Transdisciplinary Literacy Intervention Essentials: Exploring Profiles of Language-Learning Disabilities Including Dyslexia (SC18)

Thursday, July 13, 2023

4:45 PM – 5:45 PM PT

Room: 202 ABC

CE Credit: 0.1 ASHA CEUs/1.0 professional development hours

Robert A. Pieretti, PhD, CCC-SLP (he/him/his)

Associate Dean
College of Health and Human ServicesCalifornia State University, Sacramento

Handouts
Jeannene Ward-Lonergan, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL (she/her/hers)

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Health Sciences
University of the Pacific

Slides

SLPs are well-equipped to play a critical role in providing effective, evidence-based intervention to support students with language-learning disabilities, including dyslexia. This session is designed to empower SLPs to implement individualized language-literacy treatment as one member of a transdisciplinary team of professionals. The session will provide practical, collaborative treatment techniques and strategies to address the needs of students with a variety of language-based reading disorders.

Learning Outcomes:

After completing this session, you will be able to:

identify areas of language that SLPs may address to support literacy development in students with language disorders and language-learning disabilities, including dyslexia
describe transdisciplinary treatment techniques, strategies, and approaches that may be used to support students with language disorders and language-learning disabilities, including dyslexia