Twenty-five years after its foundation, the Philippine Association of Speech Pathologists (PASP) organized its first-ever 2-day convention last July 23-24, 2016 at the SMX Convention Center in SM Aura, Taguig. All the faculty members of the UST College of Rehabilitation Sciences (CRS) 鈥� Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) Department joined in the said event as speakers, organizing committee members or participants.
Entitled 鈥淏eyond Borders: Global Trends 鈥� Local Relevance,鈥� the convention boasted of international and local speakers, including the UST-CRS SLP Department Chair Asst. Prof. Ma. Georgina D. Mojica, who presented 鈥� Policies affecting the SLP professions鈥�; Lecturers Ms. Judith A. Damian on 鈥淰FSS: The Road to Standardization鈥�, and Ms. Carla A. Cuadro presenting 鈥淲orking on Working Memory: Mediating Meaning in Cognitive Intervention.鈥� Another member of the faculty, Mr. Jay Katalbas was the head of the Awards and Recognition Committee and the Technical Committee.
The UST CRS has graduated three batches of Thomasian SLPs since 2014. The alumni were likewise in attendance, and some even presented their undergraduate studies in the scientific poster sessions.
Capping the convention is a gala night, whose highlight was the awarding of the 鈥極utstanding Service Award鈥� that recognized the outstanding and exemplary service on behalf of and for the Association. Of the five awardees, two were faculty members of UST-CRS: Ma. Cynthia Rodriguez-Quiason and Ma. Georgina Mojica.
