The Effects of Trauma on Communication in Forced Migrant Minors

This is Part 2 of the five-part series, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE): The Effects of Childhood Trauma on Communication. This course will focus on how children of forced migrant families are often traumatized during the migration process and while settling into a new cultural and linguistic environment. Various scenarios and a conceptual framework for how speech-language pathologists can intervene with these children will be discussed. This course is presented in partnership with the American Board of Child Language and Language Disorders (ABCLLD).

Bilingual, Multicultural, ESL Early Intervention Social, Emotional, Behavioral

Preview Exam

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Live Webinar

Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 12:00 pm EDT

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Advanced, Professional; IACET/0.1; IL EITP/1.0; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.0; SAC/1.0

Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to describe how to assess the communication skills and the degree of social adaptation of forced migrant minors.
After this course, participants will be able to describe how to identify forced migrant minors who are struggling with communication difficulties.
After this course, participants will be able to explain how to use the conceptual framework to plan the management of forced migrant children and young adults, in order to enhance their communication skills.

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-10 Minutes	Demographic update on forced migration
10-15 Minutes	The impact of forced migration on minors
15-20 Minutes	The communication acquisition/skills of forced migrants
20-25 Minutes	Communication among forced migrants
25-30 Minutes	Communication of forced migrants with residents
30-40 Minutes	Case Scenario
40-55 Minutes	Conceptual Framework
55-60 Minutes	Summary, Q&A

Presented By

Helen Grech, PhD

Professor Helen Grech is the Head of the Department of Communication Therapy within the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Malta. She is a registered audiologist and speech-language pathologist. Her research interests are related to speech and language acquisition and disorders in multilingual and multicultural populations. Helen Grech has been involved in a number of cross-linguistic research projects and Inter-Governmental COST Actions. She was awarded several research grants such as a Marie Curie IntraEuropean Research Fellowship and a 4-year FP6 project, funded by the European Commission. She is a regular research grant reviewer. Helen Grech is the Immediate Past President of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics.

Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Helen Grech has received grant funding for research related to this topic.Nonfinancial: No relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

Sponsor Disclosure: This course is presented jointly between SpeechPathology.com and the American Board of Child Language and Language DIsorders (ABCLLD).

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Advanced level, Professional Area)

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Illinois Early Intervention Training Program

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Kansas Dept for Aging and Disability Services

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