SLP Course Details

Course # 5258
Phonetically-consistent Approach to /r/ Remediation

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CEUs/Hours Offered: AG Bell - LSLS/1.0 Domain 3, CE-SPC-13-065; ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0; Kansas DHE, LTS-S1370/1.0


Course Abstract

Frustrated with treating /r/ disorders? This course offers a new and refreshing approach to treat the most difficult of sounds. Backed with extensive research and field testing, a complete phonemic approach to evaluating and treating /r/ is presented based on the 32 different types of/r/. (This presentation will focus on "The Entire World of /r/" products and will not address related products.)
Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

This course was recorded on January 30, 2012

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Course Learning Outcomes

Preview Exam
  • After this course, participants will be able to identify the 8 /r/ controlled vowels.
  • After this course, participants will be able to describe how to phonetically evaluate and treat the various word positions of the 8 /r/ controlled vowels.
  • After this course, participants will be able to state measurable and objective IEP goals for the /r/ phonemes.
  • After this course, participants will be able to describe the differences between visual and non-visual /r/ controlled vowels.
  • After this course, participants will be able to list 3 specific articulation techniques to elicit the /r/ phoneme.

Time-ordered Agenda

0-20 Minutes Introduction and overview
20-40 Minutes Evaluation and treatment
40-55 Minutes Elicitation Techniques and review
55-60 Minutes Conclusion; Q&A

Average Rating (502 Reviews)

