Speech Sound Disorders in
Early Intervention
This online course for SLPs was designed to be a comprehensive resource for the assessment and treatment of speech sound disorders in young children.
We cover identification, assessment, and treatment for children ages 2-4. You'll learn what interventions are available for this age group and how to choose an approach that is individualized for each child. You will learn the ins and outs of each approach along with specific guidance for how to select targets for your therapy sessions. You'll also learn exactly how to design a play-based therapy session that is effective, fun, and engaging for toddlers and preschoolers.
The course includes 6 modules and a 40-page workbook to help you feel confident working with these little ones in speech therapy!
Six Video Modules
The video lessons break down everything you need to know about speech sound disorders in young children. You'll learn about:
How to identify speech sound disorders in young children
Diagnosis of speech sound disorders in young children
Speech Sound Intervention Approaches for Children Ages 2-4
How to Select Targets for Therapy
Therapeutic Techniques and Cueing
How to Structure Your Therapy Sessions
Easily Referenced Handouts
The digital course workbook contains 40 pages of attractive, printable handouts to supplement the course topics. It includes:
Parent handouts on speech sound development in young children
Printable forms for assessing speech sound disorders in young children
A detailed overview of each intervention approach for this age group
Play-based therapy ideas for this age group
A printable session planning form
These resources will help you streamline your therapy sessions and save precious time when it comes to selecting an intervention and planning your sessions.
Bonus Modules
The updated course includes two bonus modules.
The first bonus module includes detailed explanations for how to target words in play for each intervention approach.
The second bonus module contains three case study examples that walk you step-by-step through case details, selecting an intervention approach, and planning activities for a therapy session.
See what’s inside the course workbook!
Joanne, Early Intervention SLP
I wish I had this course before I started working with the Early Intervention population! I found the course to be expertly well-paced and thorough. Suzanne walks you step-by-step through the evaluative and therapeutic process of diagnosing and treating various kinds of speech sound disorders including treatment approaches, target selection, therapy techniques, and activity pairing. As SLPs, we tend to be incredibly resourceful, but this kind of “hand-holding,” for lack of a better word, in a continuing education course, is what we need to better support our clients. Laura and Suzanne’s planning and partnership shined in this course! I would highly recommend this course to graduate students, clinical fellows and seasoned SLPs alike! As an SLP with years of experience working with the EI population, I was positively amazed with how much I learned and I know you will be too!
