This course reviews neuroscience research on processes of neurodevelopment emphasizing auditory, cognitive, and communication networks. Research is explained and reviewed followed by clinical applications....more+

Learn basic neuroanatomy and neurophysiology to better understand and integrate the latest neuroscience research to populations including autism spectrum disorders, auditory processing disorders, motor speech disorders, language disorders in children and aphasia in adults...more+

This online course presents strategies to teach children the language skills needed for face-to-face conversations. It includes evidence-based teaching methods and ‘hands-on’ learning activities that can effectively support the acquisition of three conversation skills:  greetings, chitchat, and long conversations with embedded topics. The lesson activities can be implemented within a variety of therapy settings and are primarily intended for children ages 5-14 years. ...more+

More time spent coping. . . is less time spent learning. Both children with ASD and SLPs struggle at times with interactional breakdowns during speech therapy sessions. This course provides SLPs with therapy design considerations to help mitigate interactional breakdowns so speech therapy can be more productive from the start.  ...more+

For many children with ASD, social and communication interaction styles can be characterized as mechanical, scripted, and robotic. This course provides SLPs with practical steps and strategies to move children with autism from unconventional, mechanical and inflexible verbal exchanges to conventional uses of language that is typical of friends, peers and classmates. In this course, Dr. Rydell will describe how ...more+

This course provides SLPs with step-by-step strategies to design and implement Joint Action Routines (JARs) as a preferred tool to facilitate verbal communication in children with autism. JARs are best practice, naturalistic, social-communicative routines that occur among adult or peer partners and the child with autism and that provide rich contexts for ...more+

This course provides specific goals and strategies for SLPs to use at school, home, or in therapy to help move children with autism from object-oriented to people-oriented learners. It is particularly relevant for children with autism who struggle with how to independently learn social skills from others without being directly taught or prompted by adults....more+

This course takes the empirical research on ASD peer-mediated interventions and provides practical, common-sense strategies for SLPs to help children with autism learn how to increase their social abilities with friends. These strategies also help children with autism to see peers as trusted mentors as their confidence builds to participate in unplanned social activities....more+

This course serves as the follow up to course, #e213. Most professionals and parents involved in ASD intervention are familiar with the latest empirical research.  But, what’s next? What is our game plan? This LSP Advanced Course focuses on training professionals and parents for interventions that facilitate a child’s development from learning style weaknesses to learning style strengths. ...more+

This course introduces Dr. Patrick Rydell’s Learning Style Profile©. It includes evidence-based interventions uniquely designed to help children with ASD prepare for natural, reciprocal social interactions and conversation. Participants will learn to identify...more+

This course reviews and updates clinical research on speech sound disorders, language and reading disorders, and cognitive disorders in children. Each section of the course concludes with a practical summary of the newest evidence-based assessment and intervention approaches....more+

This session will briefly review the history of the Common Core State Standards and present a method for analysis of standards to plan for intervention for students with autism spectrum disorders. By analyzing grade level standards, with an eye on those standards that will be challenging for children with ASD, SLPs can then incorporate student strengths and needs with the expectations of the curriculum....more+

This practical course will review research from the new field of educational neuroscience that applies to clinical practice with students who have speech-language and social communication disorders. It will focus on new research on the causes of language disorders, autism spectrum disorders, reading disorders and other neurodevelopmental learning disabilities. ...more+

Recent evidence indicates that behavioral characteristics of ASD can be seen in some children as young as 12-15 months. Video examples of infants and toddlers with ASD will be used to illustrate what these behaviors look like in young children. Particular emphasis will be on...more+

This NLA Level 2 Course serves as the follow up to the NLA Level 1 Course (see course #e82).  Discussed will be treatment for autistic children who use echolalia or who have used echolalia at an earlier stage in their language development. Treatment contexts, activities, and planning are illustrated through video clips, language transcripts, and discussion. ...more+

International autism expert, Tamara Kasper, will teach participants how to use non-verbal communication to jumpstart verbal communication. This intervention-focused course discusses how children with autism develop speech and language and how best to initiate interventions for children who have limited functional communication. Presented from the perspective of a SLP who is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, this course features effective...more+

Learn new strategies for mapping out story content and structuring a basic written summary. This course will discuss narrative difficulties for children with autism, explain narrative types, and present a method of structured narrative teaching to help children with autism comprehend and retell narratives....more+

This NLA Level 1 Course describes the linguistics of echolalia in language development. Consider the notion that echolalia can be shaped and modified to create functional language and that autistic children who demonstrate echolalia use this speech for intentional communication. Described will be a protocol for assessing spontaneous language in autism, determining the stages of language development, and deriving appropriate language development goals....more+

