This is Pt 3 of a 4-part series on severe phonological disorders. After selecting multiple target phonemes based on complexity theory principles, incorporate the targets into therapy using maximal contrast pairs and evidence-based selection of practice words. This course will focus on therapy activities that support new sound acquisition in meaningful contexts and promote target phoneme use across levels of difficulty in each session.

This is Part 4 of a four-part series on severe phonological disorders. Selecting multiple targets and anticipating rapid change across all sound errors requires a different method of writing and documenting goals and objectives. This course will examine how to establish a baseline for general speech intelligibility, and how to write goals and objectives that can be quickly and easily measured to document progress.

This is Part 1 of a four-part series on severe phonological disorders. Research-based selection of speech sound targets for treatment has the potential to significantly accelerate children’s therapy progress. This course will examine research supporting use of a non-traditional approach to selecting speech sound targets in order to facilitate rapid change in overall intelligibility. It will then discuss how to apply that research to treatment decisions in daily clinical practice.

This course will discuss the social thinking difficulties in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that create barriers to academic achievement. It will also describe tools that SLPs can use in collaboration with classroom teachers to help students with ASD overcome these challenges.

This course will examine the similarities and differences between hearing loss (HL) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) so that SLPs can assist in differential diagnosis for children 0-3 years old. Evaluation tools, speech/language characteristics of the degrees of hearing loss, listening skill progression, and typical pragmatic skill development of children with hearing loss will also be discussed.

This 2-part series will provide a language and literacy toolkit refresher for school-based SLPs, focusing on interventions that resonate with students to maximize motivation and engagement.

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. This course will provide a language therapy toolkit refresher for SLPs who work with students from middle to high school. It will focus on interventions that maximize motivation, foster resilience, and develop rapport with the adolescent population.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. This course will provide a language therapy toolkit refresher for SLPs who work with students from preschool to elementary school. The role of the SLP in literacy, background information on the nature of reading, specific interventions for both preschool and elementary school, and ways to maximize motivation and develop rapport with this population will be discussed.

Do you struggle with choosing vocabulary for your students' augmentative/alternative communication (AAC) systems that will promote communication success across environments and communication partners? Core vocabulary should be considered when choosing an appropriate AAC system, writing goals, and developing powerful communication for individuals who use AAC.

This course will review the incidence of children with feeding and swallowing in schools, the relationship to special education requirements, and common challenges that school-based SLPs face in addressing the needs of these children. It will discuss how to apply an ethical decision-making approach to these challenges, and provide specific ideas for resources to use in approaching the dilemma.