Assessing and Treating Childhood Apraxia Speech: Keeping Both the Forest and the Trees in View

September 6, 2024
Cashion Academic Center 506 (Fifth Floor)
1401 S. 4th Street, Waco, TX 76798

Presented by the National Student Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) at Baylor University with support from the Baylor University Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences

REGISTRATION

Register Here

Cost:

$75 registration fee 

(No fee for current Baylor faculty, students, or families receiving services at the Baylor Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic.)

Payment Options:

• Venmo @NSSLHA_Baylor (Comment "Conference")
• Mail check payable to "NSSLHA at Baylor" to NSSLHA at Baylor, One Bear Place #97332, Waco, TX 76798

Cancellations:

Cancellations should be submitted to Carrie_Drew@baylor.edu in writing seven days prior to the event for a  full refund. If this event is canceled by Baylor University CSD, a full refund will be provided to the registrant. 

This program is approved for 6.5 clock hours of continuing education credit by the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Partial CEUs are not available.

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

REBECCA MCCAULEY, PHD

Dr. Rebecca McCauley's journey to become a speech-language pathologist was rather a long one that built on a BA in Psychology (Louisiana State University), as well as an MA in the Social Sciences, followed by a PhD in Cognition and Communication (both at University of Chicago). Still not there yet, she completed postdoctoral studies at University of Arizona, then Johns Hopkins University's Kennedy Krieger Institute to finally arrive at her CCC-SLP. She was a faculty member at the University of Vermont for 23 years, teaching largely in the areas of speech sound disorders and research methods, until she joined Ohio State University in 2008. Her research and scholarly interests have included assessment and treatment of children's communication disorders, with a focus on Childhood Apraxia Speech (CAS) and efforts to understand the structure of interventions. Dr. McCauley has authored and co-edited numerous publications, including 12 books (with another on the way). Over her career, she was elected to Fellowship of ASHA and Honors of the Association. Since retiring in 2021, she has continued presenting, writing, and learning, especially as a lay Guardian and Litem in a local specialty court that serves teens suspected of having been trafficked.

OUTCOMES

Participants will be able to:

• Describe the specific nature of CAS from both a motor speech perspective and a communication effectiveness perspective.
• List both tools and strategies used in the identification and description of CAS as a speech disorder and tools designed to describe the larger impact of CAS on the child's communication development more broadly.
• Describe the intervention strategies addressing the motor planning and programming deficit at the core of CAS as well as the child's functioning in their social roles.
• Suggest important considerations for several case examples using concepts addressed in the workshop.

CONTACT US

For questions or concerns about Baylor CSD continuing education services and programs, please contact:

Dr. Carrie Drew, CCC-A
Carrie_Drew@baylor.edu
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Baylor University
254-710-2568

SPEAKERS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Financial: NSSLHA@Baylor - Speaking Fee

Nonfinancial: None