» 2012 Annual Meeting Registration
» 2012 Vic Baird Graduate Program Registration
The 2011 FLA AM and Vic Baird Graduate Program were held at the Four Points by Sheraton Studio City in Orlando Florida. (Four Points by Sheratron: Studio City in Orlando, FL)
2011 FLA AM Facts
- Total attendees: 113
- first time attendees: 8
- new laryngectomees: 5
- speech evaluations: 3 speech interventions
- financial aid requests: 3 (2 approved)
- vic barid grad students: 64
We did 3 speech intervention time slots for 1 hour each. During each of these sessions we had 7-10 small groups going with at least one laryngectomee in each group (most groups had 2 laryngectomees). 30-40 hours of tome was spent on these sessions. There were 7 vendors and 1 sponsor displaying their products and services.
2012 AM Information
The 2012 Annual Meeting will again be held in Orlando, Florida but at a new location. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the FLA, the location will be at the Holiday Inn-In the Walt Disney World Resort. The hotel will assist you in planning a vacation around the AM. The dates of AM are September 27th-30th. Room rates are $85, single to quad occupancy (plus a room tax of 12.5%). Under normal circumstances the hotel will honor this rate 3 prior and 3 after the AM. Reservations can be made directly to the hotel by calling 1-877-394-5765 and referring to the group code “FLL”. The 60th anniversary celebration will be at the AM. Pre-registration is required by September 19, 2012. Check-in and late registration will be held in the pre-function area of the hotel. Times will be posted at a later date in the FLA Newsletter.
Included with the registration fee are free individual speech evaluations and therapy with more speech sessions. These will be observed by the graduate students as training aids. Our faculty and staff will consist of veteran speech pathologists with PhD and Masters level educations with more than 100 years of combined experience serving larongectomees. We continue seeking first timers offering more free therapy and providing access to limited financial assistance to Florida residents only.
If anyone has articles or pictures from the early FLA AM’s, we would like to use them in our 60th anniversary celebration. Please send these items to Bob Smiley, 6405 Dallas Ave, Port St John, FL 32927. Be sure to indicate the year of the pictures you are sending. You can reach Bob by phone at (321) 536-0831 or via email by clicking here.
Additionally, if anyone has information or suggestions for the upcoming celebration, feel free to contact Bob. The Holiday Inn is also going to help us celebrate.
The number of grad students will be limited to the first 60 applicants due to the amount of staff available. The 2012 programs will be new, fresh, exciting and beneficial to all thanks to our Education Director, Dr Jeff Searl. Included in the registration fee is the admittance to the vendor display area. Bonuses include the Friday evening free "Meet & Greet" reception by the pool with a cash bar, mid morning and afternoon refreshment breaks with snacks, a complemtary box lunch on Sunday at the business meeting and election of officers for the 2013-2014 years. This is all made possible by our wonderful vendors. The Saturday evening banquet will have a buffet dinner, silent auction, raffles and presentations.
Conference Contact:
Kenneth Taylor, President
3917 Buttercup Dr.
Zephyrhills, FL 33541
Phone: (813) 715-4560
Mobile: (813) 713-0753
E-mail: Send Message.