Fast Class CEU Courses for SLPs

Discrete skill practice can elicit high numbers of client productions, yet lacks naturalness and is often not engaging for students. This Fast Class discusses the “whole-part” framework for embedding language instruction into engaging and naturalistic contextualized activities, as well as how to connect skill-focused practice to larger thematic units.

Children with language impairment often demonstrate numerous, persistent grammatical errors when speaking, leading to the need for effective, explicit instructional techniques. In this Fast Class, instructional supports and contextualized units to facilitate learning and generalization of spoken grammar targets are discussed and demonstrated.

SLPs sometimes struggle to find meaningful activities for patients with mild cognitive impairment, especially those who may be returning home. This Fast Class demonstrates examples of patient-centered, functional cognitive-linguistic goals and activities related to safety, numeric reasoning, problem solving and more, to support individuals with community reintegration.

An overview of Spaced Retrieval Training (SRT), an evidence-based technique that can assist in the recall and retention of information, is described in this Fast Class, and the evidence supporting it is reviewed. Demonstrations of how to screen potential patients, set goals, and implement SRT are provided.

This Fast Class demonstrates methods and techniques for targeting language skills within larger literacy-based units, in both in-person and telehealth settings. Specific language skills discussed include narrative retell, grammar and syntax, and vocabulary development.

This Fast Class demonstrates methods and techniques for targeting language skills in older students using expository texts, in both in-person and telepractice settings. Specific language skills discussed include summarizing, increasing complex sentence use, and vocabulary development.

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.

This 30-minute Fast Class describes various communicative functions and how they relate directly to users of augmentative/alternative communication (AAC). It discusses aided language input and ideas for targeting a variety of communicative functions during AAC therapy.

This 30-minute Fast Class demonstrates how to select and incorporate picture books into communication goals for augmentative/alternative communication (AAC) intervention. It also discusses phonological awareness, print concepts, and modeling AAC communication when reading aloud with picture books.