Most Recent Comments

Displaying 100 most recent comments out of 502 reviews

Review by: Member on June 17, 2013
It was clear and easy to follow.
Review by: Member on June 17, 2013
Useful information for treatment of a tricky-to-change sound
Review by: Member on June 15, 2013
I could take when I wanted.
Review by: Member on June 12, 2013
clear examplesvideo examples
Review by: Member on June 6, 2013
Excellent clear examples of techniques of principles.
Review by: Member on May 23, 2013
It is great to learn about the specific /r/ sounds and stimulation techniques. The step by step process seems very helpful.
Review by: Member on May 15, 2013
The presenter and examples of student videos.
Review by: Member on May 13, 2013
clearly articulated and useful information
Review by: Member on May 10, 2013
Straightforward presentation with practical examples and references. I enjoyed the video clips of the students- they showed this method really works
Review by: Member on May 8, 2013
This was information I could immediately use in therapy. Very specific and useful.
Review by: Member on May 8, 2013
Information was presented clearly and concisely. The videos and case studies were helpful.
Review by: Member on April 29, 2013
Examples were given in order to promote a good understanding of the content.
Review by: Member on April 28, 2013
The video clips of her clients were great!
Review by: Member on April 25, 2013
Straightforward strategies immedialty applicable to my caseload
Review by: Member on April 10, 2013
Video examples
Review by: Member on April 4, 2013
Was clear and well organized
Review by: Member on March 27, 2013
Clear and simple explanation and rationale for using the approach.
Review by: Member on March 26, 2013
Good treatment ideas. Liked the specific techniques demonstrated in the videos.
Review by: Member on March 22, 2013
Provided insight into how to actually apply the phonemic approach. I am in graduate school and have been struggling with techniques /r/ remediation.
Review by: Member on March 15, 2013
The speaker's experience and expertise were great as well as the video examples.
Review by: Member on March 11, 2013
I never knew there were two tongue placements for the /r/
Review by: Member on March 8, 2013
I currently target /r/ with a 5 year old student and the new approach definitely helps me to reorganize my therapy activities and approach.
Review by: Member on March 6, 2013
It is such a specific and effective way to remediate /r/ that was never taught in school.
Review by: Member on March 1, 2013
The presenter was an expert on the subject.
Review by: Member on February 27, 2013
Videos
Review by: Member on February 23, 2013
indepth description of screening for the /r/ and discussion on various elicitation techniques
Review by: Member on February 22, 2013
clear information
Review by: Member on February 22, 2013
Helpful and practical
Review by: Member on February 19, 2013
a simple and effective treatment approach for a difficult sound to remediate
Review by: Member on February 16, 2013
It provided a way to determine the client's production and a method to use to obtain the best results
Review by: Member on February 11, 2013
Easy to understand; functional information.
Review by: Member on February 9, 2013
Video examples were helpful; detailed descriptions of method.
Review by: Member on February 6, 2013
This helped me to make better sense of the program of Christina's that I already have (inherited) in my therapy room!
Review by: Member on February 3, 2013
Clear, organized, meaningful
Review by: Member on January 26, 2013
I learned a lot that I can apply working with students
Review by: Member on January 25, 2013
Very helpful clinical examples
Review by: Member on January 24, 2013
easy to follow along; great handout; overview of the entire world of /r/
Review by: Member on January 23, 2013
it gave me a better insight on how to treat and focus in on different strategies on taking on the /r/ sound.
Review by: Member on January 22, 2013
It really very good. I learned many strategies and interventions about the /r/ sound.
Review by: Member on January 17, 2013
videos of real life examples
Review by: Member on January 15, 2013
Case Studies, detailed explanation of retracted vs. retroflexed /r/, example screeners/word lists
Review by: Member on January 14, 2013
Very clear and organized presentation. Excellent visuals, examples, and videos.
Review by: Member on January 10, 2013
It provided a more specific, consistent way of treating /r/.
Review by: Member on January 9, 2013
She had a clear outline and followed the outline. She spoke clearly and she clearly understand her material and presented it in a manner that is accessible to school SLPs.
Review by: Member on January 7, 2013
This course was explained well and will be useful in therapy.
Review by: Member on December 30, 2012
I am new to working with kids with articulation errors. R has been very difficult and now I feel like I have a good basis for starting with the kids struggling with the /r/ sounds.
Review by: Member on December 30, 2012
She is an excellent speaker and the info is much needed. This is a very difficult sound to remediate and this approach is successful with kids.
Review by: Member on December 27, 2012
Provided a wonderful new perspective to /r/ therapy
Review by: Member on December 25, 2012
excellent speaker who was informative and easy to follow
Review by: Member on December 20, 2012
The degree of information
Review by: Member on December 11, 2012
Specific information and good examples
Review by: Member on December 8, 2012
Excellent and knowledgeable presenter with unique approach to a most common error that SLP's encounter.
Review by: Member on December 6, 2012
The presenter and the subject
Review by: Member on December 5, 2012
great video examples.
Review by: Member on December 5, 2012
I found a new approach to help a student who was making no progress in therapy!
Review by: Member on December 4, 2012
The course highlighted specifically how to organize evaluation and therapy for students.
Review by: Member on December 4, 2012
Very clear presentation and great use of therapy videos.
Review by: Member on December 2, 2012
very systematic approach that has proven results, encouraging for those "lifers" who are frustrated with speech therapy
Review by: Member on November 30, 2012
