Honors of the Association

Honors of the Association:
Maureen Staskowski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow

Congratulations to Maureen Staskowski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, who received MSHA Honors of the Association 2015.  Maureen Staskowski isthe Consultant for Speech, Language, and Literacy at Macomb Intermediate School District.  She is one of the truly influential speech-language pathology professionals in the state whose leadership has resulted in resources that have helped to define practices that changed Federal laws, state rules, SLPs’ scope of practice, and understandings in the field of speech-language pathology.    She has been called the “consummate clinician.”
(Pictured here with husband Darryl)

  Maureen served MSHA as President in 2009, and has also served as VP for Public Schools, VP for Continuing Professional Development, and has been a frequent contributer to MSHA conferences as a presenter.  She was instrumental in the pursuit of licensure for our state, and she spent many hours preparing and providing testimony to our legislators. One of Maureen's greatest accomplishment for our profession - and to MSHA - was her leadership and skills to produce and edit an exemplary document entitled  Michigan’s Speech and Language Guidelines and Suggestions for Eligibility, Service Delivery, and Exit Criteria.

Congratulations Maureen on this well-deserved recognition and thank you for your inspirational leadership of MSHA.


Distinguished Service Award:
Fran Eldis, Ph.D., CCC-A/SLP, ASHA Fellow

Though she has received many awards in her illustrious career, Fran Eldis is still deserving of further accolades from her colleagues.  And so at the 2015 MSHA Annual Conference,  Fran Eldis, Ph.D., CCC-A/SLP, ASHA Fellow, retired from Children's Hospital of Michigan, and now teaching at Wayne State University, received the MSHA Distinguished Service Award for her continuing contributions to the audiology and speech-language profession.   Fran has always been a big supporter of MSHA and ASHA, and has served both in many capacities.  She was also one of the founding members of the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation.  

Congratulations to Fran on this well-deserved recognition and thank you for your unending support of MSHA!






MSHA Healthcare Committee Outstanding Clinican Award:


Elwood Anderson, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, Practice of Speech Pathology of Alpena

Dr. Anderson’s long and storied 62 year career reaches back to the Detroit Public Schools in the 1950’s. After leaving the Detroit metropolitan area, he worked in the Alpena Public Schools.  For over the last 25 years, he has been in private practice providing service to a variety of health care organizations in the Alpena area, including the District Health Department No. 4 and Medilodge of Hillman who nominated him for this award.  

The letters of nomination all spoke to Dr. Anderson’s passion for his work and his patients.  His dedication to expand his knowledge of treatment techniques is well recognized by his colleagues.  He was lauded for his creativity in using a “combination of traditional medically accepted treatments” and his willingness to research more “innovative methods”.  

In our interviews, colleagues, staff, and families frequently remarked on the progress and positive impact he had on patients.  His services are sought out and specifically requested.   He has earned both patient and family trust with his caring, patience and gentle sense of humor.  His dedication to his patients is exemplified by his provision of pro bono services.   We were able to see that he is indeed beloved by many.  The nominations also noted his advocacy of Speech-Language Pathology as a profession and the encouragement he provided to others to return to college and consider a career in his beloved profession.  He is known for freely sharing his knowledge and expertise to area SLPs and other professionals.  

Congratulations to Elwood Anderson, one of Michigan’s outstanding clinicians!

MSHA Student Scholarship Award:

 Emmylou Garza-Prisby, MSHA Program Chair and Arica Altobello at the 2015 MSHA Conference

Arica Altobello, B.A., Graduate Student at Western Michigan University is a first year graduate student in Speech-Language Pathology.  She has an B.S. degree in Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences from Northern Michigan University.  She expects to graduate in May of 2016 with her Master's Degree and would like to work in a pediatric hospital with a goal of eventually working in a school setting.

 









 L-R Amy Kemp MSHA Scholarship Awardee, Kaitlyn Ayers and Bridget Marie Molnar, MSHF Scholarship Awardeesat the 2015 MSHA Conference

Amy Kemp, B.A., Graduate Student at Michigan State University is a first year graduate student in Communicative Sciences and Disorders. She has a B.A. in Communication from Michigan State University and will complete her Master's Degree in Speech Pathology in May of 2016. Amy is very interested in research and hopes to to utilize research to tailor care and services to her clients.








Student Poster Session Award:

 
Allison Woodberg, B.A., Michigan State University

The Effects of Social Stress on Disfluency and Fundamental Frequency in Speech, Allison Woodberg, B.A., Simone Graetzer, Ph.D., Eric J. Hunter, Ph.Dl, And Pasquale Bottalico, Ph.D. all at Michigan State University