alert: Functional Motor Speech Disorders: A Case Study Deep Dive 🎓

Join us for a powerful, evidence-based session led by ANCDS Board-Certified SLP Michelle Hoefnagel as we explore a real-world clinical case and sharpen your differential diagnosis and intervention skills.

🔍 Topics covered:
✔️ Neuropathological considerations
✔️ Assessment procedures
✔️ Evidence-based interventions
✔️ Interdisciplinary team benefits

📅 Recorded session available: Feb 20, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025
🎓 CEUs available: 🆓 Free for ANCDS Members | 💲$50 for Non-Members
👩‍⚕️ Perfect for professionals seeking ways to expand their clinical education!

👉 Register now at the ANCDS website: https://buff.ly/9Ohq0Rg

06/06/2025

🌟 **1 Week Left: ANCDS Student Fellowship Applications!** 🌟

Just a reminder that you have **only 1 WEEK** to apply for the **ANCDS Student Fellowship Awards**! 🎓✨

**⏳ Deadline:** June 13, 2025, 4:00 PM (Central)
📩 Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity for mentorship and networking at the 2025 ANCDS Annual Scientific Meeting!

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06/04/2025

🌈 This June, join us at ANCDS as we celebrate PRIDE Month! Let's take a moment to acknowledge and support the LGBTQIA+ community by raising awareness and advocating for equity, inclusion, and equality for all individuals. Together, we can honor diversity, courage, and self-expression.

As specialists in neurogenic communication disorders, we understand the unique challenges many face in accessing inclusive and equitable healthcare. We encourage everyone to share resources and information that highlight the importance of inclusivity and understanding in communication science and disorders. Check out The Trevor Project’s resource guide here: https://buff.ly/0q0I4BG.

Let’s stand together in solidarity and make a difference! 💜 +

05/28/2025

ANCDS highlights an important resource for clinicians:

This paper addresses the urgent need for culturally competent neuropsychological assessment practices with Japanese and Japanese-American individuals in the U.S. Using the ECLECTIC framework, the authors provide actionable recommendations for clinicians to enhance fairness, accessibility, and validity in assessment contexts.

Key outcomes relevant to clinicians discussed in the manuscript are:

-Cultural influences on test performance, communication styles, and health care access
-Guidance on working with multigenerational and bilingual Japanese-American patients
-Recommendations for teleneuropsychology and test selection by cognitive domain
-A comprehensive list of translated and normed assessments for Japanese speakers

As our field grows increasingly diverse, ANCDS encourages all clinicians to engage with resources like this to advance culturally informed care.

Read the full article: https://buff.ly/0KVgwzx

05/26/2025

🚀 Spotlight on ALS Research! 🌟

To conclude our month of highlighting research on ALS, we highlight a study
on caregiver burden. This study was published in BMJ Open and was titled “Caregiver burden and associated factors among primary caregivers of patients with ALS in home care: a cross-sectional survey study.” DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050185

A recent study on caregivers of ALS patients highlighted some crucial findings regarding caregiver burden. It involved 120 caregiver-patient pairs and aimed to uncover what factors impact the stress experienced by caregivers. Key Findings: Higher Anxiety Index (AI) scores among caregivers are linked to increased personal, role, and overall burden. Caregivers with limited knowledge about ALS reported significantly greater stress compared to those well-informed. Caregiver burden is heavily influenced by anxiety levels and understanding of the disease.

This study shows that disease knowledge and AI scores are key predictors of caregiver burden in ALS.

05/23/2025

🌟 Huge congratulations to Charlotte (Purchell) King, SLPD, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS on achieving board certification from ANCDS! 🎉

Charlotte (Purcell) King, SLPD, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS, is an Assistant Professor of Instruction and the Clinic Director at the University of South Florida (USF) Speech-Language Pathology program. She completed her Bachelor's degree at the George Washington University in 2012, her Master's degree at the University of Rhode Island in 2015, and a Clinical Doctorate at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in 2022. Through her academic career, she focused on clinical research related to motor speech disorders, with a special interest in acquired apraxia of speech. With a range of interests in clinical research, implementation, and the spirit of teaching and learning, she has had opportunities to present at state, national, and international conferences. Before her current role at USF, she gained experience in both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation settings, with a broad focus on adult neurogenic communication disorders. Her primary interests include treating individuals with motor speech disorders, aphasia, and voice disorders. She enjoys membership in the Academy of Neurogenic Communication Disorders (ANCDS) and serves on the Clinical Research Committee, focusing on acquired apraxia of speech, as well as the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), where she is a Coordinating Committee member of SIG 2 and a S.T.E.P. mentor. She enjoys sharing her passion with students for providing patient-centered and evidence-based care.

We’re so proud to have you in our community! Keep shining and inspiring others! 💙👏

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05/21/2025

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities are among the fastest-growing older adult populations in the U.S.—but face critical barriers to Alzheimer's care.

This new study by the NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health takes a community-engaged approach to identify research priorities for addressing Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD) in AANHPI communities.

Through key informant interviews and a modified Delphi consensus process with community leaders, three top priority areas emerged:

-The need for culturally and linguistically tailored AD/ADRD education
-Structural barriers to accessing care within the healthcare system
-The central role of social support and community networks

The findings underscore the power of community-academic partnerships to shape meaningful, equity-driven research agendas—and the urgent need to develop inclusive resources that reflect the lived realities of AANHPI older adults and caregivers.

Learn more: https://buff.ly/5wT1Bxd

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