Nancy McKinley Lecture Series 2014:
Innovations for Ages 3-6
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| Linda Schreiber |
Our 5th annual Nancy McKinley Lecture Series is next week, October 6-10, 2014! This year’s lecture series, Innovations for Ages 3-6, will offer SLPs the opportunity to learn the latest advances for developing speech and language abilities in young children.
We are privileged to continue our partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UWEC) to honor the legacy of Nancy McKinley, who dedicated her life to teaching individuals with language disorders. Nancy’s life-long friend and colleague, Linda Schreiber, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-L, joins us as our Guest Editor for this dynamic series.
Schedule of Events:
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Monday, October 6: Read with Me! Engaging Parents as Partners in Early Literacy Development
Presenter: Shari Robertson, PhD, CCC-SLP
Participants in this course will be introduced to six interactive reading strategies that parents can use to support early language and literacy development through shared reading. Appropriate books for use with each strategy will be demonstrated and a family reading book list will be shared.
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Tuesday, October 7: Private Practice Serving Ages 3-6
Presenter: Rebecca Jarzynski, MS, CCC-SLP
This course will explore various aspects of creating and maintaining a private practice that serves preschool children. Topics covered will include: business planning, marketing, documentation, billing, HIPAA compliance, and networking.
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Wednesday, October 8: Developing Phonological Awareness in Preschool Children: Why and How
Presenter: Froma Roth, PhD, CCC-SLP
Evidence-based information will be presented related to the critical developmental link between metaphonology and literacy. Developmental considerations will inform a description of key parameters of phonological awareness instruction, effective strategies for young learners, and examples of instructional sequences for advancing the metaphonological abilities of preschool children.
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Thursday, October 9: Play-based Activities for Phonological Development
Presenters: Rae Cuda, MA, CCC-SLP & Sarah Willard, MS, CCC-SLP
This presentation will address simple ways to create engaging activities that address stimulus/response along with other developing language skills, early literacy skills, general knowledge, vocabulary enhancement and early academic skills.
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Friday, October 10: Mobile Device (iPad®) Applications to Support Ages 3-6
Presenter: Angela Sterling-Orth, MS, CCC-SLP
This course will frame mobile device use around critical concepts of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). A handful of must-have Apps that maximize UDL when working with early childhood populations and their families will be previewed.
These daily, one-hour webinars (12:00-1:00 pm Eastern) are offered for ASHA CEUs through SpeechPathology.com and for university credit through UWEC. Additionally, 10% of each new conference registration will be donated to the Nancy McKinley Scholarship Fund.
Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to learn from the experts! If you are already a subscriber of our CEU professional program, simply log in to your account and register for this virtual conference. If you are not a member - sign up today! This $99 subscription includes this Virtual Conference as well as 400+ online CEU courses currently offered in our SLP online course library.
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Sincerely,
Amy Hansen
