SLPs & SLPAs: Navigating Literacy and Multilingual Assessment

Schedule

Sat Nov 07 2026 at 09:30 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-07:00
Location

4951 S White Mountain Rd | Show Low, AZ

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Join NAU's Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders for a free, in-person workshop offering CEUs for SLPs and SLPAs.
About this Event

Earn ASHA CEUs at our professional development workshop, Across Languages, Across Learners: Navigating Literacy and Multilingual Assessment, with NAU Communication Sciences and Disorders faculty members, Heather Caska, M.S., CCC-SLP and Fé Murray, EdD, M.S. CCC-SLP.

  • Presentation 1 | Thinking Outside the “Box”: Exploring Roles of SLPs/SLPAs in Dyslexia
  • Presentation 2 | Beyond the Test Score: Assessing Multilingual and Dialect-Speaking Children


AGENDA

8:45 –9:15 Registration

9:15 – 9:30 – Welcome and opening

9:30 – 12:00 - Thinking Outside the “Box”: Exploring Roles of SLPs/SLPAs in Dyslexia

9:30 – 10:15 Intro and Values of Neuro Affirming Care

10:15 – 11:00 - Considerations for Planning Treatment

11:00 – 11:30 - Developing Internal Reflexive Questioning to Guide Decision Making

11:30 – 12:00 - Case Studies, Brainstorming and Questions

12:00 – 1:30 - Lunch Break (on your own)

1:30–4:00 - Beyond the Test Score: Assessing Multilingual and Dialect-Speaking Children

1:30–1:40 - Welcome and Setting the Stage

1:40–2:00 - Foundations: How Children Develop Multiple Languages

2:00–2:20 - Language Variation Is Not Automatically a Disorder

2:20–2:45 -Building the Assessment: Beyond the Standardized Test

2:45–3:05 - Collaborating With Interpreters and Translators

3:05–3:20 - Putting It Together: Case-Based Clinical Decision Making

3:20–3:30 - Q&A and Key Takeaways

3:30–4:00 - Evaluation survey; Silent Auction; receive certificates of participation


This course is offered for .45 ASHA CEUS (intermediate).

Satisfactory Completion Requirements: Certificates of completion will be awarded after active attendance at the entire presentation, submission of a completed evaluation and submission of a completed assessment of learning. There is no partial credit. A link to the online assessment and evaluation will be provided.

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4951 S White Mountain Rd, 4951 South White Mountain Road, Show Low, United States

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