SCHEDULE.
DAY 1 - Thursday 1st September 2016
​08:30-09:00 EVENT REGISTRATION
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​09:00 - 09:15 OPENING SPEECH
Billy Martin
09:15 - 10:15 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT APD?
Wayne Wilson
​10:45 - 11:30 DOES APD EXIST?
Wayne Wilson
​10:15 - 10:45 TEA BREAK
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​11:30 - 12:30 HOW DO WE DIAGNOSE APD AND IS THE EFFORT WORTH IT?
Wayne Wilson
​12:30 - 13:00 GROUP DISCUSSION : SHARING OF EXPERIENCE BY PARTICIPANTS
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​13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
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​14:00 - 14:30 APD AND ITS COMORBIDITY
Jenny Loo
​14:30 - 15:15 THE ROLE OF SPEECH LANGUAGE THERAPIST IN THE ASSESSMENT OF APD: WHAT IS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT (SLI)?
Naomi Wong
​15:15 - 15:30 TEA BREAK
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​15:30 - 16:15 INTERPRETING THE IQ TEST
Jessie Ooh
​16:15 - 17:00 WHAT APPROACH DO WE USE FOR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS?
Suzanne Purdy
​17:00 - 17:30 SUMMARY
Jenny Loo
DAY 2 - Friday 2nd September 2016
​08:30-08:45 EVENT REGISTRATION
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​08:45 - 09:30 WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES OF APD TESTING IN SINGAPORE?
Jenny Loo
09:30 - 09:45 THE LOCAL INSIGHT: EVIDENCE - BASED STUDY #1
"ADAPTING THE COMPETING SENTENCES TEST TO THE SINGAPORE POPULATION USING DIOTIC PRESENTATION - A PILOT STUDY"
Maureen Ding
​09:45 - 10:00 TEA BREAK
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​10:00 - 11:00 APD TEST BATTERY : THE SINGAPORE FOCUS
Kek Tze Ling
​11:00 - 11:15 THE LOCAL INSIGHT : EVIDENCE - BASED STUDY #2
"GAP-IN-NOISE TEST VS RANDOM GAP DETECTION TEST"
Chin Ee Ling
​11:15 - 12:15 HOW CAN WE HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH APD?
Suzanne Purdy
​12:15 - 13:15 LUNCH BREAK
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​13:15 - 14:00 MIND THE GAP : MANAGING APD IN THE ABSENSE OF A "GOLD" STANDARD
(THE NUH EXPERIENCE)
Fang Yin Low
​14:00 - 15:00 CASE STUDIES : DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
Panel Discussion
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​15:00 - 15:15 TEA BREAK
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​15:15 - 16:00 HOW DO WE MAKE USE OF TECHNOLOGY TO HELP INDIVIDUALS WITH APD?
Neeraj Kumar
​16:00 - 16:45 WHAT ARE THE FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR APD ?
Suzanne Purdy
​16:45 - 17:30 HANDS - ON SESSION
Tan Kah Yee
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