Some children have difficulty acquiring the “nuts and bolts” of language from the get-go. Their stories are disorganized, disfluent, and incoherent. Other children have no trouble learning language, but they also struggle with expression.  To the untrained ear, both groups of children sound similar; their language is all muddled up. 

In this 1-hour presentation, Drs. Bonnie Singer and Anthony Bashir team up to synthesize decades of research across multiple fields. They examine how cognitive systems support and constrain organized and coherent expression beyond the sentence and offer direction for intervention with students.  This presentation was originally delivered at the 2023 American Speech-Language Hearing Association convention in Boston.

This is for

• SLPs, special educators, literacy specialists, instructional coaches, and school psychologists

Take-aways

• 1. Awareness of cognitive and linguistic factors that influence language competence
• 2. Guiding principles for designing evidence-based treatment for school-age students who struggle with open-ended discourse
• 3. Certificate of completion for 1 Professional Development / Certification Maintenance hour

How it works

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