CSHA District 9
Director: Paul McRae - 2009 - 2011 Paul.McRae@sharp.com
Director-Elect: Sue Moineau - smoineau@csusm.edu
Advisory Committee:
Kathleen Catterall - Hospital - 2009-present
Cathy Brown - Private Practice - 2009-present
Donna Swanson - Parlet Grossmont College - 2005-present
Sara Nelson - Private Practice - 2005-present
Grace McKissick - Bilingual - 2005-present
Toni Cacciatore - Infant/Todder - 2005-present
Brian DeLeon - Hospital - 2005-present
Vacant - Audiology
Vacant - SLPA
Julia O'Brien - Student - 2008-present
Cara Dunahoo
Nominating Committee:
Sue Moineau - Committee Chair - 2009-2011
Robert McKinney - Public School/Bilingual - 2009-2011
Jeanette Soriano - Public School - 2010-2012
Mark Kohout - Adult Hospital - 2010-2012
Members-At-Large:
Marlowe Fischer - CSHA Past President
Kathleen Catterall - Past District 9 Director
Teri "Sam" Swanson
Charlotte Lopes - Past Editor CSHA Magazine, State Nominating Committee
Bob McKinney - Current CSHA Diversity Committee, District 9 Nominating Committee
Jacquline Kreiter-Kotas - Past CSHA Diversity Committee Chair
Commissioner Liasons:
Professional Practices in SLP: Sara Nelson
Education: Grace McKissick
Association Services: Toni Cacciatore
Research Publications and Documents: Cathy Brown
Legislation: Brian DeLeon
NSSHLA Student representative: Vacant
Professional Services for SLP & Audiology: Donna Swanson Parlet
Student Representatives: Julia O'Brien SDSU
SLPA Representative: Vacant
What is District 9?
District 9 is one of ten geographically divided areas of the California Speech and Hearing Association. The district encompasses San Diego County and
Imperial County. The district has approximately 1000 members. Within the district there are two universities with Speech and Language programs
including:
San Diego State University SDSU - www.sdsu.edu
California State University San Marcos CSUSM - www.csusm.edu
(CSUSM has received CAA in candidacy status and will accept their first cohort of students fall semester 2010)
District News
CSHA Convention News 2010 in Monterey:
TCSHA'S Annual State Convention this year was held in Monterey on April 15th thru the 18th 2010. There were over 1400 attendees. The District 9
Awards Ceremony was held on Friday April 16th celebrating four district level award winners including: Kathleen Catterall for Outstanding Achievement, Anna
Wong for Outstanding Service, Liza Blumenfeld for Outstanding Service and Julia O'Brien for Outstanding Student. On Saturday April 16th District 9's very
own Jacqueline Kreiter-Kotas was honored with this year's very prestigious State Diversity Award. Congratulations to all our District 9 awardees!
SAVE THE DATE:
The CSHA 2011 Annual State Convention will be held in Los Angeles at the Millenium Biltmore Hotel on March 24th through the 27th. Information on
speakers and workshop topics to follow.
Continuing Education/Workshops:
Saturday October 23RD 2010- Back by popular demand for the third time will be District 9’s full day six-hour course on Supervision entitled RPE Supervision:
Meeting Their Needs and Yours. The course will be held at Sharp Grossmont Hospital’s new main auditorium and Charlotte Lopes and Kathleen Catterall will be
the speakers. The course will cover a wide variety of topics including SLPAB requirements and forms, ethical considerations, supervisory theories and
facilitating critical thinking and leadership in the supervisee. Please contact Paul McRae at Paul.McRae@sharp.com
if you would like to attend this course.
District 9 is looking into a second workshop for spring 2011 with focus upon interpreting modified barium swallow studies for difficult cases. The workshop
would offer 3.0 CEU credits. I am also currently looking for any suggestions for speakers and topics of interest to the district. Please contact me at
Paul.McRae@sharp.com if you have any suggestions.
SLPA Information:
Lizette Lopez, CSHA’s Northern California SLPA Representative and Dianna Branch, CSHA’s Southern California SLPA Representative have created a Face
Book account to aid in SLPA communication across the state. To find the SLPA Face Book Account type in California SLPA or if you have SLPA questions
contact Dianna Branch at studebakergal@yahoo.com and Lizette Lopez at
lindenlopez@aol.com.
Student Information:
Megan Carey replaced Jesse Cole as the new CSHA Southern Student Representative for the 2010-2012 term. You can contact Megan at
megane.carey@mail.com if you have student questions.
Student Education:
District 9 is planning two student presentations for fall 2010 and spring 2011. We are looking at two topics including dysphagia and speech/language
assessment/treatment. The presentations will be open to SDSU and CSUSM students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, as well as SLPAs and
SLPA students from Grossmont College.
Local Legislative Action:
CSHA Legislative Council: Robert Powell J.D. rpowell@csha.org.
Robert Powel has extended his contract with CSHA for two years through 2012. Robert has also agreed to mentor the new incoming legislative council for
the last six months of his contract. Robert has been working diligently for CSHA members and was instrumental in helping reverse the Blue Cross rate
increases for Speech Language Pathology, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy session reimbursement charges.
Related Organizations:
Medical Speech-Language Pathology Council of California MSCC - www.scmcweb.com
San Diego State University SDSU - www.sdsu.edu
California State University San Marcos CSSM - www.csusm.edu
American Speech And Hearing Association ASHA - www.asha.org
If you have any questions as to what is going on in District 9 or you have any suggestions for future workshops and speakers please email me at
Paul.McRae@sharp.com.
