ONLINE: Differential Diagnosis of Severe Speech Disorders in Children

Online Learning

Session 1 Monday 29th September 2025, 1.00m-4.30pm NZDT

Session 2 Thursday 2nd October 2025, 1.00pm-4.30pm NZDT 

Sessions 1 and 2 will be RECORDED and the recordings will be available for 7 days after each session.

This 2 x 3.5-hr online workshop “Differential Diagnosis of Severe Speech Disorders in Children” is aimed at speech pathologists who have experience working with children with speech disorders, but may have less experience and/or confidence working with severe disorders.

Readings and Resources

Pre-readings will be emailed to participants 2 weeks prior to the workshop.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion of this workshop, participants will:

• Understand recent research developments in diagnosis of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) and other speech sound disorders in children.

• Use theoretical frameworks to develop a diagnostic hypothesis in moderate-severe speech impairment in children and have tools to test their hypothesis.

• Understand the presentation of CAS and other speech disorders across the lifespan.

• Discuss problem solving in diagnosis of children with complex speech disorders.

Registration and Online Learning Details
Single registration cost is for each individual, not per site. Each person must register and attendance is required for both sessions. Zoom will be used to deliver the training with “meeting room” details emailed to participants prior to each module. You will need to download Zoom software to your computer. A webcam and inbuilt microphone on your computer is also preferable so you can fully participate.

About Tricia McCabe

Professor Tricia McCabe is Head of Discipline and Professor of Speech Pathology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at The University of Sydney. She is also Honorary Professor of Speech Pathology in SWSLHD. Tricia has published more than 100 peer reviewed journal articles, supervised more than 20 research students, and has had $4.6 million in research grants. With a team of colleagues, she has developed the Rapid Syllable Transition Training intervention (ReST), a novel intervention which uses drill practice of non-words to improve the motor planning skills. Tricia’s research, teaching and clinical practice are focused on improving treatments for moderate-severe speech impairments in children and adults. This includes treatments for CAS, disorders of speech which cause impairments to production of polysyllabic words and longer units, the comparison of phonological and articulation treatments to demonstrate effectiveness and efficiency and the biofeedback use of ultrasound.