Description

Bring a group of five or more and SAVE $50 EACH on tuition!

 

REASONS TO ATTEND THIS SEMINAR:

• The presenter is a practicing clinician who has been treating childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) and other speech sound disorders (SSD) for over 25 years.
• Participants will learn a word simplification system that can dramatically improve speech intelligibility.
• This seminar is focused on treatments with actual treatment session videos appearing early and often throughout the lecture.
• This seminar is lively and fast paced with the speaker frequently described as very energetic and easily approachable.

SEMINAR DESCRIPTION:

Many children are unable to speak or are unintelligible because they either lack an adequate repertoire of consonants and vowels in isolation, or because they have difficulty combining the oral motor movements necessary to form words. Quite often the above deficiencies are rooted in the neurological condition of apraxia of speech. Due to the prevalence of this condition, it is important that early intervention clinicians be comfortable diagnosing and treating this population. In fact, ASHA has issued a position stating that the individual best able to diagnose and treat children with apraxia of speech is the SLP.

This clinical seminar will focus on evaluation and treatment. The seminar begins with discussions of differential diagnosis of apraxia, flaccid dysarthria and phonological disorders, then moves into practical and functional treatment techniques. Introduced will be the key concepts of phonemic simplification, successive word approximations and pivot syllables, and how treatment interventions derived from these concepts have proven highly effective in increasing speech intelligibility in children with apraxia of speech.

Functional and focused on interventions, actual treatment session video clips appear early and often throughout the lecture. The easy-to-incorporate methods, strategies and techniques presented will provide clinicians with the necessary tools to help children with apraxia of speech begin progressing immediately from a simple core vocabulary toward phrases and eventually to sentences and even conversational speech.

SEMINAR TUITION:

• $195 individual
• $185 per person for groups of two, three or four
• $145 per person for groups of five or more
• $125 parent (no CEUs)
• Groups must register together. Please contact NSS at 888.337.3866 for more details.
• Late Fee: Add $20 if registering less than two weeks prior to seminar date.
• Registration Cancellation Policy
  

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Cancellation Policy & Late Registration

Outline

 

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

 

7:55–8:00      General Seminar Information

8:00–8:30      Identification of Verbal Apraxia vs. Dysarthria vs. Phonological Impairments

8:30–9:00      Kaufman Speech To Language Protocol: Assessing Consonant/Vowel Integrity and Error Patterns

9:00–9:30      Teaching Successive Verbal Approximations Toward Target Vocabulary

9:30–9:45       Break

9:45–11:15    Teaching Successive Verbal Approximations (continued)

11:15–12:15   Lunch (on your own)

12:15–1:45    Techniques to Move Individuals into Expressive Language

1:45–2:00      Break

2:00–3:30      Cueing Techniques and Refinement and Integration Skills

3:30–3:45      Final Questions

         3:45      Adjourn and Sign Out

Speaker Profile

Nancy R. Kaufman, MA, CCC-SLP, is the owner and Director of the Kaufman Children's Center for Speech, Language, Sensory-Motor, and Social Connections, Inc. located in West Bloomfield, MI. Since 1979, Nancy has dedicated herself to establishing the Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol (K-SLP), a treatment approach to help children become effective vocal communicators. She serves on the Professional Advisory Board of the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA) and is the Speech and Language Pathologist Consultant for the Parish School and Carruth Center in Houston, TX. Nancy was the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Service Award from the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and she received the 2010 Outstanding Alumni Award from Michigan State University College of Communication Arts & Sciences. The Kaufman Children's Center (KCC) received the Clinical Service Award from the Michigan Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Nancy is also an honoree of the Lawrence Technological University Leaders & Innovators program.

She is the author of the Kaufman Speech Praxis Test for Children, the K-SLP Treatment Kits for Children, the K-SLP Workout Book, the K-SLP Mutt Family Practice Puzzle, the K-SLP Instructional DVD Training Program, and co-author of K&K Sign to Talk: Nouns and K&K Sign to Talk: Verbs. Nancy lectures nationally and internationally on the subject of childhood apraxia of speech and other speech sound disorders in children. Many specialists in the field of applied verbal behavior (AVB) have adopted the K-SLP for children with autism spectrum disorders. Families from around the United States and the world travel to the KCC to participate in intensive and specialized therapy programs. Nancy received her B.A. at Michigan State University and M.A. at Wayne State University, having been awarded a graduate assistantship. The KCC continues to grow and has earned a reputation for excellence, warmth, and successful outcomes. Nancy has three grown children and resides with her husband in West Bloomfield, Michigan.

Location & Lodging

Seminar Location:

Clarion Hotel & Conference Center
5311 South Howell Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53207

Phone: 414-481-2400
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Intended Audience

• Teach/Educ
• Parent
• SLPA
• SLP

Accreditation

This course is offered for .6 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).

 

Past Participant Comments

"Excellent course! I will now be able to work these techniques into my therapy sessions with children with motor coordination difficulties."

"A wealth of practical information presented in a lively and easy-to-understand manner! One of the best courses I've attended!"

"I recently attended the conference in San Francisco and I just want to say thanks! I've implemented some of the techniques with my most difficult clients (with autism, for example) and seen immediate results. It's so exciting and makes my job so much more fun when I see how proud they are to accomplish new difficult communication tasks. I also have a son (19 years old with Down syndrome and autism), and have tried some of the techniques with him with some success as well. I can't wait to get the materials I ordered to try with him and my clients. This note has gotten longer than I intended. I just wanted you to know that what you do is valuable and makes a difference in people's lives. Thank you!"

"Presenter was excellent at conveying information clearly. Very knowledgeable and I am happy she is willing to share her insight."

"She provided lots of helpful tips for getting closer approximations of sounds/words."

"Progress noted in before/after videos was a good indicator of the effectiveness of this approach."

"Any child who has Nancy as a therapist is lucky! Not only is she knowledgeable, she's fun!"

"If only I had this workshop earlier in my career - I would have done treatment differently. Now I feel I have a direction to go in, though."

"I am very impressed with the presenter's fast pace, energy, enthusiasm, as well as her ability to sequence sessions. She makes it look effortless."

"Speaker was easy to listen to and had a GREAT sense of humor!" "Informative, 'real world' information."

"Nancy was very approachable, energetic."