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4 WEEK GRAD CREDIT COURSE
Strategies to Prevent Harm in Bilingual and Multicultural Evaluations
Registration is Closed. Next cohort 2025.
Offered for 2.0 ASHA CEUs (20 PD Hours)
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STEP INSIDE
The Best Kind of Online Course
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
- Describe the impact of implicit biases and the role of cultural erasure in the field of communication sciences and disorders.
- Describe the impact of client-clinician power dynamics in completing bilingual and/or multilingual evaluations.
- List at least two evidence-based practice components that feed into clinical decision-making for evaluation and treatment of bilingual and/or multicultural learners.
- List at least 2 assessment procedures that are culturally responsive and linguistically appropriate.
This course covers
Recognizing biases
Power dynamics
Bilingual/Multilingual/Multicultural evaluations
Dynamic assessment methods
Ethnographic interviewing
Rethinking Evidence-Based Practice
Moving beyond static assessment
Making meaningful connections
Going beyond establishing rapport with learners who do not share your lived experience
Putting your critical thinking skills into action to move from technician to clinician
Taking your clinical judgment to a deeper level when using multiple measures in an evaluation
Letting go of “the standard”
DETAILS
4 Weeks
This course begins July 8th and ends August 2nd, 2024. There will be a brief orientation period that begins July 3rd, 2024
Flexible Schedule
Work at your own pace with due dates each week
Completely Asychronous
There are no live requirements for this course
2.0 ASHA CEUs
(20 PD Hours)
(20 PD Hours)
We send information to ASHA on your behalf. Certificates of completion are also provided. Certificates and CEUs are included in registration.
Optional Graduate Credit
1 optional graduate credit is available through our partnership with Fitchburg State University. Grad credit is an additional $210 paid directly to Fitchburg State
Move up the pay scale
This course is designed to meet most districts and employers requirements for moving up the pay-scale with graduate-level credit
Meet your instructors
Liza Selvarajah, M.A., CCC-SLP
Liza Selvarajah, M.A., CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) is the founder and owner of Montreal Speech Therapy and specializes in supporting autistic students and their families in the private and public sector. Liza is fluent in French and ASL and is also a Clinical Educator for McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She is a bilingual mentor for the BEAM program and the ASHA STEP community, and co-founded and co-hosts the Bold SLP podcast. She uses social media platforms (Facebook/Instagram/TikTok) to advocate and model neurodiverse affirming practices in and out of the classrooms. She is a wife and mother to a sweet little girl and is a member of the Montreal Steppers.
Ingrid Owens-Gonzalez, M.S., CCC-SLP
Ingrid has lived in New Mexico and practiced in New Mexico as a Spanish-Bilingual SLP since 2011. She has a Bachelor's degree from New Mexico State University in Psychology with a double-major in Languages and Linguistics. She has a Master's degree from the University of Texas at Dallas in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Ingrid has worked in Skilled Nursing Facilities and in Early Intervention settings, but her true passion is in the School setting. She loves working with the K-5 population but has experience with Preschool and Middle school as well. Ingrid is a co-founder of the Beam SLP program and The Bold SLP Collective as well as a STEP Mentor. She has a recently established private practice and loves consulting with other clinicians about diagnosis and treatment of bilingual individuals.
Desiree Peña M.A, CCC-SLP
Desiree Peña, M.A., CCC-SLP, is a Spanish-bilingual speech-language pathologist who has lived all over the east coast. She completed her master's degree in Communication Sciences & Disorders at the University of Georgia and has been practicing as an SLP in the state of Maine since 2018. She earned her bachelor's in English and Spanish at the University of Florida. Prior to becoming an SLP, Desi was a Spanish and ESOL teacher in the state of Virginia. She currently works with ages 0-5 and early elementary students through contracts with her private practice, Panorama Speech Therapy. She has previously worked in home health with adult and geriatric populations, private practice, and telepractice. She also is a co-founder of the Bold SLP Collective and a mentor for the BEAM SLP program.
Speaker Disclosures
Ingrid is the owner of My Speech Place LLC and is the employee of a public school. Ingrid also received an honorarium for participating in this course.
Liza owns a private practice called montreal speech therapy. Liza received an honorarium for participating in this course.
Desiree is the owner of Panorama Speech Therapy, LLC and is faculty of the Maine-New Hampshire Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities program . Desi also received an honorarium for participating in this course
Ingrid is the co-founder of the Bold SLP collective and the co-host of the bold slp podcast. Ingrid is also the co-founder and lead mentor of the Bilingual Empowerment through Allied Mentorship program and an ASHA STEP mentor, is the mother of two bilingual and bicultural children
Liza is the co-founder of the Bold SLP collective and the co-host of the bold slp podcast, and is a mentor of the bilingual empowerment through allied mentorship (BEAM), and she is the mother of a bilingual and bicultural child.
Desiree is the co-founder of the Bold SLP collective and the co-host of the bold slp podcast, and mentor of the bilingual empowerment through allied mentorship, and she is a Child of Cuban American exiles and is also raising a bilingual/bicultural child.
What people are saying about our Grad Credit Courses...
The two of you are definitely a dynamic duo! Such a wonderful compliment to each other in the instructional process. While I am sure you both are excellent clinicians, adult learning/professional development/continuing education is DEFINITELY your gift. Thank you for devoting your resources to our field in this manner and promoting not only learning and growth but also vulnerability and networking/collaboration. I highly recommend all things SLP Nerdcast!”
Cari L. SLPThank you for your time and all of the information I have learned. The format made it very easy to take this course and I liked the contact we had in our discussion and availability for office hours.
Elizabeth S. SLPI loved that I could complete the tasks at my own pace and directly connect them to my caseload. Having office hours helped me to get more specific feedback on my cases.
Tracey B. SLP
Additional Information
- Closed captioning for all webinars is available. If you need additional course accommodation please email [email protected]
- Participants may be entitled to a refund depending on the date of withdrawal
- This course is not meant to replace clinical advice
