Building Literacy Skills: Targeting Phonemic Awareness in Speech Therapy
Phonemic awareness is one of the strongest predictors of reading success, and SLPs are uniquely positioned to build it. Learn how to embed phonemic awareness instruction into the speech sessions you're already running, with evidence-based strategies for children with speech sound disorders and reading risk. Leave with practical tools you can use in your very next session.
Speaker
Lauren Kline, M.S., CCC-SLP, A/OGA, C-SLDI is a speech-language pathologist and literacy specialist with over 10 years of experience at the intersection of language, reading, and education. She specializes in working with students with dyslexia and children with speech sound disorders who struggle to read, bridging speech-language pathology and structured literacy to translate the science of reading into strategies educators can put to use right away.
Disclosure: Non-Financial Disclosures: Lauren Kline is a board member of the Bjorem and Bolles Apraxia Education Initiative and a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Lauren is compensated for this webinar. Will receive payment for this webinar.
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Every minute is written for working clinicians, educators, and families. You walk away with real-world tools to try with your next learner, not abstract theory.
Speech-Language Pathologists
Reading Specialists
Special Educators
AAC Teams
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What you’ll walk away with.
You leave with concrete skills and frameworks you can apply in your next session, classroom, or family visit, not just ideas to think about later.
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You’ll be able to
Describe the relationship between phonemic awareness, speech sound disorders, and reading outcomes.
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You’ll be able to
Identify at least two evidence-based phonemic awareness strategies that can be embedded into existing speech therapy sessions.
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You’ll be able to
Write on example treatment goal that target phonemic awareness alongside speech sound production.
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Your learning path.
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0:00-5:00 (5 min) - Introduction and learning objectives
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5:00-15:00 (10 min) - The link between phonemic awareness, speech sound disorders, and reading outcomes
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15:00-25:00 (10 min) - What the science of reading tells us: phonemic awareness skills and development
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25:00-40:00 (15 min) - Embedding phonemic awareness into speech therapy sessions: strategies and demonstrations
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40:00-50:00 (10 min) - Case examples and goal writing
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50:00-60:00 (10 min) - Q&A and wrap-up
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