DATE: July 13, 2023
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
LOCATION: VIRTUAL
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Through participating in the
training seminar Meeting the Social (Pragmatic) Language Needs of Students in
Schools, participants will demonstrate the following understanding:
1. Understanding the DSM-5 Diagnostic
Criteria for Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder (F80.89).
2. Steps for assessing Social (Pragmatic)
Communication Disorder.
3. Understanding how Social (Pragmatic) Communication
Disorder manifests in the community, home, and classroom.
4. Teaching students the progression of
conversation.
5. Understanding of the differences
between conversations of boys & girls.
6. Therapy strategies/programs for
teaching preschool – early elementary students.
7. Understanding the unspoken social
rules of texting & phone usage.
8. Understanding of the levels of
friendship & the role of conversation.
9. Teaching students how to respond to
teasing.
10. Resources to use in therapy to
facilitate students' social (pragmatic) language skills.
TARGET
AUDIENCE: SLPs
CONTACT PERSON: Laura Miller, laura.miller@wkec.org
