workshop, may 29th Toronto Ontario Canada

April 9, 2004

" Encouraging Literacy Development for Children with Speech/Language

Disabilities "

Dr. Kenn Apel, PhD, CCC-SLP

Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences

Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas

May 29, 2004

1255 Sheppard Ave. E.

Toronto, ON.

Kenn Apel, PhD., CCC-SLP is professor and chair of the Department of

Communicative Disorders and Sciences at Wichita State University, Wichita,

Kansas, and a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. His

research and teaching interests deal with typical and non-typical

language/literacy development, with a specific focus on reading and spelling. He

is a former Associate Editor for Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the

Schools (LSHSS) and has served as a guest editor for LSHSS and Topics in

Language Disorders. Dr. Apel is serving as the co-chair for the 2004 ASHA

convention. Finally, he is co-author of Beyond Baby Talk: From Sounds to

Sentences, a Parent's Complete Guide to Language Development, the assessment

software program, SPELL®., and SPELL-Links to LiteracyT, a spelling

instructional curriculum.

Attendance at this workshop qualifies for CASLPO/CASLPA CEEs.

Agenda

Saturday May 29, 2003

9:00-10:15 Spoken and written language development

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-12:30 Assessment of literacy skills

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:45 Prevention and intervention/instruction for literacy skills

2:45-3:00 Break

3:00-4:15 Intervention/instruction (cont.)

4:15-4:30 Questions and conclusion

For more information, visit us at www.apraxia.ca

or email us at echo@...

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