The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders offers a weekly Professional Development Seminar (Prosem) during the academic year. Prosem consists of presentations by invited speakers, covering a broad range of topics related to the field. Speakers include on-campus colleagues and collaborators, as well as off-campus visitors. Prosem occurs at noon on the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Monday of each month of fall and spring semesters.
For doctoral students in the Department of CSD, there is an accompanying discussion section led by a CSD faculty member. Discussion may focus on selected articles provided by the speaker each week, or may include professional development topics such as ethics, scientific integrity, mentoring, and other areas related to scholarly development.
All faculty, staff, and students are welcome. CSD faculty, staff, and students are strongly encouraged to attend.
Upcoming Prosem Events
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Nov16
Prosem Lecture: Multiple Little Worlds in One Room: Child-friendly Visits and Other Forms of Parent-child Communication During Parental Incarceration Kaitlyn Pritzl, M.S. @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 62 Goodnight Hall Learn more about Prosem
Children with incarcerated parents are, on average, more likely than their peers to experience childhood adversity and have a higher risk for negative developmental outcomes. Research has found that one way to promote resilience is to strengthen parent-child relationships. Programs supporting parent-child relationships, such as visits, are one way to strengthen parent-child relationships during and following incarceration. The Dane County jail has been hosting child-friendly visits for incarcerated parents and their children, and researchers have partnered with this program to conduct a formative program evaluation, involving interviews, surveys, and observations with program participants including children (n = 71), their at-home caregivers (n = 34), and their incarcerated parents (n = 48). In this presentation, I will focus on reported emotions and the importance of physical touch. Parents and children report physical touch as the foundation for reciprocal relationship processes such as interacting together in activities and engaging in intimate conversations to express closeness and connection. Additionally, children reported predominantly happy feelings before, during, and after the child-friendly visit, while also reporting sadness during the separation. This research highlights how child-friendly visits can support parent-child relationships as they manage the complex feelings of separation during parental incarceration.
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Nov23
Prosem Lecture: Quality of Life Technology Supports for Adults with Down Syndrome Hailey Johnson @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 62 Goodnight Hall Learn more about Prosem
Quality of Life Technology Supports for Adults with Down Syndrome
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Nov30
Prosem Lecture: TBA Phoebe Crumpton, M.S., CCC-SLP @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 62 Goodnight Hall Learn more about Prosem
Topic: TBA
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Dec07
Prosem Lecture: Clinical Implications of Speech Rate for Children with Language Disorders Liz Ancel, Ph.D., CCC-SLP @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 62 Goodnight Hall Learn more about Prosem
Clinical Implications of Speech Rate for Children with Language Disorders