Program Note

The North Suburban Speech-Language Association, a recognized area group of the Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association, is pleased to host:

Persistent Articulation Distortions: Shaping to Carryover

Presenter	Mindy Kobara-Mates, PhD, CCC/SLP
Date	Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Time	​6:00 – 6:30 PM:  Registration/Business Meeting 6:30 – 8:30 PM:  Presentation
Location	Northwestern University Frances Searle Building (NEW LOCATION!), ​2240 Campus Drive,   Evanston, IL  60208
​Reservations	Harmony Leiran ([email protected]), RSVP by Friday, September 15, 2017 The Handout will be Posted Online by 9/19/2017

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​Program:

This workshop will describe principles and methods to establish a new motor pattern that extinguishes the old distorted pattern using a retracted “R” as an example.  Opportunities to hear and produce each physiological component will be provided.  Treatment principles and activities will also be described and practiced.

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​Time Ordered Agenda:

Time	Agenda
6:30-6:45	Present principles to extinguish the old motor pattern.
6:45-7:30	5 distortions of /r/, 5 sequential steps to shape retracted /r/.  Includes participant practice.
7:30-7:50	Lengthened co-articulation and specific cues and feedback based on articulatory feedback.  Includes participant practice.
7:50-8:05	Methods for distinguishing and quantifying distortions from target sound; activities that incorporate motor practice.
8:05 – 8:25	Carryover of established sound:  variables to incorporate into modeling, scaffolding, and feedback that promote carryover of target.
8:25-8:30	Q&A
8:30	Adjourn

Objectives:

Following this presentation, participants will be able to:

1. state a major principle used in selecting a target motor pattern that extinguishes the old motor pattern and describe how this principle facilitates carryover to conversational speech;
2. identify 5 different “R” distortions based on the articulatory physiology and describe how to distinguish and quantify approximations of the target phoneme during shaping;
3. describe variables to incorporate into scaffolding activities that increase awareness of speech sound occurrences, self-correction, and prevention of errors to promote carryover to vocalic “R.”

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About our Speaker:

Dr. Kobara-Mates serves as clinical faculty at Northwestern University's Center for Audiology, Speech, Language, and Learning in Evanston, Illinois, where she supervises graduate students in the evaluation and treatment of children with speech disorders.  Prior to supervising, Mindy has over 30 years of experience specializing in the speech of children and adults with hearing loss, speech sound disorders, and apraxia.

This course is offered for .2 ASHA CEUs (intermediate level, professional area). Available for partial Credit: N

An annual ASHA CE Registry fee is required to register ASHA CEUs. ASHA CE Registry fees are paid directly to the ASHA National Office. To register CEUs with ASHA, you must complete a CE participant form, turn it in at the time of the activity, and pay the ASHA CE Registry fee. ASHA CEUs are awarded ONLY AFTER receipt of the CE Participant Form AND payment of the Registry fee.

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Program Completion Requirements:

​Participants are expected to be present for the entire program. Individuals who are not present for the full program will not be recommended for ASHA CEUs. No partial credit will be provided.

Disclosures:

​Non-Financial- Dr. Kobara Mates does not have any relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.  
Financial- Dr. Kobara Mates does not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose. ​

Disclaimer:

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