Eleanor M. Saffran Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience and Rehabilitation of Com

描述(申请人提供)：沟通障碍康复研究的最大挑战之一是弥合基础科学和临床实践之间的差距。将理论、基础研究和实验室开发的康复方案转化为临床实践是一个持续的过程，实验室和临床环境之间的实际差异对此提出了挑战。八年来，埃莉诺·M·萨夫拉认知神经科学会议(“萨夫兰会议”)的目标是提供一个论坛，在这个论坛上，以患者为导向的基础和应用研究的研究人员、临床从业者、 对语言和其他认知障碍有共同兴趣的教职员工和学生可以在翻译“鸿沟”的每一边分享知识和技能。这是一个为期一天的会议，包括上午的会议，致力于以患者为中心的主题的理论研究(例如，阅读研究)和下午的会议，致力于该领域的应用研究。下午的会议还包括主持人和听众之间的讨论时间，其中包括言语/语言病理学家、神经心理学家、心理学家、神经学家、语言学家和来自这些不同学科的学生，他们都对沟通障碍及其康复的认知神经科学有共同的兴趣。这些讨论集中在将研究转化为实践的相关问题上。在本次会议的背景下，实施过程有两个重要阶段：(1)提供有关康复研究中出现的当前理论和实践的教育；(2)为临床医生和研究人员提供一个论坛，以解决将实验室开发的诊断和治疗方案转化为临床实践所涉及的实际考虑。这两个阶段进程的教育部分一直是并将继续是萨夫兰会议的重要贡献。为了更好地服务于研究-临床翻译的第二阶段，我们将在本次会议上增加第二天的研讨会，专门讨论(1)在会议上介绍诊断和治疗研究的实施指导，以及(2)从业者和研究人员之间的讨论，重点是为在临床或学校环境中实施研究产生的诊断和治疗方案的困难产生解决方案。这次会议一直受到全国专业人士和学生的欢迎，反馈是积极的。增加第二天的讲习班是对临床医生的反馈的直接回应，临床医生表示需要更直接地指导执行会议上提出的康复方案。在过去的几年里，我们还扩大了我们的努力，让学生参加这次会议，目的是向这些潜在的未来研究人员和实践者灌输一种翻译的‘思维’。作为这一努力的一部分，我们去年增加了一个学生奖学金旅行奖励计划。来自全国各地的学生获得了9个奖项。学生们的反馈非常积极，因此我们计划在未来几年继续这个计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): One of the greatest challenges of research on rehabilitation of communication disorders is bridging the gap between basic science and clinical practice. Translation of theories, basic research and laboratory-developed rehabilitation protocols to clinical practice is an ongoing process which is challenged by practical differences between laboratory and clinical settings. For eight years, the Eleanor M. Saffra Cognitive Neuroscience Conference (the "Saffran Conference") has aimed to provide a forum in which researchers in basic and applied patient-oriented research, clinical practitioners, academic faculty and students with a common interest in language and other cognitive disorders can share knowledge and skills on each side of the translational 'gap'. This is a one-day conference that includes a morning session devoted to theoretical research in a patient- oriented topic (e.g., reading research) and an afternoon session devoted to applied research in this same area. The afternoon session also includes time for discussion between the presenters and the audience, which includes speech/language pathologists, neuropsychologists, psychologists, neurologists, linguists and students from these various disciplines, all of whom share a common interest in cognitive neuroscience of communication disorders and their rehabilitation. These discussions focus on issues relating to translation of the research to practice. There are two important stages to the implementation process that can be achieved in the context of this conference: (1) Providing education about current theories and practices that are emerging from rehabilitation research and (2) Providing a forum for clinicians and researchers to address the practical considerations involved in translating laboratory developed diagnostic and treatment protocols to clinicl practice. The educational component of this two stage process has been and will continue to be an important contribution of the Saffran conference. To better serve the second stage of research-clinic translation, we are adding a second day to this conference, a workshop devoted to (1) instruction in implementation of diagnostic and treatment research presented at the conference and (2) discussions between practitioners and researchers that focus on generating solutions to difficulties in implementing research generated diagnostic and treatment protocols in a clinical or school setting. This conference is consistently wel-attended by professionals and students nationwide and the feedback has been positive. The addition of the second-day workshop is in direct response to feedback from clinicians expressing a need for more direct instruction in implementing the rehabilitaton protocols presented in the conference. In the past few years, we also have expanded our efforts to include students in this conference with the aim of instilling a translational 'mindset'in these potential researchers and practitioners of the future. As part of this effort, we added a student scholar travel award program last year. Nine awards were made to students from around the country. The feedback from students was very positive, and so we plan to continue this program in the coming years.