It’s that time of year again, time to start planning for the new school year. SpeechPathology.com has some fantastic series and courses that will help you prepare and give you the tools you need to help students succeed.
Clinical Practice A-Z for Severe Phonological Disorders
Learn the latest strategies for effective and efficient intervention of severe phonology disorders in our month-long series, Clinical Practice A-Z for Severe Phonology Disorders. Guest Editor Teresa Farnham, MA, CCC-SLP, along with leading experts Kathleen Fahey, PhD, CCC-SLP and Nancy Creaghead, PhD, CCC-SLP, will review current research, explore assessment practices and procedures, and describe how to analyze phonological errors to determine targets for therapy. Don’t miss this four-week live webinar kicking off on August 6 and continuing throughout the month. Register today!
Play-Based Treatment: Basic Strategies for Exceptional Instruction
Using fun activities in a treatment session is a great way to increase student investment and participation. However, the “fun” must be connected to the targeted skill in a way that will aid in meaningful learning. In the course Play-Based Treatment: Basic Strategies for Exceptional Instruction, Meredith Poore Harold, PhD, CCC-SLP teaches SLPs how to use structured and purposeful play strategies to enhance their therapy sessions for achievement and generalization. If you work with preschool or school-age children, be sure to check out this 3.5 hour course! It’s getting rave reviews from our members:
“Excellent and practical course. The presentation was very thorough and covered all aspects of play-based treatment.”
“...this course was excellent in demonstrating the importance of play-based therapy and gave great ideas on how to approach different issues and use play to target these issues.”
“Great examples of structured play-based therapy. Valuable course with many practical applications.”
RTI and Common Core State Standards
Learn how a Response to Intervention (RTI) model for language in kindergarten and preschool can guide schools to incorporate Common Core Standards in our video course Language RTI & Common Core: Using a Universal Language Benchmarking Process. Presenters Angela Anthony, MA, CCC-SLP and Jennifer Preschern, PhD, CCC-SLP, discuss assessment and intervention at all three tiers of RTI as well as the use of RTI to differentiate English Language Learners (ELL) from children with speech/language impairment.
Adult Speech and Language Disorders
For SLPs who do not work in the schools or with the pediatric population, we have some exciting upcoming webinars for you too. Be sure to register for our two-part series on Treatment of Adult Speech and Language Disorders. Join us August 5 at 4 p.m. EDT for Treatment of Adult Speech and Language Disorders Part 1: Inpatient Perspective. Presenter Alexandra Strouss, MS, CCC-SLP, will discuss inpatient rehabilitation for adults with acquired speech and language disorders.
On August 12 at 4 p.m. EDT we continue this series as Gabrielle Zimmer, MS, CCC-SLP, CBIS, joins us to present: Treatment of Adult Speech and Language Disorders: Outpatient Rehabilitation. This course will address outpatient rehabilitation for adults with acquired speech and language disorders. A review of complex case studies in outpatient rehabilitation, goal writing, and treatment planning for adults will also be discussed.
Finally, if you were unable to attend any of the live webinars in last month’s Rush University series, Diagnosis and Treatment of Complex Cases in Speech-language Pathology, the video courses are now available in our library. Be sure to check out these five outstanding offerings that cover complex cases in speech-language pathology taken from the caseloads of master clinicians and clinical experts from Rush University Medical Center.
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Sincerely,
Amy Hansen
