The North Suburban Speech and Language Association (NSSLA) a recognized area group of the Illinois Speech Language-Hearing Association presents:

Supporting Language in Adolescence: Practical Strategies 

Presenter(s):	Julie Smith, MS, CCC-SLP
​When:	Tuesday, December 8, 2020
​Where:	Virtual Zoom presentation
​Reservations:	Bonnie Nield ([email protected]). RSVP by Friday, December 4th Login information will be sent after RSVPs are received. Due to pre-registration processing, late RSVPs will not be accepted. The handout will be posted online prior to the meeting.
​Program:	This workshop provided research on language intervention for adolescents and described specific strategies and activities for supporting adolescents in the development of vocabulary, complex syntax, and perspective taking. Activities were presented for use by SLPs in schools or private settings.

Agenda:

Time	Agenda
6:00-6:30pm	Registration and business meeting
6:30-6:40	Introduction and Overview
6:40-7:10	Vocabulary Intervention: Research regarding best practices for adolescents, word consciousness, vocabulary tiers, and practical strategies/activities for intervention
7:10-7:45	Complex Syntax: Using Multisensory Grammar to teach foundations of part of speech, practical activities to target relative and adverb clauses
​7:45-8:20	Strategies/activities for integrating perspective taking into language intervention
8:20-8:30	Questions

Learning Objectives:

The participants will:

1. List 3 elements of quality vocabulary intervention and state 2 practical strategies/activities that can be applied to intervention.
2. Apply 3 practical activities to intervention that will build comprehension and/or expression of complex sentence
   structure.
   
3. Explain 2 summarizing strategies that will facilitate perspective-taking and inferential reasoning. 
   

This program is offered for .2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area)

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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Disclosures:

Financial: Julie Smith will receive an honorarium from NSSLA.
Nonfinancial: Julie Smith does not have any relevant non-financial relationships to disclose. 

Disclaimer:

NSSLA is not responsible for the professional practices of any members or attendees as our meetings are solely informational workshops, not certificated educational or training programs.

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About Our Speaker(s)

Julie Smith, MS, CCC-SLP received a bachelor’s degree in Communication Disorders from Augustana College and a Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Purdue University. She has worked as a school-based speech-language pathologist for 15 years, most of that time at New Trier High School. She has presented nationally at the Social Thinking Global Provider’s Conference and locally at the North Suburban Special Education Cooperative regarding her work with students and in collaboration with teachers to support language and social thinking competencies.