It is almost April. Our annual spring conference was a success.
The speakers were well received. Thank you to all who bought
raffle tickets and helped raise money for the Patricia Stephens
Scholarship Fund. Thanks you to the conference committee Gail
Robinson, Alan Gravell, Peter Erklauer and a special thanks to
Dora Arsenault, office manager. Thank you to our vendors and
to the Schools Committee for donating our beautiful baskets.
We will review the results of the CE survey to help us plan for
next year's conference.
The Executive Board will be meeting on April
8, 2013 from 6-8
pm at CBS Therapy. We are currently looking for a Program Committee
chairperson, a Scholarship chairperson and a President-elect.
(The President-elect position is an elected position and the
nominating committee is responsible for nominations). If you
are interested in
helping out, please contact Dora Arsenault,
RISHA office manager at doraclay1@verizon.net .
The RISHA SCHOOLS COMMITTEE will meet on
April
23, 2013 & May
from 4:30-6:30 pm
at the North Kingstown Library.
Please
RSVP if you'd like to attend to
Keleigh Sabourin at kelsab1@aol.com .
BHSM at the RI STATE HOUSE has been changed to
Thursday May
16, 2013 from 2-4 pm outside the Senate chambers.
This is
also the day of the Hearing Loss Awareness Expo at the Atrium
at the Department of Administration from 11 am- 3 pm & 6-8
pm.
Please contact Ellen Connery if you are interested in having
a
display at the RI State House ellenconnery@verizon.net .
CONGRATULATIONS to our 2013-2014 SPEECH/LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
OF THE YEAR KATHY LAKE!

Alan Gravell and Ellen Connery share a moment with Kathy Lake
who was named the Speech-Language Pathologist of 2013 by the
Rhode Island Department of Education at RISHA's Annual Conference
in March.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP WINNER KRISTEN TROY FROM
URI!
Please contact us if you have suggestions, questions or concerns.
( doraclay1@verizon.net )
Please read our newsletter posted online!