Module 1: This module covers the following topics:
- Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist in Literacy
- Evidence-based Practice and Literacy
- Emergent Literacy
- Narrative Development, Assessment, and Intervention
- Factors Contributing to Literacy Development
- Word-level Reading and Spelling Assessment
- Word-level Reading and Spelling Intervention
- Working with Other Professionals on Word-Level Literacy
Module 1 Instructor: Kenn Apel, PhD
Module 1 Agenda: Day 1
8:00 a.m. Role of the SLP in Literacy
9:00 a.m. EBP and Literacy
10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. Emergent Literacy
12 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Narrative Development
2:00 p.m. Narrative Assessment
3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:15 p.m. Narrative Intervention
4:45 p.m. Wrap Up and Questions
Module 1 Agenda: Day 2
8:00 a.m. Factors Contributing to Literacy Development
10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. Word-level Reading and Spelling Assessment
12 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Word-level Reading and Spelling Intervention
3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:15 p.m. Working with Other Professionals on Word-Level Literacy
3:45 p.m. Wrap up and questions
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Module 2: This module covers the following topics:
- The Simple View of Reading
- Subgroups of Readers
- Phonemic Awareness
- Decoding
- Morphological Awareness
- Spelling
- Levels of Reading Comprehension
- Vocabulary, including Instruction
- Complex Syntax
- Inference and Its Role in Literacy
- Comprehension Strategies
- Writing and Writing Instruction
Module 2 Instructors:
Suzanne Adlof, PhD, Krystal Werfel, PhD, Lesly Wade-Woolley, PhD
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Module 2 Agenda: Day 1
8:00 a.m. Review of course content from Module 1 and use over previous year
10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. Assessment issues specific to reading
12 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Assessment issues (cont.)
2:00 p.m. Vocabulary and literacy
3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:15 p.m. Assessment of vocabulary
4:45 p.m. Vocabulary instruction/intervention
Module 2 Agenda: Day 2
8:00 a.m. Reading comprehension development
10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. Reading comprehension assessment and intervention/instruction
12 noon Lunch
1:00 p.m. Writing composition development, assessment and intervention/instruction
3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:15 p.m. Writing composition intervention/instruction (cont.)
3:45 p.m. Wrap up and questions
Registrants may take the course for university credit or professional development.
Module 3: This module covers the following topics:
- Reading and Writing: An Update
- Adolescent Language/Literacy
- The Role of the SLP in Response to Intervention
- Literacy Skills in Children with Hearing Impairment
- Literacy Skills in Children with autism Spectrum Disorder
- Second Language and Dialect Influences on Literacy Skills
- Pseudoscience and Controversial Practices
Module 3 Instructors:
Suzanne Adlof, PhD, Kenn Apel, PhD, Krystal Werfel, PhD, Lesly Wade-Woolley, PhD
This course is offered for 1.4 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area)
After Module 3, participants will be able to:
- identify evidence-based instructional approaches, techniques and procedures relevant to the reading and writing demands of PreK–12 instruction, and critically examine practices contributing to applied knowledge of reading (and writing) assessment and intervention within their scope of practice,
- describe reading and writing activities that a) represent appropriate and varied instructional approaches, b) demonstrate scaffolded learning, and c) can be implemented at one or more levels of the classroom or intervention room,
- examine, evaluate, and articulate how instructional programs, curriculum materials, and assessment practices impact the literacy outcomes of diverse students.
Disclosures:
Financial Disclosures: Drs. Adlof, Apel, Klusek, Werfel, and Wade-Woolley are employed by the University
of South Carolina Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and receive salaries.
Nonfinancial Disclosures: Drs. Adlof, Apel, Klusek, Werfel, and Wade-Woolley have no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose
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