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Ready, Set, "Action" – Integrating Curriculum Verbs Into Your Therapy Session #e245


Presenter: Cathy Alexander, MA, CCC-SLP

Learn strategies to teach curriculum verbs with children with specific language impairment (SLI).

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"I plan to change my vocabulary instruction almost immediately with these resources."

– S.B., prior course participant

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Limited verb lexicon is a characteristic of children with specific language impairment (SLI). Learn how SLPs can foster the development of verbs by increasing frequency input and verb diversity. Learn two intervention techniques that are critical for learning verbs.

Strategies will be provided for children with SLI to learn curriculum verbs. These strategies will facilitate the children’s participation with the demands of the curriculum and to participate in the classroom environment. Grade-level verbs, high-incidence academic verbs, and verbs critical for academic success will be listed and reviewed. 

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

Numerous downloadable therapy materials are provided. Age range: preschool – adolescents.

Course Overview & Run Time

Course Overview – Run Time: 2:00:18

  1. Describing children with SLI and why they have difficulty with verbs.
  2. Discussing the limited verb lexicon of toddlers/preschoolers.
  3. Discussing the importance of verbs in our language.
  4. Discussing the SLP's role in the educational curriculum and describe academic vocabulary (verbs) expectations.
  5. Describing intervention strategies including joint text naturalistic intervention strategies, scaffolding strategies, and peer tutoring.
  6. Discussing evidence-based intervention strategies to target verbs.
  7. Selection of high priority verbs to teach, high-incidence academic verbs, and essential academic verbs.
  8. Review of preschool intervention strategies and book recommendations.
  9. Review of kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade intervention strategies using: hibernating, organizing, arranging, soaring, and commuting.
  10. Review of 3rd and 4th grade interventions targeting: weathering, condensing, and evaporating.
  11. Review of 5th grade and secondary schools vocabulary.
"Providing a great amount of resources and breaking it down into grade level was terrific and helpful."

– A.K., prior course participant

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"I appreciated the handouts received and the resources presented in order for me to have immediate hands-on ideas to utilize in therapy."

– M.C., prior course participant

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Content Disclosures

The content of this online CE course does not focus exclusively on any specific proprietary product or service. 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

"All of the course was beneficial. I liked the different suggestions on how to incorporate teaching verbs within the school's entire day." K.N. (Jan. 2024)

"The breakdown of Tier II vocabulary by grade was beneficial, as it’s sometimes hard to select target words. I liked her targeted focus on intervention strategies." J.D. (Dec. 2023)

"Discussing the number and diversity of verbs needed to help develop literacy skills was helpful. Also, the research behind predictions of success in children who have more diverse verbs in their lexicon. The information was clear and useful!" W.D. (Dec. 2023)

"I liked the list of specific verbs for each grade level. The ideas on how to teach verbs were helpful." T.R. (Oct. 2023)

"The grade-level word lists and activities were beneficial. I liked the Lesson Activities with storybooks and worksheets." C.C. (Sep. 2023)

"Strategies for teaching verbs in the preschool and school-age level. I liked how clear and concrete this course was." S.G. (Sep. 2023)

"The word lists and printouts that were provided to target verbs made this course practical. I liked the evidence-based research. Breakout of tier 2 verbs children will need to learn broken down by grade level. Resource suggestions to help target them." T.M. (Sep. 2023)

"Good overall discussion on verbs. Great handouts." T.W. (Sep. 2023)

"Examples, lots of examples. Thanks!" A.L. (Jul. 2023)

"This course was very easy to follow, and the examples were amazing. I especially enjoyed the handouts and techniques for teaching and including teaching staff in developing verb vocabulary." B.S. (Jun. 2023)

"I liked all the practical examples and resources. Great refresher. I'm out of elementary now, and after only seeing preschoolers for 5 years, I needed this!" L.S. (Jun. 2023)

"Many hands on activities that I can use with my caseload." T.E. (Jun. 2023)

"The therapy techniques and ideas were beneficial." B.K. (Jun. 2023)

"Learning vocabulary for each grade level was beneficial. I liked that you can take the course at your leisure." D.C. (May 2023)

"I liked the examples in this course." G.B. (Apr. 2023)

"I liked the books available to target specific verbs, and also the presenter's great activity sheets. The verb lists per grade were beneficial." K.H. (Apr. 2023)

"The identification of the age-appropriate or curriculum-appropriate verbs was very helpful! I appreciated the handouts received and the resources presented in order for me to have immediate hands-on ideas to utilize in therapy." M.C. (Apr. 2023)

"Provided ideas that I can use within my general education classrooms. Discussing the effects of verb (vocabulary) knowledge on reading comprehension was beneficial." D.C. (Apr. 2023)

"The instructor provided usable & functional materials. I liked the list of literature by grade level to support verb teaching." L.B. (Feb. 2023)

"Activities to teach verbs at various grade levels. Many examples of materials and strategies were presented. Inclusion of handouts." D.A. (Jan. 2023)

"The content was very good and I liked the examples of books." F.B. (Nov. 2022)

"I really liked having specific examples for ways to integrate verb learning across grade levels. Good activities and strategies provided by the presenter." C.P. (Nov. 2022)

"Useful materials provided. I liked the lists of verbs." B.M. (Oct. 2022)"The specific vocabulary for each grade was helpful and I intend to use it with my students. I liked the handouts and specific activities shared, especially the visuals to use." M.E. (Oct. 2022)

"I loved the intervention examples and ideas." L.G. (Oct. 2022)

