• $199

  • .60 ASHA CEUS

  • 60-Day Access to Recording

About this Course

This course provides a foundational understanding of critical thinking across five domains: Main Idea, Inferencing, Cause/Effect, Predicting, and Problem Solving. Participants will learn to evaluate and create specific goals and therapy activities for each domain using a client-directed model and proper cueing hierarchy to effectively improve clients' overall critical thinking abilities.

Participation Information

In order to receive ASHA CEUs, participants must:

  • Attend the entire session, as session attendance will be automatically tracked. Partial credit is not offered.

  • Successfully complete the quiz with a score of 80% or higher. 

  • Submit the workshop evaluation survey.

  • Submit the ASHA CEU form.

The above requirements must be completed within 60 days of registration.

About the Presenter

Hannah (Chani) Birnbaum, MA CCC-SLP, is an ASHA-certified Speech Language Pathologist (ASHA #12148258) with over 15 years of clinical work experience in New Jersey. She is the founder and director of SkillEase, specializing in high-quality speech and language therapy; unbelievable school, agency, and therapy workshops; as well as magnificent skill-based games for the discerning parent/therapist who is looking for incredible results for their child that doesn’t fit in. Hannah’s unique research-based method, combined with her 15+ years of clinical experience, takes kids from being unplugged to plugged in as they learn to thrive in the world.

Disclosures

Financial Disclosure: Hannah Birnbaum is the founder and director of SkillEase Therapy. She makes all profits from presenting this course. 

Non-Financial Disclosure: No relevant non-financial relationships exist.

Content Disclosure: This course will include discussion of the Story Cues game that was created by Hannah Birnbaum.

Target Audience

SLPs in both school and private practice settings who work with children aged 4 and older, BCBAs, Special Educators, Social Workers

Learning Outcomes

After taking this workshop, participants will be able to…

  • List all the components of an evaluation and the ways to collect the information necessary to perform an evaluation of critical thinking skills.
  • Describe the 5 domains of critical thinking skills by defining and understanding the differences in: main idea, inferencing, cause/effect, predicting, and problem solving.
  • Summarize what it means for a client to be a lateral/divergent thinker who has a hard time pinpointing the main idea or an extreme linear thinker who is more literal and exhibits black/white thinking.
  • Apply their knowledge of proper cueing to elicit exact inferences from their clients when doing therapy using single photo cards.
  • Explain how to follow the clients lead and train of thought to help build logical thinking with clear proofs, inferences and higher-level thinking.
  • Assess and measure the carryover of the skills in their sessions by having the clients figure out different problems and assessing if they are using logical problem-solving skills.


Agenda

Part 1

0-105 minutes

Understanding the 5 Domains of Critical Thinking

Definitions of Each Domain and Making SMART Goals

Linear Thinking vs. Lateral Thinking 

105-180 minutes

How to Evaluate a Disorder in Critical Thinking

Method to evaluate using single picture cue cards

Method to evaluate using sequencing cue cards

Part 2

0-105 minutes

How to incorporate Floortime model into traditional therapy

Using Single Pictures in Therapy to improve inferencing

Using Single Picture cueing in Therapy to improve Main Idea

Usage of proper cueing based on different kinds of thinkers

105-165 minutes

Bringing thinking skills up a level with story sequencing cards

Bridging thinking skills from traditional cue cards to real life thinking through targeted conversations.

165-180 minutes

Q&A


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