The Fall Institute at Ole Miss
Bringing CSD professionals and students together for over 22 years.
22 Years of Changing Lives
Join us for the 22nd Annual Fall Institute held at the University of Mississippi. Every year, the fall institute brings together SLP, auditory and other CSD professionals and students from Ole Miss to share expertise and expand the scope and network of communication sciences and disorders.
- The Fall Institute is organized by UM's chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) and the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the School of Applied Sciences.
The conference is a great time to learn about the ever-changing field of CSD, expand your network, and get back in touch with old friends and peers.
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Meet the 2024 Fall Institute Presenter
Lekeitha R. Morris, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a Professor and Associate Program Director in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. Dr. Morris is a transformational researcher with 22 years of clinical experience and has worked in higher education the last 13 years providing academic instruction as well as clinical education to undergraduate and graduate students. Her areas of research specialization are in language development and disorders, caregiver training and prevention models with a specific focus on culturally and linguistically diverse populations, and advising, recruiting, and retaining marginalized students into the fields of speech-language pathology and audiology. Dr. Morris’ work addresses language enrichment and prevention through caregiver training and community-based language enrichment opportunities. Dr. Morris is a full-time salaried employee at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences and is receiving a speaker honorarium for this talk.
Lekeitha Morris
Associate Program Director, Professor, MS-SLP Program at the University of St. Augustine
Find the Event Schedule for the Fall Institute 2024 Below!
What to expect during the Fall Institute 2024
Join Dr. Lekeitha R. Morris for an insightful presentation. This presentation will equip participants with the knowledge, insights, and practical strategies to collaborate with parents and teachers for increased language and pre-literacy development for preschool children.
Dr. Morris will highlight components of a parent training program developed for use with caregivers and their preschool children.
- The goal of the training program was to introduce strategies during book reading to facilitate language and literacy development.
- Different components of the training program will be described followed by strategies for creating and implementing effective parent training programs within a preschool setting.
Dr. Morris will also discuss inclusive service delivery and consideration for working with colleagues and clients from marginalized backgrounds. The presentation will conclude with the broader impact of creating welcoming environments for clients, families, and colleagues and how speech-language pathologists can utilize the ASHA Code of Ethics to aid in eliminating systems of oppression within our work settings.
- Instructional method/teaching strategies: powerpoint, facilitator led discussion, critical reflection and notetaking, group work similar to think-pair-share.
Learner Objective
Participants will be able to:
- Discuss common challenges in collaborating with parents and teachers and identify possible solutions.
- Describe strategies for designing effective parent training programs.
- Identify components of an effective partnership between speech-language pathologists and preschool teachers.
- Reflect on the role of implicit bias within the profession and identify concrete and actionable steps towards reducing bias as relevant to the participant.
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