Continuing Education Schedule

Speech, Language and Educational Associates is proud to present the 2011-2012 offering of Tuesday evening’s CEU lectures and discussions, as follows: lectures_students1.jpg
 
Date Topic Presenter
November 1, 2011 Using Sensory Integration Activities to Expand Language
Cindy Epstein, MA  
CCC-SLP
January 10, 2012 Stuttering
Gail Wilson-Lew, MA, CCC-SLP
February 21, 2012    Behavior Based Language Testing
Anthony Jenkins
MA, BCBA
 April 17, 2012 Memory and Cognition: An Approach to Therapy
Helen Sherman-Wade
MA, CCC-SLP

Please call Karen Hamill at (818)788-1003 to register for any/all of these presentations.
We look forward to seeing you!

 

1/10/12 Lecture

  • Stuttering - January 2012

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2/21/12 Lecture

  • Behavior Based Language Testing - February 2012

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 Course Objectives

Stuttering - January 10, 2012

Participants will gain a better understanding of children, teens and adults who stutter and their families, and the social and educational impact of Disfluency. Participants will also gain Fluency Shaping and Stuttering Modification techniques to use in stuttering therapy, as well as knowledge regarding valuable resources available in the area of Stuttering.

SLPs will also learn therapy techniques for Disfluency.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Behavior Based Language Testing- February 21, 2012

This presentation at the intermediate/professional level will enhance the participant's knowledge of identifying pre-requisite skills for the emergence of language. The participant will be able to identify behavior based assessment procedures following exposure to ABA assessment protocols that have incorporated speech and language milestones to better assess students with language delays. This intermediate level course reviews principles of ABA as they relate to meeting speech and language goals and teaching participants to identify pre-requisite skills for the emergence of language. Speech-Language Pathologists will be provided with methods/techniques for assessing language deficits and generating language goals. In addition the participant will learn procedures for on-going progress monitoring. 

Instructional Level: Intermediate/Professional

Memory and Cognition:  An Approach to Therapy - April 17, 2012

 Memory and cognition are frequent areas of concern for children and adults.  This intermediary level course reviews the sequence of memory and cognitive development.  Strategies to improve memory and cognition will be provided.