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Language and Literacy Concerns in School-Age Children with ASD

Course: #5942Level: Introductory 1 Hour 51 Reviews

Children with autism who have acquired basic communicative skills continue to present with language and literacy deficits that negatively impact their ability to learn. We will identify important language and literacy skills to evaluate and treat this population, and discuss strategies for doing so.

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Learning Outcomes

  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to list three language deficits that negatively impact learning in school-agers with ASD.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to list three literacy deficits that negatively impact learning in school-agers with ASD.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to describe three ways of assessing language deficits in this population and monitoring progress in therapy.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to describe two ways of assessing literacy deficits in this population and monitoring progress in therapy.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to describe two intervention strategies that address language-based learning issues in this population.

Agenda

0-10 Minutes Description of language and literacy concerns in ASD
10-30 Minutes Assessment of language and literacy abilities
30-55 Minutes Intervention for language and literacy deficits
55-60 Minutes Conclusions; Q&A

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

Introductory Level
0.1 ASHA CEUs


Kansas Dept for Aging and Disability Services

Approved for 1 continuing education clock hour(s) for Kansas licensed Speech Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. Long-Term Sponsorship number: LTS-S1370.

California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board: SpeechPathology.com is approved by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board as a Continuing Professional Development Provider, approval number PDP 268. This course may meet the requirements for 1 hours of continuing education credit for SLPs as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board. The responsibility for determining whether or not this specific course counts toward an individual's requirements for license renewal is up to the individual. Please refer to the CA state board rules regarding allowable topics and self-study limits: http://www.speechandhearing.ca.gov/licensees/ce_req.shtml. Live webinars on SpeechPathology.com do not count as self-study courses toward California professional development requirements.


Speech-Language and Audiology Canada

Speech-Language and Audiology Canada

Clinically certified members of Speech-Language and Audiology Canada (SAC) can accumulate continuing education equivalents (CEEs) for their participation with SpeechPathology.com. One hour of coursework equals 1 CEE. All SAC members are encouraged to participate in on-going education.


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