The 2010 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)
2010 FLA AM Facts
- Total attendees: 108
- first time attendees: 12
- new laryngectomees: 4
- speech evaluation: 8
- financial aid requests: 3
There were over 20 hours of therapy. We had 8 vendors set up, with 1 now show. There were 24 laryngectomees and 61 grad students in attendance.
2011 AM Information
The 2011 annual meeting will again be held in Orlando, FL on September 30th – October 2nd at the Four Points by Sheraton Studio City. Room rates are $85, single to quad occupancy (plus a room tax of 12.5%.). Under normal circumstance they will honor this rate 3 days prior and after the AM.
Our Annual Meeting sessions will include an option to monitor a portion of the Vic Baird Graduate Student Program beginning Friday evening. Florida University graduate students will join the FLA AM on Saturday morning.
Pre-registration is required by September 19, 2011 for early bird discount. Nominal late fees apply after this date. Hotel reservations are also required by September 19, 2011. Call the hotel Reservation at (800) 327-1366 for the “FLA Annual Meeting Rate”. Check-In and late on site reservations will be held in the Universal Pre-Function area. Times will posted at a later date.
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 and PhD and Masters level with more than 100 years of combined experience serving laryngectomees. We continue soliciting first timers offering more free therapy and providing access to limited financial assistance to Florida residents.
The number of grad students will be limited due to the amount of staff available. The 2010 programs were developed to be new, fresh, exciting and beneficial to all. The 2011 AM programs will be of the same quality. Included in the registration fee (lowest of most regional conferences) is admittance to all AM sessions (including the Friday evening graduate students program as a monitor) and admittance to the exhibition room. Bonuses include the Friday evening “Meet and Greet” reception by the pool, mid morning and afternoon refreshments with snack and a complementary light box lunch on Sunday, all complements of the FLA and our wonderful Vendors. Our Saturday evening banquet will feature our usual enormous amount of donated raffle prizes. An excellent Buffet dinner, dinner which includes a carving station. Agenda and registration link is below. Sorry, on-site registration is not available.
Conference Contact:
Ken Taylor, President, FLA
3917 Buttercup Dr
Zephyrhills, FL 33541
Phone: 813-715-4560
Cell: 813-713-0753
Email: taylor02s@aol.com