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Parents and Children Together and Childhood Apraxia of Speech
PACT and CAS Workshops
Adelaide, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Albury 2008, Melbourne 2009, Sydney 2010
Caroline Bowen PhD CPSP

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of the 2-day workshop, the participants will be able to:

§ Implement the five aspects of the Parents and Children Together (PACT) broad-based approach to phonological therapy with children with mild, moderate and severe phonological impairments;

§ Understand when and how to combine PACT with other treatment approaches to maximise intelligibility gains;

§ Use some of the PACT procedures and activities to work with children with speech sound disorders who do not fit neatly into the “phonological” category – particularly children with persistent phonetically based errors and children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS);

§ Differentially diagnose CAS from other speech sound disorders;

§ Apply three or more CAS treatment approaches;

§ Implement a detailed CAS assessment, and from it derive therapy targets and goals, and develop both the content and process of intervention procedures and activities for CAS.

§ Recognise the potential role of families in all of the above.

PARTICIPANTS
Participants should be speech-language pathologists or speech pathology students. The content is suitable for speech pathologists re-entering the profession.

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This content rich two-day event comprises interrelated seminars, with no overlap between the two (requiring attendance both days). Part 1 is on PACT, a broad-based, empirically tested approach to treating children with phonological disorder, developed in Australia. Part 2 is on the differential diagnosis and evidence-based treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). The presentation has been built around participant feedback from previous CPD happenings in 2005-2009 in Australia and internationally and the particular topics are a focused response to popular demand.

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Caroline Bowen PhD CPSP works as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the Blue Mountains, NSW, and serves as an Honorary Associate in Linguistics at Macquarie University, Sydney. In an uninterrupted career spanning 4 decades, her workload has become a delectable blend of hands-on clinical practice, research and writing. Among her current interests are child speech, family centred practice, clinical applications of information and communication technology, and continuing professional education. Caroline has presented many workshops in Australia and overseas. MORE

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