OSPA strives to provide learning opportunities to SLPs in schools, medical settings, early intervention, and those in private practice.


Membership this year offers opportunities for 18 professional development hours approved by the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. 


The Oregon Academy of Speech Pathology (OSPA) is designed to meet the educational and networking needs of speech-language pathologists in the Portland metro area.














Meetings are held the second Thursday of the month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Rehabilitation Institute of Oregon (RIO):


5th floor of Good Samaritan Hospital

1015 NW 22nd Ave Portland, OR 97210 (map).


Hospital Campus (map): The main entrance to the hospital is located on 22nd between Lovejoy and Marshall. The first bank of elevators on your left as you enter the main entrance will take you to RIO. Parking is located in structure 2 on Marshall.




 

Upcoming Meeting  February 11 Mentalization: Reflecting on the thoughts, feelings, hopes, and fear of self and other Craigan Usher MD about the speaker  Craigan Usher, MD is an assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Oregon Health and Science University. A graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine, Dr. Usher completed adult psychiatry training at the Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program, then fellowship in child psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital. His practice, research and writing interests include psychodynamic psychotherapy with children and teenagers, work with the Washington County Early Assessment and Support Alliance program aimed at psychosocial intervention for adolescents suffering psychotic illness, and pediatrics consultation. Description of upcoming meeting  In 1963, celebrated British pediatrician and psychoanalyst D.W. Winnicott offered that “a sign of health in the mind is the ability of one individual to enter imaginatively and accurately into the thoughts and feelings and hopes and fears of another person; to allow the other person to do the same to us.” Contemporary neuroscience and psychotherapy-researchers have discovered that “mental health” and relationship health may indeed hinge on this ability to reflect on one’s own mental state and that of others. In this talk Dr. Usher will explore the neural structures, including mirror neurons, which are key to this process, called mentalizing. He will also explore how attachment relates to mentalizing and how therapists might help their patients/clients enjoy a deeper, more reflective experience. Become a Member  To become an OSPA member, please complete an application and mail to the address provided or e-mail OSPA Contact US  Mailing address: Oregon Speech Pathology Academy PO Box 3343 Portland, OR 97208 Meeting address: Rehabilitation Institute of Oregon 5th floor of Good Samaritan Hospital 1015 NW 22nd Ave Portland, OR 97210 (map) Email address: ospaslp@yahoo.comHome_files/2010OSPAapplication.docmailto:ospaslp@yahoo.com?subject=2010%20OSPA%20applicationhttp://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Portland&state=OR&address=1015+Nw+22nd+Avenue&zipcode=97210mailto:ospaslp@yahoo.comHome_files/OSPAapplication.docshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3

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