Online Dyslexia in Early Intervention and Certification

Course intent: To provide speech language pathologists and other relevant early interventionists with the clinical background to understand the clinically and educationally relevant issues regarding developmental verbal dyslexia so as to implement appropriate therapeutic intervention in the context of early intervention.

Relevance to Speech Language Pathology and Early Intervention: Speech therapists, teachers of speech and learning disabilities,social workers, special educators, and occupational therapists in the early intervention setting are often called upon to utilize their professional and educational skills for children between the ages of 0-3, especially given this population’s neuroplasticity, and the possibility for a much improved outcome with phonological and other therapeutic intervention

Outcomes

Provider will be able to:

Identify of the morphological, phonologic, and orthographic foundation of reading and how this relates to reading skill.
Identify the meaning of neurdiversity vis-à-vis brain circuitry – failed neural migrations - and how inborn differences are likely pathgnomic for the various subtypes of dyslexia, and how these notion are upheld by neuroimaging studies and post-mortem indicators such as brain ectopia.
Understand the different theories and how their inter-relatedness may define the paradigm for understanding dyslexia.
Understand orthographic-phonologic mapping vs. orthographic-semantic (sight word reading) mapping and how they relate to the decoding, coding, and encoding abilities of speech and reading.
Recognize the signs & symptoms as well as management from the perspective of speech language pathology, occupational therapy and special education.
Comprehend the foundation for learned components of language – phonological, semantic and grammatical development, as well as and pragmatics – occur soon after birth, and how this relates to the imperative for early intervention.
Identify the various approaches to prognosis, diagnosis, assessment, and transdisciplinary management of dyslexia.
Learn how specials management strategies such as specialized fonts, for example, the use of Open Dyslexic and Dyslexie and how they can help children with dyslexia
Identify dysgraphia and management approaches

Speech Language Pathology:

Target Audience: Professional - Speech Language Pathologists, Speech teachers and Audiologists. Occupational therapists, COTA's.

Course Level: various

Course Content: Related 3010 - Developmental Language Disorders Content Area: Professional

OT: Classification Code: Category 2 Occupational Therapy Process

Intervention Plan

Intervention Implementation

Outcomes: occupational performance

Prerequisite: pediatric therapist provider - whether therapist or assistant - with neurological clinical background, or professional-grade graduate of accredited program in occupational or physical therapy.

Program Agenda

Introduction

Etiology

Evolutionary Paradigm for Understanding Dyslexia

Phonological Deficit Hypothesis

Building Blocks - Phonemic Awareness

Morphemes & Graphemes

Phonological Awareness & Orthography

Orthographic (-Phonologic Vs. –Semantic) Mapping

Neurophysiology of Reading

Dyslexia as a Function of Orthography

Magno-cellular Deficit Theory

Phonology Development: Infants and Toddlers

Warning Signs – Cues Suggesting Dyslexia

Early Intervention

Signs & Symptoms

Risk Factors Complications – Associated Conditions

Vision, Reading, and Spelling

Math & Time Management

Assessment

Diagnosing Dyslexia

Management

Ages 0-3 & Early Childhood

Accommodations

Strategies

Diagnosis of spelling problems

Educational techniques and Approaches