Reclaim Your Flow: Fun, Targeted Tech Tools and Tricks to Infuse Joy in Your Therapy Practice
Reclaim Your Flow: Fun, Targeted Tech Tools and Tricks to Infuse Joy in Your Therapy Practice with Sean Sweeney
Hosted by Communication Works
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021 from 4:00 - 5:30 PM PST
1.5 hr of CA State CEUs available to SLPs (Not ASHA) - Communication Works is a certified CEU provider for Speech-Language Pathologists through the State Board of California only. Credits are not ASHA approved.
Live Online Training
$39.00
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About the Training
Running low on gas? Refuel your tele- and in-person therapy sessions with simple contextual resources in this virtual workshop. “Flow” in our work can spring from employing engaging contexts and targeting language underpinnings with interactive tools that provide a connective flow to ease your planning.
This session will review rationales for context-driven therapies and provide case studies for language and social-emotional learning targets from the elementary through middle and high school levels. Models of “spinning” and creatively employing useful and evidence-based methodologies such as Story Grammar Marker® will be provided, along with live demonstrations of easy to use interactive tools including Google Jamboard, Kahoot, and Pear Deck, facilitating enjoyment for both you and your clients. The session will provide access to a wealth of resources for utilizing books, video, games and interactive websites, and conversational contexts in therapy. Participants will leave with practice in developing contextual and engaging agendas for individual and group teletherapy and in-person sessions.
Therapy targets addressed by this session will include:
Narrative and expository language
Microstructure aspects such as sentence formulation and vocabulary
Conversational skills and other social learning topics
Emotional vocabulary and self-regulation
Objectives:
Participants will be able to…
Describe 2 research studies related to use of context and discourse in therapy
Employ research-based strategies such as narrative mapping and use of social narratives to scaffold success in and beyond therapy sessions
Identify two interactive tools useful in multiple therapy contexts
About the Presenter
Sean Sweeney, MS, MEd, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist and technology consultant working in private practice at The Ely Center in Needham, MA. Sean is currently implementing tele-practice with a focus on social learning groups due to the COVID-19 Emergency. Sean spent over a decade in the public school setting serving in the roles of SLP and instructional technology specialist. His blog, SpeechTechie, (named after you, not him) was inspired by the combination of those complementary vocations and a desire to empower those in his field to employ technology in their work. Sean currently consults with and presents for local and national organizations on technology integration in speech and language interventions. Sean loves hiking and breaks from technology as well.