Different from other "literacy" courses, this evidence-based course will provide specific guidance for SLPs working to establish early literacy skills with children with Autism. Exposing children with Autism to early literacy interventions with embedded printed (orthographic) cues is imperative. This course teaches the use of printed cues as a means to...more+

This NLA Level 3 Course presents an all-new look at Natural Language Acquisition (NLA) treatment. Discussed are strategies for individualizing treatment for gestalt language processors of any age: 18 months to 28 years. This course covers every aspect of supporting gestalt language development, including physical supports for self-regulation. Extensive videos, language samples, and goal-writing are included, complemented by a look at the groundbreaking work in the...more+

An increasing number of children have difficulty coping with 21st century everyday life. This course provides a working definition of resilience and descriptions of the characteristics that may be associated with better outcomes for children who confront adversity in their lives. It also identifies particular groups of children – most notably those with developmental challenges and learning disabilities – who are most likely to benefit from resilience training....more+

This course describes various challenges that can sidetrack children in their developmental and educational processes, leaving them with a sense of discouragement and helplessness. Participants in this course will learn strategies to help children become aware of and use their own strengths to develop a growth mindset and overcome academic challenges....more+

When SLPs concentrate their language intervention on the dimensions of academic language—namely vocabulary, discourse structures, complex sentences, morphology, and inferencing—more students achieve academic expectations. This course takes a deep dive into academic language and how to teach it in meaningful contexts....more+

While focusing solely on picture exchange is certainly beneficial for many children, successful outcomes using this approach still leave children unable to communicate in sentences and unable to say what they want to say, when they want to say it. This course will introduce the Core Vocabulary Exchange System® (CVES™), which incorporates picture exchange with core vocabulary to teach functional communication skills. Participants will learn to...more+

Join apraxia expert, Nancy Kaufman, for this online course as she discusses evaluation and treatment strategies for Childhood Apraxia of Speech. This presentation will include signs and symptoms of CAS, establishing motivation, shaping word approximations, implementing and fading cues, reinforcement strategies, data collection, scripting functional expressive language, coaching parents, and practicing skills in the natural environment....more+

This course focuses on a consultative model of intervention examining social and emotional concerns when providing services virtually.  This course also includes functional speech and language strategies and is most relevant for clinicians working with preschoolers and school-age children....more+

This course will explore the use of meditation and mindfulness practices for the direct application to pediatric speech-language pathology. Specific techniques will be discussed and demonstrated for integration into clinical practice. ...more+

This course will review new research on Social Emotional Learning (SEL), self-regulation, motivation and academic confidence. The content will include brain research on how regulatory skills mature in children and adolescents to enable purposeful, goal-oriented behavior for academic success.  Research on best practices for...more+

Selective Mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder which profoundly affects social/pragmatic language skills and falls under the Speech-language Pathologist’s scope of practice. This presentation will provide assessment strategies, review important factors to consider in planning treatment, and provide practical suggestions of activities to use in therapy sessions....more+

This course is the third in a 3-course series on pediatric dysphagia, and it covers swallowing disorders and medically-based feeding problems. Includes case studies and therapeutic interventions to address GERD, constipation, cleft palate, tube feedings, autism spectrum disorders, and...more+

This course highlights functional AAC assessment and intervention strategies to foster communication, educational, and related skills in individuals with severe disabilities, including those described as beginning communicators. Emphasis will be placed on the use of integrated models of service delivery and ecologically valid, evidence-based procedures such as natural supports, embedded goals, discipline-free objectives, skill clusters, and discrepancy analysis....more+

This course will aid SLPs in the decision-making process when selecting an augmentative communication system. Discussed will be the functional implications of cognitive, speech and language development, vision, and gross/fine motor skills on communication interactions in children. Both high and low-tech communication options will be examined, including communication boards, PECS, switches, eye-gaze, mobile technology, and speech-generating devices featuring static and dynamic displays on dedicated augmentative communication devices....more+

This online course reviews the new science, assessments, and evidence-based interventions for auditory processing disorders, dyslexia, and childhood apraxia of speech. Several new neuroimaging studies will be highlighted including recent dyslexia research from the Shaywitz team at Yale and research on Prompt for CAS....more+

This course is a case study of an autistic male teen's communication treatment program and his treatment outcomes. This case study demonstrates the progressive changes occurring in communication skills with the use of...more+

Oral storytelling is a pivotal skill for academic and social success. This course describes in detail ten principles of effective narrative intervention. It will provide clear and easy to implement recommendations for children, with and without disabilities, in preschool and elementary grades. Stories are everywhere. Why not harness their power?...more+