School Intervention And Collaboration In Schools CEU Courses for SLPs

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. The connections between reading comprehension and areas of language such as vocabulary, morphosyntax and social communication are described in this course. Implications for intervention/instruction and collaboration with educators are also discussed.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. This course provides SLPs with foundational knowledge needed to directly address and collaboratively support reading comprehension across all grade levels. Models of language and reading comprehension, comprehension processes vs. products, instruction in comprehension skills vs. strategies, factors in reading comprehension difficulties, and connections to general education are discussed.

This course builds on course 10193, “Executive Functioning: Intervention Principles and Strategies for School-Based SLPs,” and extends participants' knowledge base to encompass more advanced concepts and approaches for scaffolding executive function (EF). Specifically, behaviors that signal a need for intervention and strategies that target social and academic impacts of EF difficulties are described.

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Implementation frameworks and team service delivery models that support K-12 students with executive functioning challenges are described. Strategies that build self-talk, time perception, and strategic planning for multi-step tasks are also discussed.

Using a case study format, this course describes how to develop interdisciplinary assessment and treatment plans for children preschool-age through young adults with executive functioning difficulties. The evidence-based strategies that are presented focus on integrating information from speech-language pathology, psychology, and special education professions.

Developmental trauma and its overlapping and differentiating diagnostic criteria are described in this course. A profile that helps identify dysregulated behaviors and select appropriate strategies is shared. Suggestions for training families, educators, and other professionals are also provided.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. External symptoms and internal mental processes associated with executive functioning challenges are described in this course. Skill areas that can assist intervention planning, obstacles that multidisciplinary teams may face, and common barriers to generalization associated with current service delivery models are discussed.

The benefits of interprofessional practice (IPP) in educational settings and ways to implement IPP to support phonemic awareness are discussed in this course. An IPP team comprised of a school-based SLP and a special education teacher describe how they co-teach a classroom shared book reading activity that includes articulatory placement and explicit vocabulary instruction.

Goal writing for individualized education programs (IEPs) is challenging, yet having focused, real-world goals is essential to provide direction for therapy. This course describes guiding principles for writing and implementing measurable, meaningful goals that allow room for clinical judgment within a session and address academic needs. Progress monitoring and therapy planning strategies are also discussed.

Implementation of a Cycles pattern-oriented approach for multilingual children with highly unintelligible speech is described in this course. Topics include: speech-sound intervention practices for Spanish-English speakers and speakers of other languages, including recommendations for monolingual clinicians; target selection; and strategies for working with families.