Review how Dynamic Tricky Mix theory drives play-based language and literacy strategies for phonological awareness, decoding, and comprehension.
Live Webinar
Thu, Dec 3, 2026 at 12:00 pm ESTCEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; Calif SLPAB/1.0; IACET/0.1; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.0; SAC/1.0
Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to analyze why and how specific adjustments to the learning environment facilitate maximum learning for each child.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe how different elements of the learning mix may affect children's attainments
- After this course, participants will be able to differentiate between literacy/language instructional strategies to ensure lessons are engaging, hands-on, and explicitly target particular skills.
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-20 Minutes | Description of Dynamic Tricky Mix Framework |
| 20-40 Minutes | Application of Dynamic Tricky Mix to the Teaching of Language and Literacy Skills |
| 40-55 Minutes | Participant Involvement in Play-based Literacy Activities |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary, Q&A |
Presented By
Barbara Culatta
PhD ASHA Fellow, BCS-CL
Barbara Culatta, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an international expert and author on language and literacy intervention. She has been working with children in university clinics and in consultation with teachers in educational programs for over 40 years. Dr. Culatta is renowned for creating a highly acclaimed language and literacy program (Systematic and Engaging Early Literacy) that utilizes the arts, representational play, and interactive hands-on activities to teach engaging and interactive language and literacy intervention. She is well respected for her work in using scripted play, story enactments, and hands-on experiences as contexts for teaching language and literacy skills.
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Carol Westby
PhD CCC-SLP, , BCS-CL, ASHA Honors
Carol Westby, PhD, is a speech-language-pathologist and educational consultant. She has written and presented workshops nationally and internationally on play development and its relationship to language and literacy, the ICF, theory of mind, narrative development/assessment/ intervention, adverse childhood experiences, and multicultural issues in assessment and intervention. She has received alumni awards from Geneva College and the University of Iowa, the Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and the Kleffner Lifetime Clinical Achievement Award.
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Financial: Barbara Culatta received an honorarium for this presentation. She has authored books on this topic and received grant funding for research related to topics presented in this course. Non-financial: Barbara created free resources (websites and apps) that are referenced in this course.
Financial: Dr. Carol Westby received an honorarium for this presentation. She has published and presented extensively on the topics covered in this course and may receive royalties for those publications. Non-financial: Dr. Carol Westby has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by SpeechPathology.com, a Continued site.
Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.
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