About this Course

This course gives an understanding of what it means for someone to have a processing disorder and for participants to identify the core skills missing in a client with a processing disorder. Participants will also learn how to perform an evaluation of categorization skills (a necessary skill for processing) using both standard and informal testing and then creating a clear hierarchy treatment plan. Create a treatment plan that emphasizes linking similar items by their semantic features to describing items by their critical features.


Learning Outcomes

After taking this course 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 hinders his 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

July 2, 2024

9:30 am - 11:30 am

Log on to zoom

Understanding a language processing disorder vs a central auditory processing disorder

How to perform an evaluation to assess categorization skills

Analyzing results of informal and standardized evaluation of classifying

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Break

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

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.


About the Presenter

Hannah 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 Therapy, 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.


Course Participation Information

To earn credit for this course, participants must view the entire course and complete the quiz and survey within 60 days of course registration. On-demand course includes video and audio recording of live webinar (including videos of actual therapy assessment and client case studies), PowerPoints, and handouts with hierarchy categorization evaluation and categorization treatment plan.


Special Needs

Please indicate any special needs you may have at least 14 days prior to the event by emailing us at [email protected]. We will try our best to accommodate your needs.