Welcome to the Advanced Learning Center!
Online Learning
The ABCLLD Advanced Learning Center is designed to support advanced professional development opportunities. We have partnered with SpeechPathology.com to offer these Advanced Learning Center courses, which include both live and recorded webinars. All courses presented in partnership with SpeechPathology.com are intermediate or advanced and are offered for ASHA CEUs. Advanced Learning Center courses are offered as an optional benefit, though they are NOT required for Board Certification or for maintaining Specialty Certification.
CEU Membership
Courses are offered for CEUs through the SpeechPathology.com membership program that provides unlimited CEU access for $99/year. For more information, visit SpeechPathology.com.
To access a bonus month, a 13-month membership, enter the promo code ABCLLD upon sign up. You do not need to be a BCS-CL to attend the courses or to use this code.
Kay Butler Language Symposium 2021: August 2 – 6
Applying the Science of Reading, Writing, and Oral Language for Students Who Use AAC
All webinars are advanced level, and are 1 hour in length.
Monday, Aug. 2: Janet Sturm, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, F-ASHA, will present Developing Authors: Designing Opportunities in AAC Using the Science of Writing
Janet Sturm
Tuesday, Aug. 3: Maureen Staskowski, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, will present Keep It Simple! Using the Simple View of Reading to Examine Literacy in AAC
Maureen Staskowski
Wednesday, Aug. 4: Jillian McCarthy, PhD, CCC-SLP, will present “Spelling” It Out for Students Who Use AAC: Applying Evidence-Based Practices
Jillian McCarthy
Thursday, Aug. 5: Carole Zangari, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, will present Supporting Literacy Development Through Robust Language Intervention: Raising the Bar for Students Who Use AAC
Carole Zangari
Friday, Aug. 6: Kelly S. Fonner, MS, will present Pulling It All Together for Students Who Use AAC: Reading, Writing, and Communication
Kelly Fonner
Suggested SpeechPathology.com Courses
for Maintaining Specialty Certification
Some of these courses have been produced in partnership with the ABCLLD. Click each course title for more information and to register for the course. If you are not a member of SpeechPathology.com, you will be directed to the sign-up page.
2021
Children with Trauma Histories: Assessment, Intervention, and Advocacy
Presenter: Yvette D. Hyter, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 90 minutes
Language Outcomes of Children with Trauma Histories: Understanding the Impact
Presenter: Yvette D. Hyter, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 90 minutes
Targeting Language Expression Via Personal Written Narratives Across the Grades
Presenter: Nickola Wolf Nelson, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Integrating the International Classification of Functioning into School-Based Practices
Presenter: Carol Westby, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Developmental Language Disorder as a Neurodevelopmental Disability
Presenter: Karla McGregor, PhD
Level: Advanced, 90 minutes
Assessing the Quality of Narratives Produced by School-age African American English Speakers
Presenter: Monique Mills, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
2020
Nancy McKinley Lecture Series: Evidence-Based Practice Decisions in Child Language Assessment
Presenter: Katrina Fulcher-Rood, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Working with the Grain: Appreciating Rich Narrative Traditions from Diverse Cultures
Presenter: Allyssa McCabe, PhD
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
We Are Our Memories: Supporting Autobiographical Memory and Personal Narratives in ASD, ADHD, Hearing Loss, and Trauma
Presenter: Tiffany Hutchins, PhD, and Ashley Brien, MS, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Applying a Multi-Level Coding System to Children’s Personal Narratives
Presenter: Marleen Westerveld, PhD
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Using Personal Narratives to Explore Well-being and Identity Construction in Children with Language Disorders
Presenter: Rena Lyons, PhD
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Telling Our Stories: Developing Cultural Identity
Presenter: Carol Westby, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Language Therapy via Telepractice: Imagine the Possibilities
Presenter: Melisssa Jakubowitz, MA, CCC-SLP, BSC-CL
Level: Intermediate, 1 hour
Embedding Intervention Strategies into Everyday Activities of Infants/Toddlers and Their Families
Presenter: Juliann Woods, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Intermediate, 1 hour
Principles Driving Effective Narrative-Based Language Intervention
Presenter: Doug Petersen, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Evidence-Based Approaches for Treating the Grammatical Weaknesses of Children
Presenter: Lizbeth Finestack, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Analysis of Spelling Errors: Developmental Patterns and the Need for Continued Instruction
Presenter: Ruth Huntley-Bahr, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
2019
Do the Hard Things First: Treatment of Morphology
Presenter: Amanda Owen Van Horne, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Caregiver and Child Interventions to Support Children with Adverse Childhood Experiences
Presenter: Carol Westby, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Language Literacy Learning for Diverse Students
Presenters: Carol Westby, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL; and Elizabeth Biersgreen, MS, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Hide and Seek: Recognizing Girls on the Autism Spectrum
Presenter: Glenis Benson, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Adverse Childhood Experiences: Effects on brain, behavior and clinical practice
Presenter: Angela Hein Ciccia, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
The Effects of Trauma on Communication in Forced Migrant Minors
Presenter: Helen Grech, PhD
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
The Effects of Stress and Trauma on Language Development
Presenter: Joy D. Osofsky, PhD
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
A Grassroots Framework to Address Adverse Childhood Experiences at the Community Level
Presenter: Megan Dunn Davison, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
2018
Self-Determination and Transition to Adulthood: Promoting Autonomy and Student Involvement
Presenter: Michael Wehmeyer, PhD
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Phonological Assessment and Intervention of Bilingual Children with Highly Unintelligible Speech
Presenter: Raul Prezas, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Intermediate, 1 hour
Evidence-Based Parent Training Strategies for Young Children with ASD
Presenter: Patti Prelock, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Improving Expository Language through Intervention on Note-Taking and Verbal Rehearsal: A Researcher-Clinical Collaboration
Presenters: Teresa Ukrainetz, PhD, S-LP(C); Amy Peterson, MS, CCC-SLP; and RJ Risueno
Level: Advanced, 1.5 hours
Assessing Personal Constructs of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Person-Centered Measure of Social Cognition
Presenters: Trisha Self, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL; and Sean Hess, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Narrative Interventions for Learners with ASD
Presenter: Christina Carnahan, EdD; and Pamela Williamson, PhD
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Building Skills in Inferring and Summarizing for Older Students with Social Communication Disorders
Presenter: Carol Westby, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Camp Campus: A Guide to Facilitating Student Success in Higher Education
Presenter: Kay Hagedorn, MS, CCC-SLP
Level: Advanced, 1 hour
Evaluating Children’s Phonological Systems
Presenter: Barbara Hodson, PhD
Level: Intermediate, 1.5 hours
Improving Children’s Phonological Systems
Presenter: Barbara Hodson, PhD
Level: Intermediate, 1.5 hours
Evaluating and Enhancing Phonological Skills in Special Populations
Presenter: Lesley Magnus, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Intermediate, 1 hour
2017
Bridge of Vocabulary: Top Seven Strategies
Presenter: Judy Montgomery, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL
Level: Intermediate, 1 hour
Recent Intervention Research with Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Presenter: Patti Prelock, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL
Level: Intermediate, 1 hour
Naturalistic Developmental Interventions in Autism
Presenter: Bob Buckendorf, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Intermediate
2016
Clinician Effectiveness: Attributes That Impact Treatment Outcomes
Presenter: Bob Buckendorf, PhD, CCC-SLP
Level: Intermediate