Perspectives On Speech And Language Interventions For Children With Developmental Disabilities

Course overview

This course reviews and updates clinical research on speech sound disorders, language and reading disorders, and cognitive disorders in children. Briefly looking back at the views of significant contributors to our field, the course provides historical perspective for understanding some of the differences in treatment methodologies advocated by current leaders in speech-language pathology. With an understanding of diverse viewpoints each section of the course concludes with a practical summary of the newest evidence based assessment and intervention approaches. The course concludes with discussion of new hot topics for clinicians in school and clinical settings.