Description

Bring a group of five or more and SAVE $40 EACH on tuition!

 REASONS TO ATTEND THIS SEMINAR:

• The presenters are both practicing clinicians who believe strongly in giving attendees practical and immediately usable tools for working with young children.
• The presenters have traveled extensively sharing their expertise and are thrilled to combine their skills for this dynamic and unique seminar.
• Suggestions for involving parents and establishing home programs will also be covered.

 SEMINAR DESCRIPTION:

This speech therapy continuing education seminar is offered for 0.6 ASHA CEUs. Providing the encouragement and skill for young children to produce verbal language is the challenge speech-language pathologists experience each time a young, nonverbal child is referred for evaluation and therapy. This clinically focused seminar will help participants determine where to begin therapy. Options for treatment are many. This seminar will look at why including an assessment of the oral motor system can provide significant information about the child's motor skills and motor planning as an indicator to why a child may not be using verbal language. An overview of oral motor and feeding skills to determine a child's needs from an oral motor perspective will be presented as well as tactile methods for eliciting early speech. Similarly, a look at interactive skills including attention, engagement, communicative intent, imitation, and turn taking will help attendees determine a child's needs in those areas.

Practical techniques and activities including music to increase a child's ability and desire to interact as well as how to include techniques using the principles of oral placement therapy (OPT) and tactile teaching methods will be presented and demonstrated via video examples. Suggestions for involving parents and establishing home programs will also be part of this informative program. Parent teaching strategies using the acronym, WE CAN TALK, will be given to attendees reinforcing the belief that parents are valuable and essential teachers. Focus will be children ages 2-5.

SEMINAR TUITION:

• $189 individual
• $179* per person for groups of two, three or four
• $149* per person for groups of five or more
• $135 parent (No CEUs and must register via phone or mail)
  
  • *Groups must register together. Please contact NSS at 888.337.3866 for more details.

 

DISCLOSURE: The presenters are also authors of products that may be displayed at this seminar; the presenters will benefit financially from the sale of these products.



Cancellation Policy & Late Registration

Outline

 

7:30-7:50        Check In and Onsite Registration (Coffee and Tea)

7:55-8:00        General Seminar Information

8:00-8:10        Introduction and Topic Overview

8:10-9:30        Targeting Motor Skills With Nonverbal, Unintelligible Children (Hill)

Early motor skills achieved in typical development

The principles behind OPT: Oral Placement Therapy

What is OPT and how does it relate to speech clarity?

Adequate oral motor skills and feeding related to speech movement

9:30-9:45        Break

9:45-11:15      Additional Precursors To Using Words To Communicate (Arntson)

Introducing WIN: Being Watchful, Intentional, and Noisy

Techniques and activities to develop the skills of WIN

Using music to develop and improve the skills of WIN: specific songs

11:15-12:15      Lunch on Own 

12:15-1:45      Techniques In OPT Related To Speech (Hill)

Introduction to jaw mobility, lip movements, tongue movements, airflow

Techniques to elicit speech imitation

Benefits of tactile input

Apraxia shapes

Kinesthetic cueing (PROMPT)

1:45-2:00        Break

2:00-3:30        Communication Skills of Taking Turns, Imitating, Responding and
                          Initiating Language (Arntson)

Techniques and activities for developing these skills during play and daily routines

Using music to encourage turn taking and imitating: specific songs

                         Parents as Essential Teammates: WE CAN TALK Parenting Strategies

        3:30       Adjourn and Sign Out

Speaker Profile

Rachel Arntson, MS, CCC, has been a Speech-Language Pathologist in the greater Minneapolis, Minnesota area since 1980. Since 1991 she has worked in early childhood special education in the Osseo School District in Maple Grove, MN where she provides family-centered speech and language intervention to infants and toddlers in their homes. Rachel is creator of all Kids' Express Train products and owner of Talk It Rock It, a company dedicated to providing products and seminars for enhancing speech and language skills in young children. Her passion for music and fun as therapy tools is reflected in both her products and presentations. For more information on Rachel Arntson, Kids' Express Train, and Talk It Rock It products, please visit www.Talkitrockit.com. 

