This course will present a multimodal approach to addressing social communication needs through a real-life, video-based peer modeling method that targets comprehension of social context cues, reading and using facial expressions and tone of voice. Specific skills such as detecting sarcasm, deceit, and expression of empathy will be discussed. This course is presented in cooperation with the Lavi Institute for Research and Professional Development.
Course created on March 12, 2020
On Demand
Course Type: Video
CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.15 Intermediate, Professional; IACET/0.2; IBCCES/1.5; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.5; SAC/1.5
Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to define dynamic video-based peer modeling and explain how it can be effectively used to improve social skills of students with high functioning autism and social communication disorders, at elementary through high school levels.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe how teaching nonverbal skills is critical for improving social communication; specifically, the ability to understand social context.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe the significance of pre- and post-treatment study results with two clinical groups (high functioning autism and social communication disorder).
Agenda
0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
5-20 Minutes | Review of components of pragmatics and implications for treatment |
20-35 Minutes | Case study |
35-45 Minutes | Review of previous research |
45-60 Minutes | Research Study 1: methodology and results |
60-75 Minutes | Research Study 2: methodology and results |
75-85 Minutes | Suggestions for treatment |
85-90 Minutes | Summary, Q&A |
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Adriana Lavi
PhD CCC-SLP
Adriana Lavi, PhD, CCC-SLP is a practicing licensed school-based speech-language pathologist with more than 15 years of experience working with children and young adults who present with a variety of communication disorders. She is the clinical director and owner of Go2Consult Speech and Language Services with a staff of over thirty speech-language pathologists and Clinical Fellows in various school districts in Southern California. Dr. Lavi has also served as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communicative Disorders at Loma Linda University, and recently, she founded the Lavi Institute for Research and Professional Development. Her primary research interests focus in the areas of pragmatics, as well as the assessment and treatment of culturally and linguistically-diverse students with communication disorders. She earned a master’s degree in speech-language pathology from California State University at Sacramento and a PhD degree in Rehabilitation Sciences with an emphasis in speech-language pathology from Loma Linda University.
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Sponsor Disclosure: This course is presented in cooperation with the Lavi Institute for Research and Professional Development
Content Disclosure: This presentation will focus on the Video Learning Squad social skills development platform, and will not discuss similar products/services.
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

Intermediate Level
0.15 ASHA CEUs
International Association for Continuing Education and Training

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International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards

The continued family of websites, including SpeechPathology.com, is a Certified Training Partner of IBCCES. This course is offered for a maximum of 1.5 CE hours for the autism certifications issued by IBCCES.
Kansas Dept for Aging and Disability Services
Approved for 1.5 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 1.5 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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