Testing, Tools, and Treatment: Innovations in Science and Practice

Description

This course presents research findings to inform assessment and treatment for clinical practice. Topics include language and communication impairments in autism, electrophysiologic measures that can serve in assessment and intervention, coaching methods for parents, language facilitation strategies for parents to use with their children, the impact of hearing loss on language and auditory development during early childhood, and considerations for practitioners working with children with hearing loss.

*The following EI credit only has been awarded to this conference:

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Language Skills in Children with Autism: Implications for Assessment and Intervention-0.5 AS, 0.25 INT

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m
How to Maximize Intervention Effects by Including Caregivers in Early Intervention-0.5 INT, 0.25 WWF

12:45-1:45 p.m.
Life in Sound: Unifying Audiology, Speech, Language, and Learning through Auditory Processing-1 INT

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Auditory Experience and Development: Implications for Sound Localization and Language Processing in Preschool Children with Hearing Loss-0.75 ATY

3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Poster Presentations

Evaluation of Auditory and Language Processing Disorders-0.75 AS

Innovations in Early Intervention -0.75 WWF

Multidisciplinary Evaluations-0.75 AS

Location Northwestern
2315 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Date 4/17/2015 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Check in 9:00 AM)
Sponsor Center for Audiology, Speech, Language and Learning
Trainer Northwestern University CSD faculty
Contact Sarah Aronson (847) 868-4703 sarah.aronson@northwestern.edu
Principles 1. Support families
2. Active participation
3. Collaborative relationships
4. Specific IFSP goals
5. Comprehensive plans
6. Periodic monitoring
8. Quality services
Credit Hours 0
Cost free
Status Closed