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CASLPA Professional
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Webcast
Session Descriptions
CASLPA is pleased to offer new components
of its professional development and continuing education program.
This is a great opportunity for you to access sessions that
fulfill CEE requirements (under Category A, 1.0 CEE per hour
of educational content).
Webcast is available for purchase and viewing until October
31, 2012
Webcast is six hours long
Fee: Individual, $150. Groups, $150
first registrant, $75 each additional participant
Why are some clinicians so successful? What do they do that
works so well? This webcast offers a critical look at the
nature of clinical "leadership excellence" and describe
a number of ideas and strategies that can be used to produce
change in the clients and students you serve. The webcast
focuses on the language and literacy needs of preschool and
school-age students with a specific emphasis on instructional
leadership practices needed to establish a successful Response
to Intervention (RtI) program and covers 101 ways speech-language
clinicians can team (collaborate) with a variety of other
educators and parents to improve student performance in reading,
writing, listening, speaking, social communication, and executive
functions. Showcased are clinical skills and practices that
build effective programs and promote a deeper understanding
of human change and change processes.
Newborn
Hearing Screening: Making it Work- register
online
Elizabeth Fitzpatrick,
Ph.D., Ottawa University, Ottawa, ON
Webcast available for purchase
and viewing until June 30, 2012
Webcast is three hours long
Fee: Individual, $50. Groups,
$50 first registrant, $25 each additional participant
In the past decade universal newborn hearing screening programs
have been implemented in most of Canada. Children with permanent
hearing loss benefit from early detection and management of
their hearing loss. This session will review evidence on the
benefits of newborn hearing screening and the determinants
of outcome for children with hearing loss. Advances in both
screening and new hearing technologies have enhanced the opportunities
for improved developmental outcomes in children with hearing
loss of all degrees. Through case studies and information
from the literature, this session will provide practical strategies
for improving outcomes through effective family-centered rehabilitation
with this new population of infants and young children.
Language and Literacy Skills in Second
Language (L2): From Research to Practice-
register
online
Esther Geva, Ph.D., Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Webcast available for purchase and
viewing until June 30, 2012
Webcast is three hours long
Fee: Individual,
$50. Groups, $50 first registrant, $25 each additional participant
In recent years there has been growing attention to language
and reading development in second language (L2) learners and
in particular to immigrant learners. To a large extent this
research has been motivated by global demographic trends,
the struggle to meet the educational needs of minority children,
economic needs, and in some countries a keen interest in fostering
bilingualism. A number of general questions that have guided
much of the research on L2 include: How relevant is what we
know from first language (L1) research on language and reading
development and teaching when we try to understand how L2
students learn to read? To what extent is oral language fluency
essential for reading in L2? How do reading skills in the
native or first language (L1) relate to reading in the L2
language? What skills learned in L1 "transfer" to
the L2? What is the role of home background characteristics
in learning English? Is it possible to diagnose dyslexia or
language impairment in ELLs? What is the profile of ELLs who
have a reading disability or a language impairment? Using
examples and case studies from my research lab the presentation
will examine these fundamental questions and the practical
and assessment conclusions that follow.
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