Have you ever wondered how to focus aphasia therapy and set reasonable goals when treatment time is limited? This course will provide evidence-based guidance on goal-setting and treatment selection for aphasia with examples from time-limited situations.

This course will discuss the importance of stressing academic language in addition to phonological awareness when preparing preschoolers with language impairments for later reading development. The purpose of academic language, its components, importance to later reading comprehension, development progression, typical cultural variation in preschoolers’ exposure to it, and ideas for teaching it will be included.

This course will describe the need for alternative management methods for community-dwelling individuals living with dementia, including creative quality of life approaches. Focus will be on the increasing research interest in music-based interventions to maintain and enhance function in daily settings.

This course will provide an overview of selective mutism, including causes, characteristics, and history, as well as components of assessment and diagnosis. It will discuss steps in intervention and treatment considerations such as promoting generalization and involving parents and other professionals.

This course will review key information needed to provide services to diverse populations. Information will include the importance of self-reflective practices to address our cultural knowledge and understanding, best practices for use of interpreters, use of appropriate methods in assessment and treatments, and important professional issues related to working effectively with this population.

This course provides an overview of pediatric dysphagia, with a specific focus on the role of the speech-language pathologist in the assessment and treatment of infants and children with dysphagia. Clinical protocols for clinical and instrumental assessments are reviewed and options for treatment interventions are summarized.

This course addresses key issues in the treatment of early childhood stuttering, with a focus on less-direct and more-direct treatment approaches. The course will discuss ways that clinicians can draw upon various approaches to develop individualized treatment so that each child’s and family’s individual needs are addressed.

This course provides the practicing speech-language pathologist with information on special considerations in the treatment of children with voice disorders. The various causes of voice disorders are discussed as well as the treatment of specific types of disorders.

Early literacy experiences are critical for the development of oral language and later academic success. This course explores why & how early intervention providers in all disciplines need to facilitate these experiences by incorporating literacy into their therapy.

This course offers an overview of issues related to assessment and intervention of speech sound disorders (SSD) in children, including the articulation-phonology distinction, interpretation of speech acquisition norms, and the Phonological Intervention Taxonomy. It will also discuss using parents as therapy extenders and the impact of SSD on children’s activities and participation.