LITERACY: A LANGUAGE-BASED SKILL PART I

Course overview

This course is designed to provide speech-language pathologists with the necessary background and tools to implement literacy-based activities into the speech and language treatment of pre-school and school-aged children. Objective Following the course, participants will be able to: 1. Identify key areas or pre-literacy to assess in young children 2. Describe the process by which text is read and comprehended 3. Describe manners to assess various aspects of literacy 4. Detail activities that can be incorporated into speech-language pathology services Additional Information This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area) Course Timeline: Part I: Overview 5 minutes: Introduction 30 minutes: The processes of reading 10 minutes: Overview of assessment of reading processes 15 minutes: Overview of treatment activities