Many of the assessment instruments we use are norm-referenced tests that are standardized. There are certain statistical properties needed to understand the psychometric criteria of the tests, which is part of being an informed consumer. This course will help SLPs understand fundamental concepts of descriptive statistics so they can interpret test scores correctly and summarize quantitative data about their clients or patients.

This is Part 5 of a five-part series, Current Best Practices in the Evaluation and Management of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS): A Multidimensional Approach. This course will review the evidence showing a relationship between early speech-language disorders such as CAS and later reading and writing difficulties. Intervention for CAS that integrates support for reading and writing skills will be discussed.

This is Part 4 of a five-part series, Current Best Practices in the Evaluation and Management of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS): A Multidimensional Approach. This course will focus on the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) as a support for children with apraxia of speech. Evidence-based treatment techniques with AAC will be described.

This is Part 3 of a five part series, Current Best Practices in the Evaluation and Management of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS): A Multidimensional Approach. Case studies will be used to illustrate several considerations in treatment of school-age children with CAS. Strategies for supporting acquisition of later developing phonemes, increasingly complex phoneme sequences, prosody, and morphology will be addressed.

This course will review the process for designing and implementing clinical simulations to meet the specific goals and objectives of a CSD program. Steps for identifying program needs, selecting assessment and evaluation methods, choosing simulation modalities, and designing simulation events will be analyzed.

This is Part 2 of a five part series, Current Best Practices in the Evaluation and Management of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS): A Multidimensional Approach. This course will cover the foundational principles, method, and evidence to support the Rapid Syllable Transition treatment approach. Variations on this approach will also be discussed.

This is Part 1 of a five part series, Current Best Practices in the Evaluation and Management of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS): A Multidimensional Approach. CAS is a motor speech disorder that challenges many speech language pathologists in terms of how to diagnose it, as well as how to treat it. This course will provide information on the nature of CAS and what to include in the assessment to allow the clinician to be more confident in his/her diagnosis.

This collection of reviews highlights a month of clinically relevant research findings for pediatric and school-based SLPs. Topics include use of biofeedback in articulation intervention, screenings and predictors of social outcomes for children with autism, emergent literacy in children with hearing loss, and grammatical intervention in children with language disorders.

This course will provide up-to-date information on how to assess a child with Selective Mutism. The assessment process is imperative to diagnose Selective Mutism as well as to develop an effective treatment plan.

This course will cover treatment techniques for patients with VCD, including identification of VCD triggers, rescue strategies, and pulmonary function testing, which provides evidence of relief of VCD symptoms post treatment.