Shari Robertson, Ph.D. CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, is a Professor Emerita and the 2019 past president of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Prior to obtaining her PhD In Pediatric Language Disorders at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and moving into academia, Robertson spent nearly twenty years as a schools-based SLP and special education administrator. Robertson has published numerous articles, book chapters, and clinical materials, and presented hundreds of invited workshops and seminars related to pediatric oral and written language, including a number of prestigious keynote presentations in Brazil, Taiwan, China, and South Africa. Robertson is currently the CEO of Dynamic Resources, which publishes materials, including children’s books, targeting intervention and assessment of child language delays and disorder. Robertson has received the Editor’s Award for Language for the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research and the Annie Glenn award for Leadership in Language and Literacy.
SLP-Seminar on Literacy taught by
Shari Robertson, PhD, CCC-SLP
Building Better Readers: Stress-Free Strategies for the Savvy SLP
The recent emphasis on the development of literacy has created a set of new challenges for speech-language pathologists who work with pre-school and school-aged children. Given that language problems are both a cause and a consequence of reading problems, SLPs, with the support of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, are increasingly taking the lead in designing and providing intervention programs that support development in both domains. This workshop will explore the reciprocal relationships between language and literacy and link them to the skills identified as critical to the development of reading by the National Literacy panel. Participants will be provided with evidence-based intervention strategies and useful resources to facilitate oral and written language skills across a variety of age and skill levels.
Following this presentation, clinicians will be able to:
- Summarize key elements of the current knowledge base related to language, literacy, and cognition (learning).
- Incorporate interactive reading strategies into intervention for reluctant readers and children with communicative disorders.
- Link language intervention to classroom activities related to literacy development
- Provide evidence based intervention to support oral and written language, cognition, and pragmatics for children with various communicative disorders
More SLP-Seminars from Dr. Robertson coming soon!!
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