Speech sound disorders (SSDs) often comprise a majority of SLPs' caseloads, but many aspects of assessment and intervention are often neglected or misunderstood. This full-day presentation will cover key components of a thorough assessment for the differential diagnosis of SSDs and important factors to consider when deciding among particular intervention approaches. Specific interventions, including phonological and phonetic approaches for articulation distortions, will be covered, as well as strategies for elicitation and generalization.
Amy Graham, MA, CCC-SLP will be presenting this course.
Financial Disclosures: Amy Graham has developed materials available for purchase on her private practice website, GrahamSpeechTherapy.com, Bjorem Speech Publications, Teachers Pay Teachers, and Boom Learning. Although this course does not focus specifically on any of these products, they may be mentioned during the course of this presentation. Amy will also receive an honorarium for this presentation.
Non-Financial Disclosures: Amy Graham does not have any non-financial relationships to disclose.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will identify key components of a thorough SSD assessment necessary for differential diagnosis.
Participants will describe reasons to choose or not choose various interventions given the nature of the child's specific SSD.
Participants will discuss elicitation techniques for target phonemes and strategies for generalization.
This is an intermediate course, and participants will receive .6 CEUs.