Where Do I Start: Speech Development with Children Who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Course Description

This introductory level course is intended for speech-language pathologists and teachers of the deaf working with students with hearing loss who are developing their listening and spoken language skills. This course provides video excerpts and discussion of speech lessons with students at varying ages and at varying levels in their listening and spoken language development.  Participants will learn characteristics of audiological factors that influence speech; characteristics of different learner types; assessment methods; and treatment strategies to develop the speech skills of children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Learning Outcomes 

Participants will be able to: 

• • Explain the impact of audiological factors on speech.
  • Describe characteristics of the different types of learners. 
  • Identify informal assessment methods for evaluating speech skills.  
  • Analyze student errors to develop appropriate IEP goals. 
  • Differentiate activities for speech instruction to students of varying levels. 
  • Identify methods of prompting newly learned speech corrections to students of varying levels. 

Continuing Education Credit(s)

1.5 LSLS CEUs, AG Bell Academy