CALL FOR PAPERS

CASLPA Conference 2011
Montreal, Quebec
April 27-30, 2011

Deadline for receipt of all program submissions:
September 15th, 2010

Online Submissions - Call for Papers 2011
Instructions and Conditions

The Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA) 2011 conference will be held in Montreal, Quebec. CASLPA invites program submissions to the annual conference.

Clinicians from all practice settings are encouraged to share their insight, experience, methods and research. CASLPA invites submissions of papers, poster sessions, scientific exhibits, mini-seminars and videotapes. Multidisciplinary presentations will be considered. Sessions will be scheduled daily from April 27-30, 2011.

SESSION TYPES

Paper Presentations: A paper presentation should be based on current research that has not been published, clinical experience, or case studies (45 minutes in duration).

Mini-seminars: These sessions are designed to provide opportunity for interactive discussion of clinical practice and professional issues (90 minutes in duration).

Poster Sessions: Poster presentations should stand alone in conveying information. Each display should contain title and author(s), statement of purpose, methodology, results and conclusions. Posters must be in landscape format, no larger than 2.4 m x 1.2 m. Authors are required to be present at designated times to respond to questions and discussion.

Scientific Exhibits: These sessions will be incorporated with the poster presentations. Exhibitors are required to be present at designated times to describe and discuss the exhibit. A table of approximately 1.8 m x .75 m and a poster board of approximately 2.4 m x1.2 m will be available. Exhibitors are responsible for providing all equipment that will be required.

DVD Presentations: DVDs may be presented on clinical topics, case studies, agencies, therapy procedures or other topics.

THEMES

• Clinical Practice in Multilingual Contexts
• Partnerships with First Nations Communities
• Neuroplasticity in Research and Practice
• New Technologies in Audiology Practice
• Other

INSTRUCTIONS AND CONDITIONS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF PAPERS, COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTERS

1. The paper must not have been presented or published before the date of the conference.
   
   
2. Acceptance of an abstract for a presentation is conditional upon payment of the conference registration fee. It is not necessary to send the registration fee with the abstract; it should be sent later with the registration form.
   
   
3. All contributed paper and poster presenters are expected to register and pay registration fees for the conference. Those not registering for the conference will have their presentation removed from the conference program.
   
   
4. Submissions must be submitted online and be accompanied by an abstract and a summary. The abstract must not exceed 50 words. The summary should not exceed 400 words. Abstracts and summaries may be submitted in either English or French.
   
   
5. Proposals which are incomplete or do not follow the format and length prescribed will be rejected.
   
   
6. Abstracts from the annual conference will be published in the spring 2011 issue of CJSLPA.
   
   
7. All submissions will be peer reviewed and rated according to :
   
   A. quality
   B. innovation
   C. appropriateness to other accepted papers and speakers
   D. appropriateness to the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology
   E. relevance to conference themes.
   
   
8. CASLPA may record these programs and make these audio/video recording or edited transcriptions available either free of charge or for sale. Submitters are required to provide CASLPA with permission to record, edit, transcribe, archive, duplicate, distribute, reproduce and/or sell any written or visual materials submitted in connection with these presentations.
   
   
9. Only proposals received in by September 15th, 2010, will be considered. It is estimated that the designated author will be informed of the status of the proposal by November 2011.
   
   
10. Consider carefully prior to submission that you are committed to presenting at the conference should your paper be selected.

INSTRUCTIONS

Online Submissions - Call for Papers 2011