LITERACY: A LANGUAGE-BASED SKILL PART 2

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 0.4 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area) Course Timeline: Part II: In-Depth Assessment and Treatment 15 minutes: Literacy screening 10 minutes: Phonological and phonemic awareness assessment 10 minutes: single word reading assessment 5 minutes: Naming Speed Assessment 10 minutes: Fluency Assessment 15 minutes: reading comprehension assessment 10 minutes: Spelling assessment 10 minutes: Other areas (vocabulary, working memory, oral language) 15 minutes: Diagnosis 15 minutes: Treatment of vocabulary 45 minutes: Treatment of phonemic and phonological awareness 40 minutes: Treatment of single word reading and spelling 10 minutes: Treatment of fluency 30 minutes: Treatment of comprehension