Oakland County Speech-Language-Hearing Association OCSLHA

Title:	SLP Series: From Narrative Language Assessment to Functional Classroom-Based Intervention (1 Day Event) Presented by Ron Gillam, PhD
Dates:	September 16, 2011

Audience:	Speech-language pathologists, special educators and classroom teachers

Description:	This conference will focus on ways to integrate classroom-based tools, standardized assessments of narrative language and informal assessments to 1) determine the eligibility for services, 2) set classroom-relevant IEP goals, and 3) plan language intervention that leads to improvements in communication and literacy development. Hand-out

Title:	SLP Series: Linking Speaking to Reading for SLPs- Phonological Processing, Phonological Awareness, Articulation, and Comprehension (1 Day Event) Presented by Stephanie Cork, certified Multisensory Structure Language trainer and RLAC Tutor
Dates:	December 2, 2011

Audience:	Oakland County school-based speech-language pathologists

Description:	This course will introduce school SLPs to some of the key components of a multisensory literacy approach designed to improve the language processing skills of children with language-based learning disabilities. SLPs will learn a variety of instructional strategies based on the Orton-Gillingham approach to improve students’ sound perception, phonological awareness, reading fluency, and overall reading comprehension skills. These strategies can be used during speech & language intervention for students with articulation and/ or language impairments. Specifically, the 3-Part Drill, Vowel Intensive, and Reciprocal Reading strategies (questioning, clarifying, predicting, and summarizing) will be presented. These are explicit instructional strategies that engage multiple learning pathways to enhance comprehension, retention, and application of skills for speaking, spelling and reading. Hand-outs: Linking Speaking to Reading for SLP's SLP Packet Multisensory Strategies for Understanding Text SLP Comprehension Packet

Title:	SLP Series: Making Curriculum-Based Practices Work for School-Based SLPs (1 Day Event) Presented by Nancy Garon, M.A., CCC-SLP and Diane Katakowski, M.A., CCC-SLP
Dates:	March 2, 2012

Audience:	Oakland County school-based speech-language pathologists

Description:	This workshop will begin with a review of curriculum-based practices that have been presented to SLPs at Oakland Schools over the past two years. Curriculum-based practices for Oakland County School SLPs include any assessment and intervention practices that are based on the curriculum, instruction, or assessments used in a student’s classroom. SLPs use curriculum-based practices in an effort to make connections between intervention and classroom instruction explicit and accelerate the learning of students with speech and language impairments. This workshop is designed to be a facilitated work session for Oakland County SLPs who want to begin or refine their implementation of curriculum-based practices. SLPs should attend with at least 1 other SLP from their district so they can problem-solve and generate ideas together. Facilitated activities and conversations will lead to work products that are shared with the whole group at the end of the day.