Can't Remediate That /R/: Try This Step-By-Step Approach for /R/ and Other Challenging Speech Sound Errors (Grades PK-12) Presented by Margo Kinzer Courter, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL Speech-Language Pathologist, Author, and National Presenter

Specifically Designed for Speech-Language Pathologists Serving Students in Grades PreK-12

Practical Ideas and Strategies

Sometimes, we get that /r/ that regardless of what strategies we use, it just won't remediate and generalize. Margo Kinzer Courter has developed a step-by-step approach based on the four conditions of motor planning to finally remediate that /r/! This same explicit, systematic, and sequential approach can also be applied to all speech sound disorders for successful remediation and quicker maintenance and generalization of all speech sounds. Watch as your students perceive and remediate speech sounds quicker using this systematic motor planning approach that relies on the use of multisensory cues and errorless practice! Acquire a dynamic assessment for determining where to begin therapy and next steps for remediation. Discover an approach that can be used through an MTSS/RTI approach or direct intervention.

You'll leave with an easy-to-follow, step-by-step approach and dynamic assessments and therapy materials to help you finally remediate that /r/ and all speech sounds more quickly!

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

1. Target That Resistant /R/ and Other Speech Sounds From a Motor Planning Approach
   Tried-and-true articulation therapy strategies often work for most students, but sometimes we have a student with that /r/ that just won't remediate … Learn a novel approach you can apply to both developmental and neurological speech sound disorders for quicker remediation
2. Assess the Multitude of /R/s Through a Dynamic Assessment
   Gain a dynamic assessment that includes 48 initial and vocalic /r/s … Learn how to use multisensory cues to stimulate /r/ production for this assessment to determine which /r/ to use to begin remediation
3. Understand Motor Learning to Remediate All Speech Sound Disorders
   Discuss the four conditions of motor learning theory to adjust your approach for /r/ and other speech sound disorders … Discover cues and techniques for errorless practice to remediate these sounds
4. Generalize That /R/ With a Step-By-Step Approach
   Discuss how adding a new syllable or creating a new motor shape makes generalization tricky … Explore the systematic steps that may be required to move students from maintenance to generalization
5. Discover an Easy Step-By-Step Approach to Finally Remediate That /R/
   Discuss a step-by-step approach that will lead you through practice, maintenance, and generalization of the multiple /r/s in English … Learn how to apply this approach to all speech sounds for remediation
6. Determine the Best Multisensory Cues for Remediation of All Speech Sound Disorders
   Receive meaningful visual and tactile cues to target /r/ and other speech sound disorders through a motor planning approach
7. Determine the Link Between Persistent Speech Sound Disorders and Phonology/Morphology Development
   Discover the research that shows how students with speech sound disorders are at greater risk for difficulty with phonology and morphology which are needed for literacy development … Examine practical ways to decrease this risk
8. Learn Visual Phonics Cues to Promote Correct Speech Sound Production
   Use the See It & Say It Visual Phonics program to provide students with meaningful visual cues they can use to increase discrimination of sounds and links to symbols … Help students turn the visual cues into their own kinesthetic cues
9. Increase Student Discrimination of Their Speech Production
   Discover practical strategies to support discrimination of speech sounds … Learn how to transfer support for correct production to students for quicker generalization
10. Receive a Detailed Speech Therapy Digital Resource Handbook and Special Online Access
    Acquire an extensive digital resource handbook with a step-by-step approach for remediating /r/ and ways to apply this process to other speech sounds, including a decision-making guide for determining best practice … Gain special online access to Margo's website for additional resources specifically designed for this approach including a dynamic assessment, word lists, generalization tools, and more!

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Here's what you'll learn:

• An innovative step-by-step approach and specific techniques to remediate /r/ as well as all speech sound errors
• Dynamic assessment of 48 /r/ sounds for use as an initial assessment and to monitor therapy progress
• Opportunities to practice each step of this evidence-based motor learning approach for quicker remediation of /r/ and all speech sounds
• Second level screener for initial /r/ assessment and progress monitoring
• Methods to systematically move from practice to generalization for easier generalization
• Multisensory cues with access to the author's designed cues
• An approach to determine fading cues while still maintaining accurate production
• Errorless practice techniques for quicker acquisition of motor plans for production
• List of initial /r/ and all vocalic /r/s to more quickly develop word lists and pictures for intervention
• Methods for use in MTSS/RTI that lend themselves to 5-10 minutes of practice, several times a week
• How to achieve success while using fewer stimuli for practice and maintenance
• Special online access to Margo's website, filled with additional resources and ongoing updates for remediation
• Video demonstrations of remediation using this evidence-based approach

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

We all have techniques that we have honed and used successfully to remediate /r/ and other speech sound disorders, BUT sometimes we get that /r/ that just won't remediate!

The step-by-step approach I will bring to you comes from my many years of working with grades PreK-12 students with that /r/ that just wouldn't remediate or generalize. My journey with this approach began years ago when I had a student who just couldn't get placement for /r/ let alone begin to remediate it. I remember saying to him, "If I had to explain how we do therapy, I am not sure I can." From this trial and error to finally remediate that /r/ came the approach I'm excited to share with you.

I have been successful over and over again using this approach for /r/ and now it is the only approach I use for all speech sound disorders – and not just for older students but for ALL students from preschool to grade 12. I want to help you see how in using this approach, you can more quickly remediate and generalize all speech sounds both through an RTI/MTSS process and well as through direct intervention services.

I look forward to sharing with you this step-by-step approach to finally remediate that /r/ as well as all speech sounds.

Sincerely,
Margo Kinzer Courter

P.S. I look forward to sharing this approach that I developed to finally remediate that /r/ and demonstrate how this is easily applied to all speech sounds for quicker remediation.

Who Should Attend

Speech-Language Pathologists Serving Students in Grades PreK-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:

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Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive Digital Resource Handbook
You will receive an extensive digital resource handbook specifically designed for this seminar. Included in the handbook are:

• Step-by-step approach for speech sound disorder maintenance and generalization
• A dynamic assessment including 48 /r/s
• Decision-making guide to determine therapy goals
• Objectives and goals for speech sound remediation from a motor planning approach
• Visual and tactile cues developed by Margo for multisensory cueing
• Specific targets and documentation for practice, maintenance, and generalization

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 SLPs interested in remediating that /r/ and other challenging speech sounds.

Consultation Available
Margo Kinzer Courter will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own speech-language program.

ASHA - CEUs


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

ASHA-Required Disclosure Statement for Margo Kinzer Courter:
Presenter for the Bureau of Education & Research and receives honorarium compensation.
Owner of MK Courter Communications, LLC and receives consulting and speaking fees.
Author of See It & Say It Visual Phonics (program and materials) and receives royalty payments.

Semester Credit Option
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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