ONLINE: Semantic and Narrative Intervention for 4-6 year olds with Developmental Language Disorder: Applying the Research to Your Practice

Online Learning

Session 1 Monday 19th April 2021, 9.00am-12.00pm NZST

Session 2 Wednesday 21st April 2021, 9.00am-12.00pm NZST

This event will not be recorded for later viewing. 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.

Intended Participants

This online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) event is intended for Speech-Language Therapists working in a paediatric setting with children aged from 4-6 years of age with developmental language disorder, however, intervention principles may also apply to children outside this age range and those with more complex needs. Participants will be assumed to have knowledge of childhood language disorders (i.e. specific language impairment, developmental language disorder).

Readings and Resources

Pre-readings will be emailed to participants 1 month prior to the workshop.

Learning Objectives

Following this event participants will be able to:

• Briefly outline why semantic and narrative skills are critical for academic success.
• Briefly outline semantic and narrative development in typically developing children in the age range 2-5 years.
• Be familiar with a list of quality semantic and narrative assessment tools.
• Describe key elements of semantic and narrative interventions for children with language disorders from quality research studies.
• Be able to identify appropriate intervention goals and plan intervention activities related to semantic and narrative interventions
• Reflect on research on effectiveness of intervention in these areas.

Content and Format

This workshop will examine current evidence-based practice in semantics and narrative intervention in preschool and early school-aged children. Participants will learn specific intervention options and reflect on how to apply them to their current clinical setting. The workshop will be comprised of lecture style content, interactive discussion and hands-on application of content to case scenarios.

About Dr Jayne Newbury

Dr Jayne Newbury is an experienced speech language therapist and lecturer at the University of Canterbury. She enjoys communicating key research findings to clinicians to support them in their practice.  Dr Newbury has presented seminars on child language to early childhood teachers, resource teachers of literacy (RTLits), classroom teachers and speech language therapists. She is currently the national expert advisor in child language for the New Zealand Speech-Language Therapist Association. Her research covers parent-child interaction, working memory, reading, late talkers, multilingual practice, autism, speech sound norms and child language disorders.