Updated CU Alumni Benefits Include E-mail for Life

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For all May 2008 and beyond graduates (see news for those who graduated earlier below):
From the CU Alumni Association Website
E-mail for Life lets you continue using your colorado.edu addresses or forward them to a personal address, so you can keep in touch with your classmates, potential employers and friends without having to give them a new address. Registration [for May, 2008 grads and beyond] is no longer required.(continued)

Kate's Concert in Boulder Moving...Hilarious.."Merry" Indeed!

Kate Ingmundson, MA '88
Kate Ingmundson, MA '88

Kate Ingmundson, MA, SLP '88 along with fellow musicians Annie Gifford and Duffy Keith of Sister Merry Harmony gave a unique thank you to Kate's friends at the Boulder Rock & Soul Cafe in Boulder on June 24, 2008. This was Kate's way of thanking those who supported her during her recent bout with cancer.

Ad for Sister Merry Harmony, June 24, 2008
Sister Merry Harmony's inspirational couch

CU SLP alums Janet Beatty and Susan Elling were among Kate's many friends attending the performance. The songs were written by the band members, many by Kate. They combine delightfully clever lyrics, irony, unique harmonies, and great props (including an orange couch that inspired many of their compositions). Kate also wrote and performed a special song of thanks to everyone who helped her in her recovery from cancer surgery. It was a moving, hilarious and above all entertaining evening.

Kate was recently honored with SLP alum Ann Pendley and four other women cancer survivors during a day of fun in the Fun Fund Celebration held on June 9th in Ft. Collins. It was a dynamic day of golfing, biking and evening music provided by Liz Barnez and her band. (continued)

"Thoughts from a Parent's Journey" by Beret Strong

Beret, John & their son Marcus
Beret, John & their son Marcus

Thoughts from a Parent’s Journey
Beret Strong*

I was once very worried about my child’s development. Unlike his older sister, who burst into charming sentences around the time of her second birthday, our son had few words and no sentences at the same age. Thanks to the advice of a close friend, the first help I sought was through SLHS. We went through the Pathways to Assessment for Learning (PAL) process, followed by a transdisciplinary team assessment. Everyone at SLHS was wonderful – but the path we were now on was still a painful, scary journey into the unknown. The assessments led us to become a Child Learning Center (CLC) family. The CLC provided a gentle, supportive entry into preschool for our son. It was an entry into a new community and culture, a benefit that has lived on in my life in remarkable ways, through friendships, connections and professional work. (continued)

Former CLC Student and Family from South Korea Revisit CU

So Jung Han & James
So Jung Han & James

So Jung Han attended the CLC for three years, from the fall of '96 when she had just turned three to the spring of '99, while her father was completing his Ph.D. at CU Boulder. So Jung Han and her family are from South Korea. Barb Roscoe, who supplied this story, reports that during the time So Jung was in the CLC, the family made close ties to CLC staff and continued to correspond after they returned to South Korea. In March, her father contacted Barb to see if they could visit the CLC and former teachers while on a trip to Boulder. This was the second reunion with the Han family since their return to South Korea. (continued)

"Private Practice: The Adventure of a Lifetime" by Nancy Ohlmann, MS, '88

Alum Nancy Ohlmann
Nancy Ohlmann,'88

Author Bio
Nancy Ohlmann has been a speech pathologist since 1988, serving infants and children providing innovative therapy techniques, and helping to educate other therapists and professionals through specialized courses. Nancy has Level 1 DIR Training in Floortime, a method of treatment developed by Dr. Stanley Greenspan. She has also been Hanen™ trained through the course, "It Takes Two To Talk". These additional methods provide mentoring from experienced therapists, collaboration with colleagues in other disciplines, and give a whole child focus as the framework for communication treatment. Nancy has extensive experience in feeding, oral motor, and neuro-developmental processes. She utilizes motor and sensory techniques to positively influence and support language, speech, feeding, emotional, and social communication skills. Nancy received her undergraduate degree from Ball State University in 1982; Special Education/Hearing Impaired and is a 1988 graduate of the University of Colorado, Communication Disorders program. Go to "Read More" below to see her article about the creation and maintenance of her successful private practice as inspired by her father.

Celebration for Alums Ann Pendley & Kate Ingumundson a Success!

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Celebration for CU Alum Ann Pendley, PhD, CCC-SLP, and Kate Ingmundson among others attended the Fun Fund benefiting breast cancer survivors. A golf scramble, bike ride and concert by Liz Barnez at Avogadro's Number in Ft. Collins made for a FUN day indeed.

The Fun Fund 2008 Celebrated Survivors including: Ann Pendley, Jan Florea, Pat Sample, Irene Stein, Jean Yule and Kate Ingmundson. (continued)

Landlocked Films, Local Production Company, Features INREAL History and Strategies

The INREAL video series

Landlocked Films of Boulder has released two films that document the University of Colorado's innovative approach to children's language development, "The Dance of Conversation: Strategies for Encouraging Children's Language Development" and "Earning the Right: the Story of INREAL". Read more and view video clips from the films.

A Conversation with Sue McCord

Sue McCord
Sue McCord, Former SLHS Faculty
The first edition of the "Storybook Journey" was published in 1995, and our dear colleague and mentor, Sue McCord, is currently in the process of revising this original edition. The new SLP alumni website seemed a perfect place to have Sue tell us more about changes that we will see in the new edition of the Storybook Journey, as well as to reflect a bit upon her professional career that led to the development of the SBJ. I caught up with Sue at her home to ask her about the SBJ, her philosophical perspective on early childhood education, and any words of wisdom she might like to share with SLP alums regarding the use of children’s literature in both classroom and therapy environments. (continued) Read more and view clips from the video about Storybook Journey.

Guest Article by Donna Boudreau, PhD '97

Donna Boudreau
Guest Author Donna Boudreau, SLHS Graduate, PhD '97

Evidence-Based Practice – The Critical Importance to Our Field

It is difficult to circulate in any speech and language environment these days -whether deciding on a conference to attend, reading a journal article, or flipping through the ASHA Leader- without coming across the initials EBP. The ubiquitous use of this term might make clinicians wary of EBP as being the “hot topic” of the moment; one that will fade over time when leaders in our field find a new area of interest. However, evidence based practice (EBP) is a not a new concept to the field of speech-language pathology – what may be less familiar to some clinicians is the use of this specific terminology associated with the practice of looking for empirical evidence to support our clinical decision making process...(continued)

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