Speech-language pathologists serve children from a variety of cultural and linguistic backgrounds who have language practices and development that differ from mainstream culture in the United States. This course discusses these differences in cultural populations such as multilingual and non-mainstream dialect-speaking children, in order to better inform assessment and intervention methods in our field.
Course created on February 16, 2021
On Demand
Course Type: Video, Audio, Text
CEUs/Hours Offered: AG Bell - LSLS/1.0 Domain 3, Domain 4, CE-SPC-20-0321; ASHA/0.1 Introductory, 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 explain the concept of cultural practices and how they influence language development.
- After this course, participants will be able to list three ways in which language development in non-mainstream cultures can differ from mainstream culture in the United States.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe three ways in which differences in language practices and development impact assessment and intervention.
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-10 Minutes | What is language development? |
| 10-20 Minutes | Cultural practices |
| 20-30 Minutes | Cultural differences in language development |
| 30-40 Minutes | Multilingual language development |
| 40-50 Minutes | Non-mainstream dialect language development |
| 50-55 Minutes | Application to assessment and intervention practices |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary, Q&A |
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Amy Hobek
PhD CCC-SLP
Amy Hobek, PhD, CCC-SLP is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati, in the Communication Sciences and Disorders department. She provides clinical supervision and direct services at Arlitt Child Development Center, a lab preschool at the University of Cincinnati. Additionally, her teaching and scholarship focus on child language and literacy development with an emphasis on valuing and legitimizing cultural and linguistic variations in these areas within individuals, families, and communities.
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AG Bell - Listening and Spoken Language Credential
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.
Introductory Level
0.1 ASHA CEUs
International Association for Continuing Education and Training
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Illinois Early Intervention Training Program
The Illinois Early Intervention Training Program has approved this event for 1.0 hours of EI credential credit. See http://www.illinoiseitraining.org/page.aspx?module=15 for information about credit areas.
Kansas Dept for Aging and Disability Services
Approved for 1 continuing education clock hour(s) for Kansas licensed Speech Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. Long-Term Sponsorship number: LTS-S1370.
California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board: SpeechPathology.com is approved by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board as a Continuing Professional Development Provider, approval number PDP 268. This course may meet the requirements for 1 hours of continuing education credit for SLPs as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board. The responsibility for determining whether or not this specific course counts toward an individual's requirements for license renewal is up to the individual. Please refer to the CA state board rules regarding allowable topics and self-study limits: http://www.speechandhearing.ca.gov/licensees/ce_req.shtml. Live webinars on SpeechPathology.com do not count as self-study courses toward California professional development requirements.
Speech-Language and Audiology Canada
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