Continuing Education

Course Description: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) are significantly under-identified in preschool and the early elementary grades. Universal screening programs with progress monitoring of spoken language abilities could improve the identification of DLD; however, shortages of school-based and the lack of evidence-based tools are barriers to widespread implementation of universal screening programs. This presentation overviews innovations in screening tools developed as part of the National AI Institute for Exceptional Education (AIVEE; NSF/IES 2229873). The clinical potential for AI-assisted applications of the Redmond Sentence Recall and the Sentence Diversity Priming Task will be discussed.

CEUs: 0.1 CEUs

Course Description: In this series of talks, we share information about how Developmental Language Disorder fits within existing school-based terminology. Dr. Jeanne Tighe will discuss how to share a DLD diagnosis with families in a school-based context. Along with Dr. Curtiss, Dr. O’Fallon, and Victoria Coons, we will also highlight the needs of parents and how support groups can serve as a tool for connecting families with similar needs.

CEUs:

Session 1: 0.35 CEUs

Session 2: 0.2 CEUs

Course Description: Open Science is an international movement to democratize knowledge by making research more transparent, accessible, replicable, and collaborative. Its core principles are relevant across communication sciences and disorders, including speech, language, hearing, voice, fluency, and swallowing. At the same time, implementing Open Science in CSD requires careful attention to diverse clinical populations, ethically sensitive data, and collaboration with clients, families, and communities. This introductory session encourages CSD faculty, students, and staff to explore how Open Science can (or cannot!) fit into their existing workflows. It will (a) introduce key principles and common practices (e.g., preregistration, open materials, open data, self-archiving), and (b) offer practical strategies for translating these ideals into everyday research and clinical scholarship. Throughout, we will address the “push and pull” of Open Science: how increased openness can improve rigor, replicability, and global collaboration, while also presenting challenges related to time, resources, and data privacy. By the end of this session, participants will have a clear, yet judicious, roadmap for integrating Open Science principles and practices into their work, with encouragement to choose their own (Open Science) adventure!

CEUs: 0.1 CEUs

Course Descriptions

• TechTalk 1: This session provides a practical overview of how mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can be systematically classified in research settings using multiple sources of cognitive, functional, and informant data. Using DementiaBank as an applied example, participants will gain a clearer understanding of how the NIA-AA criteria are operationalized to support reliable and transparent classification decisions.
• TechTalk 2: This technical talk will share information on a recent pilot study adapting Verb Network Strengthening Training (VNeST), an existing Aphasia treatment, for use improving vocabulary and syntax in children with DLD.

CEUs: 0.1 CEUs

Course Description: Uncovering learning mechanisms in children with language disorders is critical for both understanding how individual variation in language results in varied communication outcomes and for support functional communication needs in children with DLD. In this talk, we honor the career of Dr. Leonard by showcasing how treatment studies can inform both practical and theoretical understandings of DLD. We alternate between presenting an example from Dr. Leonard’s work and an example from Dr. Owen Van Horne’s work to illustrate different key points.

CEUs: 0.1 CEUs

Course Description: Participatory community-based research is a research approach that requires partnering with people with lived experience and their support systems. Through this approach, it is possible to align research with community members' goals. This presentation will show this process in two examples. The first, on family meals and autism, will show how qualitative research was used to produce both scholarship and an online toolkit for parents. The second example will focus on the application of high-leverage practices for teaching sex education.

CEUs: 0.1 CEUs

Course Description: This course will describe an approach for developing and implementing a community-engaged storytelling intervention to promote lifestyle and behavioral change among Black adults with hypertension. Drawing on findings from the High Blood Pressure Stories (HBPStories) study, this course will cover topics including community-based participatory research methods, culturally sensitive storytelling interventions, and the intersection of gender, stress, and cardiovascular risk among Black women.

CEUs: 0.1 CEUs