The SLP's Guide to Evaluating and Treating Non-Speaking Children

By the end of this course, you will be able to...

  • List at least seven disorders or conditions that can cause a child to be non-speaking.

  • Describe how to evaluate a non-speaking child

  • Write goals for non-speaking children in the areas of speech sound production and functional communication

  • Describe sample therapy activities for non-speaking children, including establishing joint attention, using alternative communication systems, replacing maladaptive behaviors, and producing speech sounds.

  • Describe how to do parent/teacher training and coaching on indirect communication strategies to facilitate language development in non-speaking children.

What's Included:

    1. Introduction to Working with Non-Speaking Clients and to this Web Course

      FREE PREVIEW

    1. SLP's Guide to Evaluate and Treat Non-Speaking Children - Recording

    2. Non-Speaking Children Presentation Quiz

    1. Functional Communication, Indirect Language Stimulation, & Replacing Challenging Behaviors

About this course

  • $20.00
  • 1-Hour Presentation on evaluating and treating non-speaking children
  • 3 No-Prep Therapy Kits with Step-by-Step Plans for Working with Non-Speaking Children
  • Certificate of Completion for 1 Hour of Professional Development

Evaluation and Treatment of Non-Speaking Children

1-Hour Video Presentation (Recording)

This course includes the recording of a one-hour webinar presentation conducted through The SLP Solution membership. This presentation will cover how to evaluate and treat a child who is either not speaking at all or who is minimally verbal. We will cover how to assess the child to determine what might be causing their speech delay as well as how to choose skills to target as goals. We will cover writing those goals and then provide you with treatment strategies and suggestions.

Time-Ordered Agenda:
0-5 Minutes: Introduction
5-15 Minutes: What Causes a Child to Be Non-Speaking?
15-25 Minutes: Assessment of Non-Speaking Children
25-35 Minutes: Choosing Goals for Non-Speaking Children
35-55 Minutes: Therapy Ideas for Non-Speaking Children
55-60 Minutes: Summary and Q&A
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No-Prep Therapy Kits

Three printable programs with step-by-step therapy plans and homework for non-speaking clients

  • Indirect Language Stimulation Therapy Kit

    This kit is perfect for children who aren't yet ready to sit down and do direct drill-and-practice therapy with you. This kit introduces several indirect language strategies that can be used by therapists, educators, and caregivers to help encourage more verbal communication from the child.

  • Replacing Challenging Behaviors with Communication Workbook and Plan

    his kit is ideal for children who are exhibiting challenging behaviors as a result of their inability to communicate effectively with those around them. This kit will provide you everything you need to determine the function of those challenging behaviors and then find and teach communication strategies to replace those challenging behaviors.

  • Producing CV, VC, CVC Words for Functional Communication

    This kit includes steps for helping a child imitate speech sounds to produce simple words for functional communication. The kit provides a step-by-step plan for therapy plus worksheets/activities for each step of the way. The kit includes steps for imitating actions if a child is not ready to jump straight into imitating speech.

Presented by:

Carrie Clark, CCC-SLP

Welcome! I am a speech-language pathologist based out of Missouri, United States of America. I work full time running the Speech and Language Kids website and our professional membership program at www.SLPSolution.com. In addition to that, I also see speech therapy clients in a local school district one day per week.

I've worked in early intervention, preschool, and k12 schools. I've also run my own private practice and worked in continuing education through my websites. I've spent hours digging through the research on what works and doesn't work in therapy. And I've also spent hours streamlining and simplifying my own practice to help me make the most out of my limited time as an SLP.

Now, I'm ready to help you do the same! I've poured everything I know into creating courses that help you learn the most effective and streamlined ways to support your clients And you'll know that everything I'm recommending is a strategy that I have used myself with great success. My courses will break down skills for you into step-by-step plans that you can implement in therapy right away. And I'll help you learn shortcuts and organization hacks that will save you time and energy and help you love what you do again. I can't wait to get started and show you how much better this job can be!

Carrie Clark, CCC-SLP

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Functional Communication Bundle

Purchase this course as a part of our functional communication bundle and save!

  • Functional Communication Bundle

    Three amazing courses to help increase functional communication in non-speaking or minimally-verbal clients.

    $68.00

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FAQ

  • Do you accept purchase orders?

    Yes! Just send us an invoice from your school that says which courses you would like to purchase and we’ll get everything taken care of.

    Here’s our information for the invoice:
    Speech and Language Kids
    231 S Bemiston Ave Ste 850 PMB 45792
    Saint Louis, Missouri 63105-1920 US

    Business Phone: (888) 982-8412

    Send Invoices to: [email protected]

  • What Ages is this Course For?

    This course could be used with clients of any age that are not speaking at all or who are speaking very little. We often see this in younger clients but this can be used for older clients as well.

  • Who Should Take this Course?

    This course is designed for speech-language pathologists, speech-language therapists, and speech-language pathologist assistants/aides. This course assumes a basic level of understanding of speech-language pathology and so would be most helpful for those with training and experience in this area. However, caregivers and educators may benefit from this information as well.

  • Can I ask questions or get support while taking the course?

    Yes! Each page of the course will have a forum where you can ask questions and see other participants' questions. I'll be hopping in regularly to answer questions so check back for my response!

  • How long will I have to complete this course?

    You will have access to the course materials for a full 6 months.

  • Can I Get Continuing Education Credit for this Course?

    Yes! You can download a certificate of completion for the 1 hour of video content. However, Speech and Language Kids/SLP Solution is not an ASHA-Approved CEU provider so we cannot offer you ASHA CEUs for your participation. You can use the certificate of completion as "Professional Development Hours (PDH)" and they can count toward your 30 hours that ASHA requires. You will need to check with your state licensing organization or your country (if outside USA) to see if they will accept PDH instead of CEUs.