Understanding Processing Disorders and a Unique Way to Organize the Brain
Presented by: Hannah (Chani) Birnbaum, MA CCC-SLP
About this Workshop
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 earn credit for this workshop, participants must:
- View 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.
The above requirements must be completed within 60 days of course 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.
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…
- Define the difference between language processing disorders and central auditory processing disorders.
- Describe the causes and missing skills a client may have that hinder their ability to process information at an average speed.
- Complete a comprehensive evaluation to properly assess categorization abilities using both standardized and informal testing.
- Analyze categorization samples and assess if the client is weak in word retrieval, critical thinking skills, categorization skills, and/or working memory.
- Formulate a proper treatment plan that builds categorization skills with emphasis on organizing the brain where clients think in an organized way and clearly differentiate similar items based on their semantic features.
- Assess the rate of progress with clients' abilities to properly describe single items by their main critical features and compare/contrast items by listing the main critical features first.
Agenda
120-240 minutes |
Creating a Treatment Plan for Categorization Skills Emphasis on listing items in organized sub-categories Improving Semantic Comparisons by describing items by critical features Compare/Contrast Items by critical features. |