"Providing a great amount of resources and breaking it down into grade level was terrific and helpful. The presenter maintained a steady pace that was not too fast." A.K. (Sept. 2022)

"I will keep the concept of input frequency and distributed practice through booster sessions as a key component to my teaching." S.L. (Aug. 2022)

"I appreciated the empirical evidence related to verb acquisition for children with language delays. The course also offered easy to facilitate techniques and activities to help improve semantic outcomes." A.M. (Jul. 2022)

"Practical suggestions on how to implement....evidence based and practical ideas." D.J. (Jul. 2022)

"There are practical examples and ways to incorporate into daily practice and collaboration emphasis." J.O. (Jul. 2022)

"I liked the examples of words to teach and ways to teach them. Parts 2 and 4." V.D. (Jun. 2022)

"The course was outlined and presented very well." S.A. (Mar. 2022)

"I liked the examples of activities that can be used to teach verbs. I was familiar with some of the research on the importance of verbs as early indicators for children at risk of developing SLI, but hearing the systematic review the presenter provided helped solidify my understanding of this information." M.H. (Feb. 2022)

"Course was wonderful! I found the grade specific vocabulary/verb lists most educational and the multiple handouts most beneficial. I plan to change my vocabulary instruction almost immediately with these resources." S.B. (Feb. 2022)

"I liked the practical teaching strategies for teaching verbs. Easy to follow and very applicable." M.B. (Feb. 2022)

“Great explanations of the importance of verbs and difficulty of teaching and understanding these words. The examples of therapy materials across multiple grades/ages were also helpful.” K.B. (Jan. 2022)

"Concrete examples and digital handouts. Loved the digital handouts!" M.T. (Jan. 2022)

"I LOVE the age specific lists of verbs! So informative and straightforward." J.P. (Jan. 2022)

Course Objectives

At course conclusion, participants will be able to:
  1. Define, describe and discuss limited verb lexicon in children with language impairments.
  2. Define and discuss two intervention techniques that are critical for learning verbs.
  3. List and incorporate interventions to teach curriculum verbs for preschool through adolescence.

Presenter & Disclosures

Cathy Alexander, MA, CCC-SLP

Cathy Alexander, MA, CCC-SLP, has worked in public school settings and a private pediatric clinic for over 20 years. Cathy is the founder of KidsVocabulary.com. Cathy is the author of WH Question Blast Off and Core Curriculum Articulation both published by Super Duper Publications, Inc. Cathy has presented to school districts and pediatric clinics across the nation on vocabulary intervention. In addition, Cathy has conducted a number of webinars. Cathy is an ASHA and TSHA presenter.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial — Cathy Alexander is a presenter of online CEU courses offered by Northern Speech Services; receives royalty payments.

Nonfinancial — Cathy Alexander 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.
  • ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) Holder.
  • Licensed by a state or provincial regulatory agency to practice speech-language pathology (SLP) or audiology.
  • Credentialed by a state regulatory agency to practice SLP or audiology.
  • 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:

  • California: NSS is approved as a provider of continuing education by the California Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Board. Provider #PDP4. Online CEU limits may apply; please contact SLPAHADB for current online CEU acceptance policies.
  • Iowa: NSS is approved as a provider of continuing education by the Iowa Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology Examiners. Provider #169.
  • Kansas: NSS is approved as a provider of continuing education by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Provider #LTS-S0005.
  • Florida: NSS is approved as a provider of continuing education by the Florida Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board. Provider #SPA-026.
  • New Jersey: NSS is approved as a provider of continuing education by the New Jersey Department of Education. Provider #1654.

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You have unlimited time to complete our online courses. You may log off and log on as often as you’d like to in order to complete all sections of a course.

However, completion dates are based on Eastern Standard Time. Therefore, if you need your CEUs by a certain date, be sure to complete the course test before 11:59pm EST on that date. For example, if you need CEUs before January 1st, you will need to complete the course test before 11:59pm EST on December 31st.

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On successful completion of the post test (80%), a certificate will be immediately available for download and/or printing. This certificate will include your name, date of completion (based on Eastern Time Zone, USA/Canada), and number of contact hours (CEUs / CEEs). Please note that CEUs are awarded on the date of successful test completion, not the date of course enrollment. Please ensure that you successfully complete the post test prior to any licensure renewal dates.

ASHA CE Registry Submission:

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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Northern Speech is an ASHA CE Provider and our online courses are registered with ASHA and offered for ASHA CEUs. Please note that successful completion of the online post test is required prior to the awarding of CEUs. Please contact your state licensing board for acceptance policies related to CEUs earned online. Please note that courses offered for university students are not applicable for CEUs.

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Testing requirements:

Each online course concludes with a post test consisting of multiple choice or true & false questions. Scores of 80% or greater are required for successful course completion and awarding of CEUs. You may revisit course materials and retest as needed to achieve a passing score.

Number of CEUs offered:

We offer courses from 1 to 21 contact hours. Each course will note the number of CEUs offered. Please note that 0.1 CEU = 1 contact hour = 1 CEE.

State licensing boards and online CEUs:

NSS is an ASHA CE Provider and most state licensing boards DO accept ASHA CEUs earned online (usually classified as home-study credits). Some boards do, however, place a limit to the number of CEUs 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 CEU limits related to home-study courses prior to enrolling in an online course.

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Our course formats include: text, audio, video, and PowerPoint with author narration. Each course will note the format on the course description page. Most courses include closed captioning.

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A purchased online course can be exchanged, refunded, or transferred to another individual if contact is made with NSS (via phone or email) within 30 days of purchase and the course materials have not been viewed or downloaded. 

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