Program Note

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

Opening Doors to Math Success through Language Intervention

Presenter	Karen Tzanetopoulos, M.S., CCC-SLP
Date	Saturday, December 1, 2018
Time	9:00 – 9:30 AM:  Registration/Business Meeting 9:30 – 12:45 PM:  Presentation
Location	The Cove School, 350 Lee Road, Northbrook, IL 60062
​Reservations	Sue Bonnem (bonnems@gmail.com). RSVP by Wednesday, November 28, 2018 The handout will be posted online prior to the meeting.

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​Time Ordered Agenda:

Time	Agenda
9:00-9:30	Registration and business meeting
9:30-10:00	How the SLP can play a pivotal role in facilitating math language development from the earliest ages that can have long term predictive effects for math success
10:00-10:45	Providing meaning to different types of math language and vocabulary and corresponding interventions
10:45-11:00	Break
11:00-11:15	Helping girls overcome gender brain-based differences in visual-spatial skills to improve math success-Language is the key!
11:15-12:00	Research-based strategies for solving math story problems and how to scaffold language to help students express their mathematical reasoning- “Explain your answer.”
12:00-12:30	​Finding meaning in the abstract language of fractions and algebra
12:30-12:45	​Questions and Answers

Participants will be able to:

1. Identify different types of math language and vocabulary and corresponding interventions. 
   
2. Explain research-based strategies for helping children solve word story problems.
3. Describe scaffolding strategies for helping children express their mathematical reasoning.

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This course is offered for .3 ASHA CEUs (professional area, intermediate level).
Available for partial Credit: NO

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: Karen Tzanetopoulos does not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Nonfinancial: Karen Tzanetopoulos does not have any relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

Disclaimer:

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