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0.2  ASHA CEUs

Tell Me What Happened! Teaching Children With High Functioning Autism To Comprehend And Retell Narratives #e132


Presenter: Nicole Gerami, MA, CCC-SLP

Learn new strategies for mapping out story content and structuring a basic written summary.

This course will discuss the importance of narrative competence, explain narrative types, and provide a short literature review of narrative difficulties with autistic children. It will present a method of structured narrative teaching to help children comprehend and retell fictional and personal narratives (true stories).

Sections Include:

  • Why Teach Narratives
  • Interventions
  • Narratives and Common Core

Course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs – 2 Contact Hours.

Course Overview & Run Time

Course Overview – Run Time: 2:00:40

  • Discourse: definition and how narratives fit in.
  • Why teach narratives?
  • Narratives, academic success and traditional approaches.
  • Brief literature review.
  • Barriers to narrative comprehension and telling.
  • Language domains required for narrative comprehension and telling.
  • The four language modalities.
  • Developmental milestones: understanding and producing narratives.
  • Using multisensory narrative teaching.
"Just good solid information about narrative development and ways to help elicit this information in children. Very well presented, lots of good video examples."

– W.S., prior course participant

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"Good treatment suggestions. I liked the overview of issues in autism that interfere with development of narratives. I really appreciated demonstration of the treatment practices and how to transition them into written narratives."

– J.S., prior course participant

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Content Disclosures

Course presenter is also author of the Narrative & Discourse Builder Tool (NBT) published by Northern Speech Services. Presenter will use the NBT in this presentation to illustrate story mapping. Presenter financial and non-financial disclosures may be found in the Presenter & Disclosures area.

Course Format

Video PowerPoint presentation with author narration & downloadable handout. Stop and re-start the course at any point. Learners retain access to course content after completion for ongoing reference and review.

Reviews

Comments From Prior Course Participants

"Talking about the different pieces that all go into narratives was helpful. I enjoyed understanding deficits and how to work with them." L.H. (Oct. 2024)

"I liked the treatment techniques." A.M. (Sep. 2024)

"The whole presentation was beneficial. Being an SLP in elementary school, we work a lot on narratives." D.P. (Aug. 2024)

"Video examples of how to implement the story mapping elements into practice were helpful. Very well structured course- I liked the first part about learning the components that impact narrative skills, and the second part about intervention using story mapping techniques." P.K. (Jan. 2024)

"I truly love the visual/magnetic story mapping for use with many purposes." K.G. (Dec. 2023)

"The presenter was a clear communicator. I enjoyed learning about a tool to improve telling narratives, including the steps of narrative development." S.C. (Jul. 2023)

"Narrative mapping was beneficial. I liked the video examples of narratives." D.G. (Jul. 2023)

"I liked the Story Mapping tool and videos showing its use. And the videos of therapy." E.H. (Jun. 2023)

"This course was very thorough and detailed. Learning more about how ASD kids produce narratives was beneficial." A.R. (May 2023)

"The interventions were beneficial. I liked the narrative language builder and the videos." E.B. (Apr. 2023)

"I liked the use of videos of children to illustrate points and demonstrate clinical methods. Discussion of cognitive and language skills needed to be able to understand, tell, and retell narratives was beneficial." L.M. (Apr. 2023)

"I liked the video examples and how to support story grammar and the development of narratives along grades and ages." L.W. (Mar. 2023)

"This course provided practical suggestions for helping children with ASD to read and retell stories." D.H. (Mar. 2023)

"Good strategies and demonstrations. I liked the videos." R.J. (Mar. 2023)

"The use of the storyboard to help kids with both fictional and personal narratives was good. Seeing the storyboard in use and seeing how it helps kids go from the structured use with it in front of them to the carryover/generalization and being able to retell the story with the board removed was beneficial information." A.W. (Nov. 2022)

"Good treatment suggestions. I liked the overview of issues in autism that interfere with development of narratives. I really appreciated demonstration of the treatment practices and how to transition them into written narratives." J.S. (Oct. 2022)

"Well-organized information and explanation of ASD impact on narratives. I liked the story mapping for personal narratives." J.H. (Oct. 2022)

"I liked learning about and watching the story mapping tool being used." M.M. (Sept. 2022)

"The story mapping will be most beneficial to my daily practice. Presenter had a logical course outline that she followed at a good pace with video demonstrations." D.W. (Sept. 2022)

"I liked how practical this course was and the case studies shown. The assessment and intervention ideas using multisensory input were helpful." G.H. (Sept. 2022)

"Good therapy examples." V.C. (Jul. 2022)

"Excellent videos of children's story telling. Liked the differentiation between story telling skills of central cohesion, theory of mind and executive functioning." B.S. (Jul. 2022)

"Good emphasis on intervention. I liked the multisensory approach." D.S. (Jun. 2022)

"I liked the types of narratives and difference in SLI vs ASD story deficits." M.P. (Jun. 2022)

"Loved the example videos and real life application of the ideas presented." A.P. (Jun. 2022)

"I liked the children's narratives and understanding barriers to comprehension." A.S. (May 2022)

"This course really distills a complex topic into digestible, discrete chunks. It provides a nice balance between theory and definitions and practical application." G.R. (May 2022)

