Back to School Conference (In-Person Tickets)

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Join us forour 2025 Back-2-School Conference, featuring two expert-led sessions designed to sharpen your clinical skills and help you start the school year with confidence.

Dr. Elizabeth D. Peña, PhD, CCC-SLP, will walk through narrative development in bilingual children, including cultural and linguistic considerations and a dynamic protocol for assessment.

Char Boshart, MA, CCC-SLP, will tackle the complexities of /r/ production with practical, outside-the-box strategies to help even your trickiest students succeed.

You’ll leave with evidence-based tools you can use right away!

Location: 2636 NE Sandy Blvd Ste E, Portland, OR 97232

Conference Schedule:

9:00am-12:15pm - Section 1: Dynamic Assessment of Narratives: Principles and Applications - Dr. Elizabeth Peña, PhD, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, ASHA Honors

10 min: Welcome and overview, orientation to on-line tools

50 min: Narrative development in bilinguals

30 min: Principles of Dynamic Assessment

10:30-10:45: STRETCH BREAK (not part of ASHA CEUs)

30 min: Application of DA with bilinguals

30 min: Principles of mediated learning experience (MLE) and child modifiability

30 min: Interpretation of case studies

12:15-1:15: LUNCH BREAK (not part of ASHA CEUs) - See Restaurants Below

1:15pm-4:30pm - Section 2: “R” Therapy Outside-the-Box: Effective, Systematic, Evidence-Based - Char Boshart, MA, CCC-SLP

5 min: Introduction

10 min: Overview of speech production components

20 min: Specific /r/ production components

40 min: Motor learning treatment principles and variants as they relate to “r” therapy

15 min: STRETCH BREAK (not part of ASHA CEUs)

60 min: “R” capability-building therapy techniques; detailed & demonstrated

40 min: How to systematically and effectively generate transfer

5 min: Q&A

Nearby Restaurants:

The Zipper - Food Court

Providore Fine Foods - New American Deli

Friendship Kitchen - Vietnamese

Boxcar Pizza - Vegan Pizzaria

Duality Brewing & Astral - New American Food

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