Course Description:  A significant body of research has demonstrated that teaching complex clusters induce system-wide learning for both treated and untreated singletons and clusters, thus increasing overall intelligibility for children with phonological disorders.  Therefore, target selection is the key to efficient phonological intervention.  Teaching complex clusters may constitute practitioners' substantial (and intimidating) paradigm shift.  This session will feature performance-based assessments tasks, an overview of complexity principles, and a range of multisensory techniques and activities for teaching complex two-element (e.g.,/fl-/) and three-element clusters (e.g.,/skr-/).  In San Diego Unified School District, speech-language pathologists have utilized these methods to teach complex clusters to children with phonological disorders only and children who present with concomitant language, fluency, or intellectual impairments, leading to more efficient outcomes.

Contact Hours:  6.0 (A certificate of participation will be provided)

ASHA CEUS:  This course will be offered for 0.6 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level, Professional Area).

Location:

Virtual Location.  Participants will receive the link, access code, and password prior to the scheduled session.

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