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SLP Literacy Guide Chapter II: School-age Literacy Considerations

SLP Literacy Guide Chapter II: School-age Literacy Considerations

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Children with speech and language impairments are at significant risk for co-occurring literacy deficits that last well into the formal schooling years and beyond. These deficits may include children with dyslexia, who exhibit a significant difficulty decoding written text for meaning, and children with poor language comprehension which may make it difficult for children to comprehend complex linguistic structure associated with literary contexts. Speech-language pathologists have extensive expertise in subcomponents of linguistic structure that support literacy development through phonological skills and comprehension through semantics, morphological, and syntactic knowledge. In this presentation, we will briefly review more advanced literacy skills beyond phonological awareness, phonics, and other early literacy skills that are necessary to succeed academically in older elementary and secondary grades. We will discuss specific ways speech-language pathologists can provide support for these later literacy skills through appropriate assessment and intervention techniques.

Presenters

  • Katy Cabbage

    PhD CCC-SLP

    Katy Cabbage is an Assistant Professor at Washington State University and former school-based speech-language pathologist. Her research interests center on the connections between early speech and language skills and later literacy acquisition. She is interested in improving both the clinical identification and treatment of children with speech sound disorders and/or language impairment who are most at risk for reading difficulty.

Learning Objectives

Identify later literacy skills needed for academic success in school-age children.
Describe assessment practices to comprehensively evaluate higher-level language and literacy skills in school-age children.
Describe an integrated literacy intervention approach to support phonological, morphological, and syntactic development in school-age children.

Agenda

Agenda

5 minutesIntroduction to advanced literacy development characteristics of school-age children
10 minutesLiteracy assessment considerations for school-age children on the SLP caseload
10 minutes Literacy intervention considerations for school-age children on the SLP caseload
5 minutesConcluding thoughts and wrap-up

Disclosures

Disclosures

Speakers - FinancialKaty Cabbage is a salaried employee at Washington State University. Katy is receiving compensation for this course.
Speakers - NonfinancialKaty Cabbage has no non-financial relationships to disclose. Concluding thoughts and wrap-up
Course - ContentKaty Cabbage has no additional content information to disclose.
Course - Financial Support & In KindThis course is being sponsored by SLP Toolkit and ClassLab.

ASHA

ASHA

This course is offered for 0.05 ASHA CEUs, Introductory Level, Professional Area

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