How to Use Books in Therapy
Course Description
In this course, Marisha discusses how she uses books in speech therapy and how this five-step process has facilitated meaningful and functional outcomes for her students. She shares strategies to select high-quality books and how to use those books when targeting a variety of speech and language goals. Relevant evidence and practical demonstrations will be provided to show SLPs how they can implement evidence-based strategies when targeting goals using literature.
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Objective
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
About Presenters
Marisha Mets
MS, CCC-SLP
Marisha earned her Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Washington. She has worked as a school-based SLP and shares therapy ideas and resources on her blog (SLP Now). Marisha also developed a membership for SLPs that includes digital tools and resources to streamline evidence-based therapy.
Additional Information
This course is offered for 0.10 ASHA CEU (Introductory Level, Professional Area)
Course Timeline
| Timeline |
|---|
| 7 min: Introduction |
| 8 min: Why Literacy-Based Therapy? |
| 6 min: How to be Therapeutic in Context |
| 7 min: How to Select Books |
| 5 min: Step 1: Prestory Knowledge Activation |
| 1 min: Step 2: Shared Reading |
| 4 min: Step 3: Post-Story Comprehension |
| 7 min: Step 4: Focused Skill Activities |
| 7 min: Step 5: Parallel Story |
| 3 min: Recap of the 5-Step Process |
| 5 min: Demo/Q&A |
Course Disclosure
Disclosure Statement for Marisha Mets
| Financial | Marisha Mets is a presenter for SpeechTherapyPD.com and receives royalties. She is also an owner of the blog website SLP now and receives salary from membership revenue. |
| Nonfinancial | No relevant non-financial relationships exist. |