Description

This online speech pathology CEU course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs.

 

Course Format: Text - including examples & references.

"Clean, precise writing or speaking requires systematic, sequential thought... Words have to be crafted, not sprayed. They need to be fitted together with infinite care... Much of the trouble we get into (as individuals or organizations or as a government) is connected to sloppy communication. Our words too often lead us away from where we want to go."

—Norman Cousins, The Communication Collapse, Time, 1990

 

The successful completion of a direction, whether at home or in school, involves competency on the part of the listener and precision on the part of the speaker. The notions of careful selection of words and keen awareness of intention in our communications are strongly advocated throughout this e-course.

This e-course identifies 11 specific problem areas that can lead to the breakdown of the verbal directions process. Examples of each problem area are given.  Solutions are then offered for the speaker and strategies are offered for the listener. To reinforce learning, participants are also asked to offer additional solutions and strategies for each problem area and to complete sample lesson plans for two problem areas.

Problem areas addressed:

• Content Problems
• Complexity Problems
• Length Problems
• Time Problems
• Setting Problems
• Manner of Presentation Problems
• Structural Problems
• Attention Problems
• Language and/or Auditory Processing Problems
• Execution Problems
• Miscellaneous Factors

Included are three appendices. Appendix A is an informal assessment tool for verbal directions. Appendix B is a glossary of strategies and terms. Appendix C is a bibliography for further reading.

After e-course completion, be sure to see the related e-course:
e44–Written Directions: Identification and Remediation of Deficits in School-Age Children.

 Please note:  This eCourse is set up to be flexible to accomodate all schedules.  You do not have to complete this program in one sitting.  You can access the course materials as many times as you need to in order to complete all the sections. 

Course Objectives

At e-course conclusion, participants will be able to:

1. Identify 11 areas of breakdown (problem areas) in the process of following directions.
2. Identify at least one additional example of display characteristics for each problem area.
3. Identify at least one additional "solution" for speakers for each area of breakdown.
4. Identify at least one additional "strategy" for listeners for each area of breakdown.
5. Provide discussion comments for each problem area that indicate further critical analysis.
6. Complete two lesson plans for two problem areas.

A score of 80% or better must be received on the post-test in order to
receive a certificate of completion.

Author Profile

Dr. Dorothy A. Kelly, D.A., CCC-SLP, is a certified teacher of the hearing impaired and licensed Speech-Language Pathologist who obtained a Doctor of Arts degree in Communicative Disorders from Adelphi University. Currently Dr. Kelly is Associate Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Speech at St. Joseph's College, Patchogue, New York. Throughout her career Dr. Kelly has remained active, clinically evaluating and treating children with various types of speech and language disorders including children with auditory processing disorders.

She is currently Editorial Consultant/Contributor to Advance Magazine for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists and the author of the following books: Central Auditory Processing Disorder: Strategies for Use with Children and Adolescents (1995); A Winner's Workbook: Reproducible Activities for Children With Attention Deficit Disorder (1998); TheraGuide: Understanding Central Auditory Processing Disorder (1998); The Art of Following Directions (1999); Screening For Central Auditory Processing Difficulties (2000); Developing a Sense of Self: Tactics and Tenets for Adolescent Girls; and Adolescent Girls: Thinking Through Relationships, and the Language of Social and Emotional Literacy. She has also authored four online courses related to this topic. Dr. Kelly is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the American Psychological Association.

Location & Lodging

 

Intended Audience

• SLP

Accreditation

This program is offered for .2 CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area).

 

Per our longstanding procedures with ASHA, we submit CEU information to ASHA quarterly, so your CEUs will be reflected as completed on the last day of that quarter.  For instance, if you complete a course on December 7th, 2011, it will be reported to ASHA in January 2012, and it will be reflected in your ASHA account as completed on December 31st, 2011.  However, for submitting to your state board or for your own records, you will receive a certificate of completion with the actual completion date.