Very well organized and practical.
Review by: Member on November 25, 2012
Looking at /r/ phoneticallyAppropriate length to share needed strategies
Review by: Member on November 23, 2012
it was interesting and clearly presented.
Review by: Member on November 17, 2012
An easy to follow layout. The examples were clear and relevant.
Review by: Member on November 15, 2012
Clear explanations
Review by: Member on November 14, 2012
Great examples
Review by: Member on November 12, 2012
I feel as if the course was straight to the point and provided excellent examples and evidence based data to support learning.
Review by: Member on November 11, 2012
The videos were good examples.
Review by: Member on November 9, 2012
providing concrete approaches to remediating /r/
Review by: Member on November 9, 2012
well organized and explained
Review by: Member on November 1, 2012
Easy to use in every day practice
Review by: Member on October 25, 2012
I liked the information in this course. However, I feel like I then had to go and buy her product to implement these treatment strategies. I was hoping for more information I could use now without purchasing a program.
Review by: Member on October 24, 2012
I enjoyed learning more about the phonemic approach vs. the traditional approach to /r/ remediation.
Review by: Member on October 20, 2012
Great examples and videos.
Review by: Member on October 16, 2012
Very easy to follow; video clips were very helpful to understand teaching points; pace of delivery was perfect and the Q&A session at the end was really helpful too!
Review by: Member on October 8, 2012
Good repetition of main points
Review by: Member on October 5, 2012
Videos were helpful.
Review by: Member on October 5, 2012
How applicable it is.
Review by: Member on October 3, 2012
Content, presentation, and video examples. The only thing that didn't make it excellent was that the probe lists, etc., were difficult to read. Perhaps, that was only my computer screen.
Review by: Member on October 2, 2012
This was outstanding. Some novel ideas. Also, teaches one to be extremely consistent and focused on exact targets
Review by: Member on September 30, 2012
Perfectly understand the /r/ and plan on explaining it to a friend as her son is having difficulties.
Review by: Member on September 29, 2012
compared to the first training I took with the presenter. This one was very explanatory and easy to understand. It gave great ideas on eliciting this sound.
Review by: Member on September 27, 2012
The limitation of not having the video/case information that was available in the live course interferes with my benefit. Also, several of the powerpoint slides were impossible to read.
Review by: Member on September 26, 2012
It made me more comfortable with tackling /r/.
Review by: Member on September 26, 2012
Good examples, structured presentation
Review by: Member on September 24, 2012
enjoyed the video examples
Review by: Member on September 22, 2012
The examples used. The breakdown of how to use screening to choose therapy targets. The strategies (coarticulation, whisper) that were shared.
Review by: Member on September 22, 2012
The videos of actual students were very helpful.
Review by: Member on September 21, 2012
good examples, emphasis of phonetically consistent targets
Review by: Member on September 21, 2012
I am very anxious to try this model with my challenging students!!!!
Review by: Member on September 21, 2012
Examples
Review by: Member on September 20, 2012
Her approach makes sense and she explains it very well.
Review by: Member on September 20, 2012
it gave information that i can use in therapy
Review by: Member on September 17, 2012
videos, examples, techniques
Review by: Member on September 11, 2012
A very good program that is systematic, based on best practices and easy to use has been presented very well.
Review by: Member on September 10, 2012
the topic was very interesting and useful. It was explained in a practical and easy to understand manner.
Review by: Member on September 9, 2012
I liked the examples.
Review by: Member on September 8, 2012
Clear and well organized presentation. For me- it offered a new methodical approach for /r/ remediation.
Review by: Member on September 7, 2012
new and different ideas
Review by: Member on August 28, 2012
presenter gave information on the R's and sounds.
Review by: Member on August 25, 2012
Informative and insightful
Review by: Member on August 20, 2012
It is always helpful to learn new teechniques to help elicit /r/ and I have already been using some of this technique in therapy, but will probably rely more heavily on this technique now.

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Course Presenter

christine ristuccia

Christine Ristuccia, M.S., CCC-SLP

Christine Ristuccia, M.S. CCC-SLP, received her Master of Science degree in communicative disorders at the University of Redlands, Redlands, CA and a Bachelor of Science degree in health sciences from San Diego State University. Christine is an experienced school-based speech-language pathologist and most recently worked for Savannah-Chatham County School District, Savannah, Georgia at the preschool and elementary levels. She has worked with a wide range of communicative disorders ranging from preschool to adulthood.

Christine founded Say It Right in 1999. Her phonemic approach to /r/ remediation, The Entire World of R, sets the standard for efficient, successful correction of many articulation errors. Christine is the author of several books and has spoken throughout the United States on articulation disorders in addition to yoga products and cards. 


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Continuing Education Information

CEUs/Hours Offered: AG Bell - LSLS/1.0 Domain 3, CE-SPC-13-065; ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0; Kansas DHE, LTS-S1370/1.0

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AG Bell - Listening and Spoken Language Credential

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional Area)


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Kansas Dept of Health & Environment

Approved for 1 continuing education clock hour(s) for Kansas licensed Speech Pathologists by the Kansas Department of Health andEnvironment. Long-Term Sponsorship number: LTS-S1370.


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