Janey Gleaves, Vanderbilt University
(To see additional photos from this event, please
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All Photos: Jason Galster, Department
of Hearing and Speech Sciences
Vanderbilt University School
of Medicine
 Ill. Bros. Ronald A. Seale, SGC, and
Joseph O. Martin, SGIG in Tenn., in the anechoic chamber of the
new RiteCare center. The anechoic chamber is a research facility
designed to create an echo-less environment for pure-sound research.
Studies in this chamber include the perception of sound in motion,
the perception of sound localization, and other basic research
that can lead to the development of new hearing aid technology.
Arriving from destinations as far away as Alaska,
Hawaii, Japan and Puerto Rico, 240 speech-language professionals,
board members, and Scottish Rite Masons gathered in Nashville,
Tennessee, for the Fifth RiteCare Conference. Held at the Loews
Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel on September 23-25, 2004, the conference
was hosted by the Vanderbilt Scottish Rite Masons Research Institute
for Communi-cation Disorders located at the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson
Center. The Institute is directed by Steven Camarata,
Ph.D., and offers free-of-charge therapy for children who take
part in a variety
of child language research studies. Dr. Camarata and Fred H.
Bess, Ph.D., Director of the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Hearing
and Speech Center, served as Co-Chairs of the conference. Ill.
Joseph O. Martin, Jr., SGIG in Tennessee, served as advisor on
the planning committee.
The theme of the conference was “Service
Rooted in Science: Accurate Diagnosis with Effective Treatment.” The
conference focused on a variety of clinical issues and techniques
that facilitate
improving services for children with speech, language, and learning
problems and the scientific basis of these problems. Opportunities
for administrators and board members to learn how to improve
clinical administration and fund-raising were provided by experts
in their fields.
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| Jeff Black, M.D., and Elizabeth
Cantrill, M.Ed., from the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital,
spoke on the subject of dyslexia training. |
Several nationally renowned speakers highlighted
the conference. Ron Gilliam, Ph.D., from the University of Texas,
presented on
children’s narrative abilities, and Edythe Strand, Ph.D.,
from the Mayo Clinic, presented on diagnosis of childhood apraxia
of speech.
Other presenters included Laura Justice, Ph.D.,
University of Virginia; Christine Dollaghan, Ph.D., University
of Pittsburgh;
Harriet Boone, Ph.D., University of North Carolina; John Riski,
Ph.D., Children’s Health Care, Atlanta; Janet Gooch, Ph.D.,
Truman State University; Linda Larrivee, Ph.D., Worcester State
College; Richard Nickels, J.D., Nashville; and Nancy Minghetti,
M.A., American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation.
Visiting presenters from various Scottish Rite
clinics were Karen Avrit, M.Ed., Jeff Black, M.D., Elizabeth
Cantrill, M.Ed., Gladys
Kolenovsky, M.A., Vernon B. Ingraham, 33°, and Sandy Morrison.
Participants were treated to a Welcome Reception
on the first night of the conference. Another popular activity
on Thursday
afternoon was a tour of the new Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center
which is nearing completion for occupancy early in 2005. Inside
the building, participants toured the 40,000 square foot speech
and language clinic floor which was designed specifically with
the communicatively disordered child in mind.
The many SGIGs attending the conference
were treated to a trip to the research floor including the anechoic
chamber, a specially
constructed facility for psychoacoustic research. Both floors
will house a component of the Scottish Rite Masons Research Institute.
Among the participants who took advantage of the tour were Illustrious
Ronald A. Seale, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Southern Jurisdiction,
and Ill. Joseph O. Martin, SGIG in Tennessee.
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Sovereign Grand
Inspectors General and Officers from the Southern Jurisdiction
at the opening session of the Fifth RiteCare Conference,
Nashville, Tennessee, on September 23, 2004 |
On Friday evening a special dinner dance took
place in the hotel ballroom. With a live Vanderbilt jazz band,
guests enjoyed ballroom
and a variety of other dances. On the dance floor, Joe and Louise
Martin were graceful and flawless dancers, and Sunny Seale, wife
of Ronald Seale, led an enthusiastic group in line dancing. The
event was a total success.
“
We were pleased and honored to host this great conference here
at Vanderbilt,” said Fred Bess. “This venue gave
us an opportunity to learn the most current methods and research
in child language from experts in their fields and to share with
each other our common interests in our profession. We sincerely
hope that our attendees enjoyed their experience in Nashville, ‘Music
City,’ the home of the Tennessee Titans which, by the way,
were staying in the Loews Hotel for the weekend and were spotted
by a number of our group.”
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Janey Gleaves
was Coordinator of Public Relations at the Vanderbilt
Bill Wilkerson Center from 1985 until 1997. She took medical
leave for two years and returned as part-time Activities
Coordinator. A grandmother of two, she knows firsthand
the importance of early intervention and good communication
skills in the lives of young people. Very much interested
in all things musical, Janey also enjoys books and travel
with her husband, Ed, who is the Tennessee State Librarian
and Archivist. Contacts: Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center,
1114 19th Ave., South Nashville, TN 37212; janey.t.gleaves@vanderbilt.edu |
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