Professional Development Opportunities
ACSLPA provides these professional development listings for your information. Posting an event does not imply endorsement.
Please Note: Speech-language pathologists or audiologists from outside of Alberta, and not registered with ACSLPA, conducting a speech-language pathology or audiology training course or clinical presentation in Alberta must be registered with ACSLPA with Courtesy Registration before providing professional services. Please contact ACSLPA for more information.
July 2020
Available all weeks in July 2020 as well as August 10-14 and August 17-21 Our virtual speech camp is designed to provide group members with the opportunity to engage with peers virtually. Campers will participate in individual and group sessions to facilitate speech and language skills, pre literacy/literacy skills and social skills. This camp provides children with a unique opportunity to practice speech and language targets with peers virtually. Group sessions and individual sessions are run by Speech Language Assistants and Speech Language Pathologists with extensive experience. Campers must have access to a computer or tablet with internet access. Families will [...]
Find out moreAugust 2020
The Comprehensive Stuttering Program (CSP) approach authored at ISTAR is now available in a condensed 2-day workshop format to practising clinicians. Hundreds of students and practising clinicians have learned this evidence-based approach in the past 30 years through participating in clinical traineeships at ISTAR. The efficacy of the CSP approach has been well researched and reported in several journal articles. This 2 day basic workshop in 2020 includes a summary of etiological theories about stuttering and therapy approaches for school aged, teen, and adult clients. Participants will be trained in the identification of stuttering behaviours, fluency skill practise and instruction, delivery of accurate and appropriate feedback, and problem solving. [...]
Find out moreSeptember 2020
ALBERTA APHASIA CAMP IS MOVING ONLINE FOR 2020! Due to the COVID19 pandemic, there are a variety of restrictions which make hosting an in-person aphasia camp challenging. We have made the decision that Alberta Aphasia Camp 2020 will move forward, but that we will gather together on-line. We will meet September 18 - 20, 2020 with the following schedule: Friday, September 18 @ 7:00 - 8:30 PM Saturday, September 19 @ 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sunday, September 20 @ 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Participants will need to download the software Zoom onto their computer, laptop, tablet or phone. Aphasia [...]
Find out moreOctober 2020
Join us on October 23 and 24, 2020, for a virtual live-streamed professional conference. If you can't make the live-streaming, the conference sessions will be available for 90 days post-conference. You will be able to access all the sessions on the day(s) for which you registered after the conference, on-demand! You will be able to obtain many more CEEs than an in-person conference.
Find out moreNovember 2020
A literacy conference for anyone working with children in preschool to grade 3 looking for new, adaptive ideas to make literacy fun again! This is not your typical PD! This conference is available to ANYONE; you don't need any specific letters behind your name! It's time to collaborate and work together to make literacy FUN! This literacy conference will guide you through four mini-sessions: Expose -- Learn how to introduce the foundation of literacy through pre-literacy activities and awareness. Emerge -- Continue to teach these pre-literacy skills through phonemic and phonological awareness, as well as phonics based strategies. Expand -- Learn the basics of [...]
Find out moreDecember 2020
This 3-day dynamic and hands-on course includes theory, demonstration and hands-on practice learning. The goal of this 3-day course is provide attendees with a comprehensive understanding of what OMDs are as well as the knowledge, skill and confidence to appropriately identify, diagnose and successfully treat them. Attendees will leave this course with the knowledge and tools required to put their new skills immediately into action in current practice and/or as a foundation to develop a successful and effective private practice. Attendees will work through and receive the personalized ORPP framework and resources including: ORPP assessment protocol and all ORPP treatment/home exercise [...]
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