Speaker Disclosure:

Employer — Owner of Talk It Rock It.

Financial — Author of Kids’ Express Train products published by Talk It Rock It. Talk It Rock It receives payments from Northern Speech Services to distribute these products.

Financial — Author of other products published by Talk It Rock It. Talk It Rock It receives payments from Northern Speech Services to distribute these products.

Nonfinancial — none.

Renee Roy Hill, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech and language pathologist with more than 10 years of professional experience. She is past clinical director of Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson & Associates, in Tucson AZ and currently has a private practice, Crossroads Therapy Clinic, in New Braunfels, TX where she is responsible for providing therapeutic, assessment and program planning for adults and children with oral-placement, feeding and motor speech deficits.

Renee is an international lecturer for professional enhancement courses as part of TalkTools^® speakers bureau, author of the TalkTools^® Apraxia Kit and co-author of Ice Sticks. She presents one- and two-day courses on Oral Placement Therapy techniques, Apraxia and Assessment and Program Plan development and has presented at numerous ASHA state level conventions. She also provides parent/home interventionist training seminars to implement home-based oral-motor programs. Renee has been an invited speaker for ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) and state conventions. The classes she provides are approved for ASHA and AOTA CEUs, which include:

• "Level 1: A Three Part Treatment Plan for Oral Placement Therapy"
• "Oral Placement Speech Disorders: Assessment and Program Plan Development"
• "Childhood Apraxia of Speech: The Oral-Motor Component"
• "A Systematic Approach to Teaching Speech to Non-Verbal Individuals with Autism"

She has professional affiliations with ASHA, the Arizona Speech-Language and Hearing Association and the Texas Speech-Language and Hearing Association.

Renee holds degrees from the University of Alabama and has received special training in speech/oral-motor/feeding therapy, apraxia, sensory processing disorders, Hannen courses, NDT training, TAMO therapy and PROMPT.

Speaker Disclosure:

Employer — Owner of Crossroads Therapy Clinic.

Financial — Presenter for TalkTools® speakers' bureau; receives speaking fees.

Nonfinancial — Author of products published by TalkTools®;  does not receive royalties.

Location & Lodging

Seminar Location:

Saddle Brook Marriott
138 New Pehle Avenue
Saddle Brook, NJ 07663

Phone: 201-843-9500
Click for Directions

Intended Audience

• SLP

Accreditation

This program is offered for .6 CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area).

• Current ASHA Member
• ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) Holder
• Licensed by a state or provincial regulatory agency to practice speech-language pathology (SLP) or audiology
• Credentialed by a state regulatory agency to practice SLP or audiology
• Credentialed by a national regulatory agency to practice SLP or audiology
• Engaged in a Clinical Fellowship under the supervision of an individual with their ASHA CCC
• Currently enrolled in a masters or doctoral program in SLP or audiology

If an attendee is not an ASHA member or CCC holder but meets any of the above criteria, they may provide their eligibility on the ASHA CEU Participant Form or inform the ASHA CE Registry of their eligibility by visiting this site.

AOTA:  

First Content Focus: Occupational Therapy Process: Intervention

Second Content Focus: Occupational Therapy Process: Outcomes

AOTA: Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. #4095.
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

 

NSS is an approved provider by the New Jersey Department of Education. Provider#1654

Past Participant Comments

"Rachel was fantastic! So many times conferences are more of the same old thing...I now have
some new ideas with music to try."

"Loved it, loved it, loved it!"

"Wow! Great presentation! This was fun, and I can really see how children would get into this."

"Excellent! One of the best speakers...Great practical application and ideas!"

"Excellent job. Very inspiring."

"Great presentation! Definitely worth my time!"

"Wonderful! Great speaker! Practical ideas!"