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Speech-Language Pathology Credit

 

 

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The program offers up to 1.60 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area).

 

These credits are available for attendance at the conference only. See below for credit information for individual pre-conference workshops.

 

CONFERENCE: NOVEMBER 19-21 2021

Calming Anxious Brains

LEARNING OBJECTIVES


SLP participants will be able to:

  • Illustrate ways to calm students in an age of rising stress and anxiety (1)
  • Describe methods to promote mental health in school, youth, and young adults (2)
  • List ways to re-engage and help kids as they return back to school (3)
  • Review the science of trauma and creating trauma-sensitive classrooms (4)
  • Develop strategies for managing difficult behaviors and school situations (5)
  • Demonstrate ways to create caring, trusting, connected classrooms in challenging times (6)
  • Discuss how to achieve success with defiant. emotional, and disengaged students (7)
  • Review interventions and acceleration for "COVID Slide" in reading and math (8)
  • Explain how to help student with ADHD and autism adjust to a new normal (9)
  • Analyze science-based stratgies for reducing anxiety and depression (10)
  • Connect research on the pandemic and it's impact on child mental health (11)
 

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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS - NOVEMBER 19, 2020 - 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

 

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The program is offered for 0.40 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area). These credits are available for attendance at this pre-conference workshop only.

 

 

 

#1. Practical Strategies to Reduce Anxiety in the Classroom

 

Workshop Schedule: 9:00am - 1:00pm

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES


SLP participants will be able to:
 

  • Review how the current societal changes due to COVID have impacted the levels of anxiety in children and teens
  • Develop easy-to-implement strategies for reducing student anxiety and negative thinking
  • Describe ways to increase self-regulation, accurate thinking, engagement, and self-monitoring.

 

Presented by Jessica Minahan, MEd, BCBA

Financial disclosure – Jessica Minahan is receiving an honorarium for her presentation. She also receives royalties from Harvard University Press. Non-financial disclosure – Jessica Minahan has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

9:00am - 9:30am: Course overview and introduction of goals
9:30am - 11:00am: Review how the current societal changes due to COVID have impacted the levels of anxiety in children and teens
11:00am - 12:30pm: Development of easy-to-implement strategies for reducing student anxiety and negative thinking; Description of ways to increase self-regulation, accurate thinking, engagement, and self-monitoring
12:30pm - 1:00pm: Wrap up and discussion

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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS - NOVEMBER 19, 2020 - 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

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The program is offered for 0.40 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area). These credits are available for attendance at this pre-conference workshop only.
 

#2. The Neuropsychology of Stress and Trauma

 

Workshop Schedule: 9:00am - 1:00pm

 


LEARNING OBJECTIVES


SLP participants will be able to:
 

  • Discuss the prevalence of stress and trauma for school aged children, as well as the various sources from which trauma can occur
  • Explore key brain regions that are impacted when students experience stress and trauma, and the subsequent effect on social skills development
  • Review five essential steps toward the development of a "trauma-informed" school
  • Discuss the impact of the pandemic on the social-emotional needs of children and teens

 

Presented by Steven Feifer, DEd, NCSP, ABSNP
 

Financial disclosure – Steven Feifer is receiving an honorarium for his presentation. He also receives royalties from School Neuropsych Press and PAR. Non-financial disclosure – Douglas Fisher has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.


9:00am - 9:30am: Course overview and introduction of goals
9:30am - 11:00am: Discussion of the prevalence of stress and trauma for school aged children, as well as the various sources from which trauma can occur; Exploration of the key brain regions that are impacted when students experience stress and trauma, and the subsequent effect on social skills development
11:00am - 12:30pm: Review five essential steps toward the development of a "trauma-informed" school; Discussion of the impact of the pandemic on the social-emotional needs of children and teens
12:30pm - 1:00pm: Wrap up and discussion

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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS - NOVEMBER 19, 2020 - 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

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The program is offered for 0.40 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area). These credits are available for attendance at this pre-conference workshop only.
 

#3. Detecting and Responding to Mental Health Needs in the Classroom

Workshop Schedule: 9:00am - 1:00pm

 


LEARNING OBJECTIVES


SLP participants will be able to:
 

  • Develop and awareness of mental health concerns and how these challenges manifest at various grade levels
  • Identify the symptoms of some of the most common mental health challenges in the specific context of schools and classrooms
  • State a committment to communicating observed symptoms with professionals and parents to get the earliest and most effective interventions

 

Presented by Frank Kros, MSW, JD

Financial disclosure – Frank Kros is receiving an honorarium for his presentation. Non-financial disclosure – Frank Kros has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

9:00am - 9:30am: Course overview and introduction of goals
9:30am - 11:00am: Development and awareness of mental health concerns and how these challenges manifest at various grade levels
11:00am - 12:30pm: Identification of the symptoms of some of the most common mental health challenges in the specific context of schools and classrooms; Statement of  committment to communicating observed symptoms with professionals and parents to get the earliest and most effective interventions
12:30pm - 1:00pm: Wrap up and discussion

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PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS - NOVEMBER 19, 2020 - 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

ASHA logo

 

 

The program is offered for 0.40 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area). These credits are available for attendance at this pre-conference workshop only.

 


#4. Cultivating Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth in School Communities

Workshop Schedule: 9:00am - 1:00pm

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES


SLP participants will be able to:

 

  • Explore the foundations of resilience and post-traumatic growth
  • Review tools from positive psychology, neuroscience, and mindfulness that have boosted resilience, mental health, and learning for generations
  • Develop strategies for today's new normal based on these foundations

 

Presented by Christopher Willard, PsyD

Financial disclosure – Christopher Willard is receiving an honorarium for his presentation. Non-financial disclosure – Christopher Willard has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
 

9:00am - 9:30am: Course overview and introduction of goals
9:30am - 11:00am: Exploration of the foundations of resilience and post-traumatic growth
11:00am - 12:30pm: Review tools from positive psychology, neuroscience, and mindfulness that have boosted resilience, mental health, and learning for generations; Development of strategies for today's new normal based on these foundations
12:30pm - 1:00pm: Wrap up and discussion