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New Aphasia Groups Starting February 8, 2017

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Participants are encouraged to enroll in two aphasia groups offered by the SUNY New Paltz Speech, Language and Hearing Center (SLHC). The groups will meet once a week on Wednesdays for 12 weeks, starting February 8th. The cost is $45.

Spring 2017 aphasia group descriptions

People with all types of aphasia are welcome. Being able to speak is not a requirement!

If you, a family member, friend, colleague or client is interested in signing up or learning more about the groups, please contact:

Jessica Welsh, M.S., CCC-SLP
(845) 257-3693
welshj@newpaltz.edu

The Making of an ASL Song

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By Maria Gillin, President, SUNY New Paltz American Sign Language Club

Every semester begins the same, we introduce ourselves and say what we do. Then we see what the members of our club are interested in. We learn the most about each other when we pick what song we want to translate and learn how to sign. Our members always get to choose – we ask them for song ideas, narrow them down based on level of difficulty, and put it to a vote. Then the fun begins. It usually takes 3 or 4 days to translate a song and then from there it takes about 4 meetings to teach everyone and be comfortable enough that we can perform the song, or record ourselves.

This past year we had the awesome experience of performing twice, once at Relay for Life and again at the Sexy Pitches final spring performance. Our debut at Relay for Life was bigger and better than we ever imagined. Everyone stopped what they were doing to watch when we took the stage. Afterwards we spent over a half hour with people asking about how they could join and be a part of something so awesome.

Here is the ASL Club performing “Let It Go” from the movie Frozen:

The ASL Club meets on Mondays at 8pm in the Commuter Lounge, SUB100S. Please join us, or get in touch-

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/177656342271232/

Twitter: @NewPaltzASLClub

Instagram: @newpaltzaslclub

President Maria Gillin – mariae.gillin@gmail.com

Vice President Sarah Broughton – sbroughton@hawkmail.newpaltz.edu

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Keep Your Voice Healthy! – Voice Clinic May 28 – June 18

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Do your professional or personal obligations strain your voice? Have you wondered why, and if there is anything you can do about it? If so, then this 4-week voice clinic is for you.

Voice Maintenance Clinic: Keeping Your Voice Healthy is a group clinic that will focus on techniques and rationale for developing and maintaining the best voice for speaking or singing at any age. It will include a basic assessment, information on the mind/body/voice connection, practice activities, and maintenance plans.

Date: Wednesdays, May 28-June 18, 2014
Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm
Where: Speech-Language and Hearing Center, SUNY New Paltz, Humanities Building
Cost: $20 for all 4 sessions; free for SUNY New Paltz faculty, staff and students

Liz Hester

Liz Hester, CCC/SLP, PhD

The workshop is presented by Elizabeth Hester, CCC/SLP, PhD, a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist with experience in Somatic and Estill voice training, and staffed by graduate student clinicians.

To register, please contact Sandy DiStasi in the Department of Communication Disorders at (845) 257-3600. Questions? – contact Liz Hester at hestere@newpaltz.edu.