Articulation, Phonology, And Speech Sound Disorders CEU Courses for SLPs

Due to speech-language pathologist shortages and more diverse caseloads, monolingual SLPs are increasingly being asked to serve multilingual pediatric populations. Practical resources for conducting a comprehensive evaluation and use of the resulting information to differentiate communication differences and disorders are described in this course. Common questions and challenges, such as use of interpreters, are also discussed.

How to distinguish obligatory distortions from compensatory productions, apply sensory feedback techniques, and use effective placement strategies for correction of speech sound errors (i.e., lateral lisp and distortion of /ɚ/ and /r/) are described in this course. Motor learning and motor memory principles are discussed as a framework for achieving carryover after sound acquisition has occurred.

This course, which is based on the textbook Evaluating & Enhancing Children's Phonological Systems: Research & Theory to Practice by Barbara W. Hodson, discusses the knowledge and skills needed to plan and implement evaluation and optimal treatment for children with highly unintelligible speech. Topics also include phonological development/acquisition and current challenges in this area of our field.

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Speech-language pathologists see children with a variety of communication disorders, often with co-morbid issues such as sensory processing disorder (SPD) and regulatory challenges. The impact of SPD and regulatory difficulties on speech/language skills is discussed, and strategies that support each sensory system in order to coregulate with children during therapy are provided.

Master skills to implement in your practice immediately with continued Master Class. This four-hour course describes the components of motor planning and the areas of impact. Assessment, strategies for supporting clients with motor planning challenges, and tips for discussing praxis with caregivers are also addressed.

Utilizing a bilingual framework, this course explores the implementation of a Cycles Approach for highly unintelligible bilingual (Spanish-English) speakers as well as speakers of several other languages. Topics include critical components of a bilingual approach, treatment targets for Spanish-English and multilingual speakers, and strategies for working with multilingual families.

This course provides an overview of the Cycles Phonological Remediation Approach for children with highly unintelligible speech. Discussion includes selection of optimal phonological patterns and targets, implementation and consideration of both a traditional and modified Cycles Approach, and group therapy strategies.

The critical importance of phonemic awareness, especially for children with a history of speech and/or language delays, is discussed in this Fast Class. A variety of assessment and intervention activities to improve phonemic awareness are described.

This 30-minute Fast Class describes the most important method for eliciting /r/, discusses the fastest way to generalize /r/ and achieve automaticity, and explores several troubleshooting strategies. While there is much more to know about /r/, this is the “quick and dirty" version to achieve success.

There is a good deal of confusion among audiologists and speech-language pathologists when a diagnosis of “processing disorder” is introduced. This course presents a continuum model to differentiate processing disorders into acoustic, phonemic, or linguistic aspects so that assessment and treatment can become more focused and effective. The roles of audiologists and SLPs in relation to processing disorders are described, and compensatory strategies for differing aspects of processing are presented.