Susan Durnford

Retired Lecturer, Speech Language Pathology and Audiology

Scholarship: Regional, National and International Presentations

Refereed National and International Conference Presentations:

Hajjar, D., Elich Monroe, J. & Durnford, S. (2019, November).   Interprofessional Practice and Education: Perspectives from Speech-Language Pathology and Recreational Therapy. Poster presented at the 2019 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Orlando, FL.

Elich Monroe, J. & Durnford, S. (2019, September). Bridging the Gap: Facilitating Clinical Independence for Current Students and New Hires in Recreation Therapy. Proposal accepted as a seminar for the American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA) Annual Conference, Reno, NV.  Content then recorded as an asynchronous webinar for ATRA.

Adler, A. & Durnford, S. (2019, April-May). Exploring and Understanding Deaf Culture.  Poster presented at the New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference, Albany, NY. 

Jana Waller MS, CCC-SLP, Susan Durnford MS, CCC-SLP, Laura Gras, PT, DPT, DSc, GCS, Janice Elich Monroe, Ph.D., CTRS,  Jessica Valdez Taves, MSOTR/L, Samantha Brown, PT, DPT GCS, Sarah Fishel, PT, DPT, NCS, Kayleigh Plumeau, PT, DPT. (2018, November).  An Interprofessional Education (IPE) Initiative: Preparing Students for Interprofessional Practice through a Collaborative Case-Based Model. Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA. 

Gras, S., Brown, S., Durnford, S., Fishel, S., Monroe, J., Plumeau, K., & Valdez-Taves, J. (2018, October). The impact of a one-time interprofessional education event for rehabilitation after stroke for students in the health professions.  2018 Educational Leadership Conference, Jacksonville, FL.  (Proposal Accepted)

Durnford, S. (2018, March).  Tell Me A Story!  The Power of Using Stories with Adult Clients.  Seminar presented at the Utah Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT.

Durnford, S. & Monroe, J. (2015, September). Storytelling as Therapy: Interdisciplinary Possibilities for Recreational Therapy (RT) and Speech-Language Pathology (SLPA) with Geriatric Populations. Seminar presented at the American Therapeutic Recreation Association Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

Monroe, J. & Durnford, S. (2015, September). The BREATH Pathway: A Recreation/Speech Therapy Intervention That Enhances the Well Being of Stroke Survivors. Seminar presented at the American Therapeutic Recreation Association Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

Durnford, S. (2013, January). Finding One’s Passion: Individual Service Learning Projects.  Workshop presented at the 11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education,  Honolulu, HI.

Durnford, S. (2013, January). Getting Back to the Basics in the 21st Century: College Level Writing.  Poster presented at the 11th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education,  Honolulu, HI.

Durnford, S. (2011, November).  The ABC’s of Getting College Students to Read. Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA.

Cozzolino, M., Monroe, J., Durnford,S., & Gooch,C. (2010, May). Can't we all get along? A look at allied health student perceptions of interdisciplinary cooperation. Seminar presented at the 15th Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapists, Santiago, Chile.

Durnford, S., Monroe, J., Gooch, C., Buckley, E., & Cozzolino, M. (2008, February). An Interdisciplinary Center for Chronic Stroke Clients and Student Training.  Poster presented at the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Baltimore, MD.

Cozzolino, M., Buckley, E., Monroe, J., Gooch, C. , & Durnford, S. (2007, April). Interdiscipinary Pre-Service Use of the Stroke Impact Scale.  Poster presented at the American Occupational Therapy Association, St. Louis, MO.

Monroe, J., Buckley, E., Durnford, S., Gooch, C., & Cozzolino, M. (2006, September). Interdisciplinary Pre-Service Program Outcomes Using the Stroke Impact Scale.  Poster presented at the American Therapeutic Recreation Association Research Institute, Orlando, FL.

Gooch, C., Buckley, E., Cozzolino, M., Monroe, J., & Durnford,S. (2006, March). Interdisciplinary Pre-Service Program Outcomes Use of the Stroke Impact Scale. Poster presented at the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, Chicago, IL.

Durnford, S., Heyne, L., & Dayton, L.  (2005, November).  Geriatric Transdisciplinary Pre-Service Training for Students in Allied Health Care.  Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA.

Durnford, S., Buckley, E., Cozzolino, M.,  Gooch, C., Monroe, J., & Twardowski, D. (2005, November).   Interdisciplinary Pre-Service Program Use of the Stroke Impact Scale.  Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA.

Durnford, S., Gooch, C., Monroe, J., Cozzolino. M., & Beissner, K. (2003, November). An Interdisciplinary Center for Chronic Stroke Clients and Student Training.  Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.

Heyne, L., Durnford, S., & Humphrey, B. (2003, April). Learning to Collaborate: Transdisciplinary Training for Students at an Adult Home.  Seminar presented at the New York State Therapeutic Recreation Conference, Tarrytown, NY.

Monroe, J., Brown, R., Cozzolino, M., Durnford, S., & Gooch, C. (2002, September). An Interdisciplinary Center for Chronic Stroke Clients and Students. Poster presented at the American Therapeutic Recreation Association, Denver, CO.

Heyne, L., Durnford, S., Mattia,J., & Maerz,J.  (2002, November). Project CARE: Transdisciplinary Pre-Service Training. Seminar presented at the 52nd Annual Recreation Conference, SUNY-Cortland, Cortland, NY. 

Brown, R., Monroe, J., Cozzolino, M., Durnford, S., & Gooch, C. (2002, February).  An Interdisciplinary Center for Chronic Stroke Clients and Student Training. Poster presented at the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA.

Heyne, L., Kennison, J., & Durnford, S. (2001, November). Collaborative Models for Therapeutic Recreation Education and Practice. Short-course presented at the National Recreation and Park Association Congress with University of New Hampshire faculty Drs. Lou Powell, Janet Sable, and Stephen Calculator, Denver, CO.

Durnford, S., Heyne, L., & Morin, E. (2000, November). Geriatric Interdisciplinary Training for Future Rural Allied Health Care Professionals. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Washington, D.C. 

Heyne, L., Durnford, S., & Morin, E. (2000, November). Interdisciplinary Geriatric Pre Service Training for Students in Therapeutic Recreation & Speech-Language Pathology. Poster presented at the 53rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C.                          

Krout, J., Pogorzala, C., Durnford, S., Morgan, S., & Jacobs, L. (2000, October). The Successes and Challenges of Intergenerational Programming Between a College and an Adult Residential Facility. Symposium presented at the State Society on Aging of New York, Albany, NY.

Durnford, S., Ahmad, A., & Stark, S. (1997, October). The Communication Enhancement Model: An Approach For Pre-Service Training Of Allied Health Care Professionals Working With Older Adults. Poster presented at the State Society on Aging of New York, Albany, NY.

Durnford, S., Frey, H., Hazan, J., & Hoffman, A. (1994, November). A Diagnostic Tutorial and Test Referencing System. Microcomputer poster session at the Annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Sanford, M., Cecconi, C., Durnford, S., & Begley, E. (1994, November). Clinical Intervention Across Diverse Contexts: An Integrative and Multidimensional Approach.  Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Bolded names indicate mentorship of undergraduate or graduate student scholarship at a national or regional conference.