ASHA Learning Pass

If you are an SLP who works with middle- and high-school-age students with developmental language disorder (DLD), you might have questions like: What is my role? Where do I start? Should I be targeting written language? How do I support comprehension? This webinar will address these questions and more. The presenter will share strategies and ideas for working with teens with language challenges by detecting patterns within earlier-developing language processing skills to increase their ability to unlock the meaning of more complex and abstract language. The webinar will include case examples, modeling, and hands-on practice opportunities. You will walk away with language-based materials to recreate and implement for intervention with students and for interprofessional collaboration with general education teachers.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Scaffold higher-level language comprehension skills for adolescents with DLD using a hierarchy of language processing skills 
• Use word sorts and graphic organizers to strengthen adolescents’ ability to make inferences, interpret abstract concepts, and paraphrase main ideas 
• Develop 1-2 action statements about how you will partner with teachers to integrate language comprehension strategies in the classroom

Presenter Information

Kary Mirasola, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist who has worked for over 20 years as a master's-level clinician. She has spent the majority of her career perfecting the art of supporting school-age and adolescent students in language and literacy. Comprehension is an area of particular passion, as it seems that many professions simply do not understand the critical importance of language comprehension, the connection to reading and academics, and how to support these weaknesses. Kary has had the good fortune to work collaboratively with many talented SLPs, as well as engage in interprofessional practice and develop strong relationships with psychologists, developmental pediatricians and nurse practitioners. Although she has spent the majority of her career employed by a local hospital, her interest and passion for collaboration for school SLPs and teams is something that she has been able to foster over the years. Kary is delighted for this opportunity to present about adolescent language comprehension strategies.

Financial Disclosures:

• Financial compensation from ASHA for this presentation
• Graphic organizers and therapy materials shared in this presentation were created by the speaker and are her intellectual property

Nonfinancial Disclosures:

• None

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete and submit the learning assessment by the end date below.

Program History and CE Information

Live webinar date: October 23, 2024
End date: October 25, 2029

This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).