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November 6, 2025
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Using AI TOOLS to Enhance Student Learning and Increase Productivity for SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS (Grades PK-12)

Presented by Maribeth Plankers, MS, CCC-SLP, ATP
Speech-Language Pathologist, Author and National Presenter

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Specifically Designed for Speech-Language Pathologists Serving Grades P-12

  • Highly practical strategies for using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist with your SLP assessments, interventions and skills teaching
  • New and innovative AI resources that will lower the barriers for learning and increase students' success
  • Timesaving AI tips and tools specific to the school-based SLP
  • Highly practical ways to optimize your SLP productivity and practice using AI
ASHA CEUs Available

Practical Ideas and Strategies

In this NEW seminar by outstanding Speech-Language Pathologist and Assistive Technology Professional Maribeth Plankers, learn the value of artificial intelligence (AI) for more time effective assessments, interventions, and productivity! Find out how AI may help you gain greater insight into your students' learning preferences, comprehension, and critical thinking skills. Make every day count in your practice with the use of AI tools and resources that your students can use to increase their communicative skills during and after your SLP sessions. Engage your students to become more successful communicators with highly practical AI tools and resources. The use of AI is an innovative new way to make assessments and interventions more effective and efficient. When you attend this seminar, you will receive an exclusive SLP handbook of AI tools and resources that address a wealth of student areas of need in Speech-Language Pathology— tools and resources that you can put into practice the next day!

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

  1. Powerful Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools and Resources for Speech-Language Pathologists
    Use your AI tools and resources to provide the best speech and language services for all students
  2. Enhance the Power of AI Accessibility for SLP Assessment and Intervention
    Increase the productivity of your SLP observations, assessments, and interventions across numerous communication disorder areas using innovative and accessible AI tools
  3. Boost Student Engagement in Learning With AI Resources for Today's Learner
    Student motivation is a critical component of your communication therapy session … Learn impactful AI tools and tips that will help motivate and engage your students
  4. Timesaving AI Resources To Provide More Efficient High Quality SLP Services
    Time is of the essence … Let AI boost your capacity to teach critical skills for comprehension, narrative language, vocabulary, phonetics, and articulation
  5. Identify AI Tools to Help You Address Your English Language Learners (ELLs)
    Better meet the needs of English Language Learners of all ages of students using AI technology for supporting both students and their families
  6. Support Students With AI Tools and Resources to Help Them Be More Successful
    Incorporate AI tools to help your students' organization and participation. Achieve more successful outcomes across all settings and situations
  7. How AI Can Help Your SLP Students Become More Independent Learners
    Gaining independence is a life skill we want for our students … Learn how AI may help your students go from being less independent to more independent
  8. Engage Parents, Families, and Staff
    Find out how AI can greatly enhance your communication with parents and families … Learn about AI supports that will assist you in getting everyone on board with your SLP goals
  9. Valuable AI Tools and Resources to Assist Your Students With Language and Literacy Skills
    There are so many AI options for teaching language and literacy … Learn the most effective ways to use AI to support your oral, receptive and written language goals
  10. Receive a Comprehensive AI Tools Digital Resource Handbook Specific for SLPs
    Leave this seminar with your own comprehensive digital AI handbook filled with a multitude of AI resources and tools to enhance student learning and greatly increase your productivity as an SLP

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately


Here's what you'll learn:

  • The best, most useful AI tools and resources to enhance your intervention and productivity, and increase your students' learning
  • Evidence-based AI methods and tools for assessing receptive and expressive language, narrative and written language, articulation, and phonological skills
  • How to readily integrate AI into your existing lesson plans so you do not need to start from scratch
  • Determine more accurate measurability of data for receptive, expressive and narrative language, articulation/phonology, and pragmatic skills
  • Numerous ideas for supporting creativity and innovation across the big nine areas and age range of students
  • Ways AI can deliver real-time feedback and improve students' performance and help learners become better self-assessors
  • Generalization of AI tools to the world of work for "real-life" learning
  • Using AI tools to help you differentiate instruction to support unique learners
  • Methods for using AI to streamline data collection, goal and objective writing, intervention planning, emails, notes, and documentation of your sessions
  • Utilize AI with Assistive Technology to customize your student's access to learning and the world

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

Regardless of my SLP services setting, AI now goes with me wherever I go, personally and professionally! I am beyond excited to share with you the most effective and efficient AI tools and resources that I have put into practice with my students. Since incorporating innovative new AI tools into my practice, I have discovered that all my students of all ages are more motivated to learn and experience greater success. I continue to see a boost of engaging behavior and improved learning, while also becoming more efficient and productive at helping my students meet and exceed their communication goals. Everyone benefits!

My goal for this one-day seminar is to provide you with numerous, highly practical AI tools and resources that you will want to put into practice the very next day. You will learn what is working in my own practice, using AI in assessment, development of measurable goals and objectives, progress monitoring/data collection, intervention and generalization. I will provide you with AI tools to heighten your level of confidence and save you time. You will leave with an innovative digital resource site and an extensive SLP digital handbook that will be readily accessible to you and your colleagues when you return to school.

Please join me in this NEW seminar to learn about AI tools and resources addressing assessments, interventions, and your overall SLP productivity that you can truly use immediately in your own practice. Come ready to learn and share a day packed with engagement, motivators, and ready-to-use AI tools for the school-based SLP.

Sincerely,
MariBeth Plankers, MS, CCC-SLP, ATP

P.S. I know how valuable your time is, so my focus will be on sharing practical, ready-to-use AI tools and resources to enhance student's learning and boost your efficiency and productivity as an SLP!

Who Should Attend

Speech-Language Pathologists Serving Grades P-12

About BER Live Online Events

With the current health challenges, all BER in-person PD events are currently being presented in a Live Online format:

  • Outstanding Instructors
    All programs are led by outstanding BER national trainers
  • Extensive Resource Handbooks
    You'll have access to an extensive digital Resource Handbook before, during and after your seminar
  • Highly Interactive
    You'll be able to ask questions in real time and interact with the instructor and other participants
  • Program Guarantee
    As we have for 48 years, we guarantee the high quality of our programs. If you are not satisfied, we'll give you a 100% refund.

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive Digital Resource Handbook
Each participant will receive an extensive digital resource handbook giving you access to countless strategies. The handbook includes:

  • "Learn it today – use it tomorrow" AI enhanced assessment, intervention, generalization tools and resources for SLPs working in schools
  • AI tools and resources specifically for supporting and increasing success with receptive and expressive language, literacy, narrative language, written language, pragmatics, phonetics, and articulation
  • Innovative therapy strategies using AI to increase and maintain engagement and motivation for a variety of learners across ages
  • Ready-to-use AI tools and resources, plus a website with guidelines for sharing these AI tools and resources with families and colleagues

For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Share Ideas
This seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to meet and share ideas with other speech-language pathologists.

Consultation Available
MariBeth Plankers, MS, CCC-SLP, ATP, will be available at the seminar for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own program.

ASHA - CEUs

CEU Info
You will be required to fully attend the program, actively participate, and complete a self-assessment and program evaluation.

ASHA-Required Disclosure Statement for Maribeth Plankers:
Presenter for the Bureau of Education & Research and receives honorarium compensation. ASHA CEU Administrator for the Bureau of Education & Research for which she receives compensation.
No relevant nonfinancial relationships exist.

Semester Credit Option
UMASS Logo Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements
Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.

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