Course Description:

Executive function skills (EFS) are essential life-long skills that are critical for academic and social growth. When students lack these skills, they struggle to: pay attention, complete assignments, follow multi-step directions, engage in appropriate social behaviors, exhibit anti-social behaviors, foresee consequences, recall information, and get started on a task. Speech-language pathologists often seem to unknowingly address impairments in EFS with their clients as they utilize behavior management techniques through...

Course Description:

Within the past few decades, technological advancements have exerted a significant influence in a broad range of contexts, including that of the therapeutic setting. Speech-language pathologists have been inundated with a myriad of technological choices to incorporate into their clinical practices. This course discusses research-based tactics for identifying technological applications that fall within the guidelines of developmentally appropriate practices, helping speech-language pathologists navigate the challenges of providing fun, meaningful,...