The Eleanor M. Saffran Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience of Rehabilitation of Communication Disorders

传播科学和其他卫生专业的有效循证临床实践需要 从基础科学到临床实践的几个发展阶段。首先，临床研究， 诊断和治疗方法依赖于良好的理论基础。康复方法 在临床研究中产生的，然后需要进一步转化为一种形式， 在临床或学校环境中实施。知识转化为临床实践的过程面临着 几个挑战，其中最明显的是实验室设置之间的实际差异， 制定干预措施并在临床环境中实施。本次会议涉及两个 实现真正的循证医学实践的其他挑战：（1）对临床从业人员进行关于进步的教育 在理论和经验支持的康复方法和（2）研究人员之间的沟通 和临床实践者，以更好地实现临床研究付诸实践。11年来， Eleanor M.认知神经科学与沟通障碍康复会议 提供了一个论坛，其中研究人员在基础和应用面向病人的研究，临床医生， 对语言和其他认知障碍有共同兴趣的学术教师和学生可以分享 知识和技能的翻译'差距'的每一方。本次为期两天的年会聚焦于一个 与特定语言障碍相关的主题（例如，句子处理障碍）或更广泛的主题， 康复研究（例如，结果测量）。第一天包括关于当前理论的平台文件， 康复研究中出现的实践。这一天包括充分的时间进行讨论之间的 演讲者和听众，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，他们在认知方面有着共同的兴趣， 沟通障碍及其康复的神经科学。第二天是一个工作坊， 临床医生和研究人员的论坛，以解决翻译实验室涉及的实际考虑 制定诊断和治疗方案，以临床实践。会议的这一组成部分是独一无二的 并为研究人员和临床医生提供了一个真实的机会， 翻译/执行过程。本次会议的第三个重要挑战是履行其使命， 本次会议为学生提供的教育机会。我们以两种方式应对这一挑战。 首先，所有学术水平的学生（本科到博士后）都可以免费参加会议。 第二，有十个竞争性的学生学者旅行奖给予学生在博士或博士后 水平该奖项包括旅行，住宿，酒店，并有机会在海报上展示他们的研究 会议的第一天。该计划已被证明是非常成功的， 获奖者来自全国各地和世界各地。

Effective evidence-based clinical practice in the communication sciences and other health professions requires several stages of development from basic science to clinical practice. First, clinical research that generates diagnostic and treatment approaches depends on a sound theoretical foundation. The rehabilitation methods that are generated in clinical research then need to be further translated to a form that facilitates effective implementation in clinical or school settings. The process of knowledge translation to clinical practice faces several challenges, the most obvious of which is the practical differences between laboratory settings where interventions are developed and clinical settings where they are implemented. This conference addresses two other challenges to achieving true evidence based practice: (1) education of clinical practitioners about advances in theoretically and empirically supported rehabilitation methods and (2) communication between researchers and clinical practitioners to better effect implementation of clinical research into practice. For eleven years, the Eleanor M. Saffran Conference on the Cognitive Neuroscience and Rehabilitation of Communication Disorders has provided 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 annual two-day conference focuses on a single topic relating to a specific language disorder (e.g., sentence processing disorders) or to a more general topic in rehabilitation research (e.g., outcome measures). The first day includes platform papers on current theories and practices emerging from rehabilitation research. The day includes ample time for discussion between the presenters and the audience which includes speech/language pathologists, neuropsychologists, psychologists, neurologists, linguists and students from these various disciplines, who share a common interest in cognitive neuroscience of communication disorders and their rehabilitation. The second day is a workshop that provides a forum for clinicians and researchers to address the practical considerations involved in translating laboratory developed diagnostic and treatment protocols to clinical practice. This component of the conference is unique and provides a real opportunity for researchers and clinicians to participate together in the translation/implementation process. A third important challenge of this conference is to fulfill its mission to extend the educational opportunities that this conference provides to students. We address this challenge in two ways. First, students at all academic levels (undergraduate to post-doctoral) can attend the conference for free. Second, there are ten competitive student scholar travel awards given to students at the doctoral or post-doctoral level. The award includes travel, accommodations, hotel, and a chance to present their research in a poster session on the first day of the conference. This program has been proved to be enormously successful, with awardees coming from across the nation and worldwide.