"I liked the explanation of the areas of deficit in comprehending and creating narratives for children with ASD. I found the discussion of Theory of Mind, central cohesion and executive functioning very clear, and how those abilities relate to narratives was illuminating. The presenter helped organize and clarify the complex subject of narrative intervention." S.C. (Apr. 2022)

"I appreciated the videos that demonstrate how to use the tools/storyboard." A.M. (Apr. 2022)

"I liked how precise and to the point it was. Pretty much everything pertained to items that could be used in everyday clinic." M.R. (Feb. 2022)

"The examples of story mapping were very useful." M.D. (Jan. 2022)

“It was so easy to follow and was presented in such a logical manner. I liked how it was all brought together at the end by explaining how the material aligns with the Common Core Standards. Much of the language used will be helpful in developing parts of Individual Education Plans for children with ASD as well; i.e., why we do what we do. The video clips were extremely useful.” L.K. (Jan. 2022)

"It was very organized and informative! Multisensory story mapping is a great resource to use to help organize narratives and improve comprehension." B.K. (Jan. 2022)

Course Objectives

At course conclusion, participants will be able to:
  1. Identify critical elements in improving narrative comprehension and oral narration for children with language impairments.
  2. Apply a multisensory narrative storyboard technique to improve a child's ability to comprehend a fictional narrative.
  3. Demonstrate how to use a multisensory narrative storyboard technique to improve a child's ability to generate an oral personal (true) narrative.
  4. Describe how to transition from structured therapy to generalization of the narrative retell technique.
  5. List strategies that can be used for mapping out story content and structuring a basic written summary.

Presenter & Disclosures

Nicole Gerami, MA, CCC-SLP

Nicole Gerami, MA, CCC-SLP, lectures on treating children on the autism spectrum and provides in-service training to educators on effective methods for teaching language comprehension from printed material. Nicole treats children with a wide range of delays and disorders and is best known for her work with children with autism spectrum disorders, including her Narrative Builder approach for teaching children with autism and other developmental disabilities to comprehend what they read.

Nicole is co-creator of the Program for Establishing and Enhancing Relationships through Social Skills (PEERSS™) and Friendship in Teams (FIT™), and she is a founding member of Nicole Gerami, LLC. Nicole is a frequent lecturer for the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Milestones, and the Cuyahoga County Special Education Service Center. Nicole received her master's degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH where she is currently an adjunct instructor. She is the author of Narrative & Discourse Builder Tool.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial — Nicole Gerami is the presenter of online CE courses sponsored by Northern Speech Services; receives royalties.

Financial — Nicole Gerami is the author of Narrative & Discourse Builder Tool published by Northern Speech Services; receives royalties.

Nonfinancial — Nicole Gerami has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

Intended Audience / Accreditation

Intended Audience/Accreditation
asha ce approved provider

This program is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level; Professional Area).

Intended Audience

  • Speech-Language Pathologists

ASHA CEUs: NSS online courses are registered with ASHA and are offered for ASHA CEUs. The number of ASHA CEUs is noted above. Note that 0.1 ASHA CEU = 1 contact hour = equals 1 CEE.

ASHA CE Registry: During the enrollment process, if you select to receive ASHA credit for this course and if you provide your ASHA number, NSS will automatically submit your CEU information to the ASHA CE Registry after successful course completion (80% on post test). This submission happens once per month, during the first week of the month. For example, if you complete your course on November 7th, NSS will submit all November online course CEUs to ASHA during the first week of December. When ASHA inputs the information into their database, they will mark the course as completed on the last day of the month in which it was completed, so November 30th using this example. The certificate of completion available for you to print immediately, however, will reflect the actual completion date, November 7th in this example. Due to ASHA processing procedures please allow 2-3 weeks, from the submission date, for the course to appear on your ASHA transcript.

ASHA CEUs: Attendees must meet at least one of the following conditions in order to be eligible to earn ASHA CEUs:

  • Current ASHA Member.
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  • Licensed by a state or provincial regulatory agency to practice speech-language pathology (SLP) or audiology.
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  • Credentialed by a national regulatory agency to practice SLP or audiology.
  • Engaged in a Clinical Fellowship under the supervision of an individual with their ASHA CCC.
  • Currently enrolled in a master's or doctoral program in SLP or audiology.

If an attendee is not an ASHA member or CCC holder but meets any of the above criteria, they may inform the ASHA CE Registry of their eligibility by visiting this site.

Licensing Boards: Most state licensing boards DO accept CEUs earned online (usually classified as home-study credits). Some state boards do, however, place a limit to the number of credits that can be earned via home study/online courses. For the most current information, we suggest that you contact your licensing board or agency to verify acceptance policies and/or any credit limits related to home-study courses prior to registering for this course.

Additional accrediting agencies by which Northern Speech is an approved CE provider:

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During the enrollment process, if you select to receive ASHA credit for this course and if you provide your ASHA number, NSS will automatically submit your CEU information to the ASHA CE Registry after successful course completion (80% on post test). This submission happens once per month, during the first week of the month. For example, if you complete your course on November 7th, NSS will submit all November online course CEUs to ASHA during the first week of December. When ASHA inputs the information into their database, they will mark the course as completed on the last day of the month in which it was completed, so November 30th using this example. The certificate of completion available for you to print immediately, however, will reflect the actual completion date, November 7th in this example. Due to ASHA processing procedures please allow 2-3 weeks, from the submission date, for the course to appear on your ASHA transcript.

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