Professional Development Opportunities
In order to be compliant with changes to the Health Professions Act (HPA), this upcoming events page and our job board will be discontinued at the end of 2021.
As of November 30, 2021, we will no longer be posting any new events or accepting any employment ads.
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.
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Teaching Toileting to Individuals with ASD Webinar – How to Get Started and Make Progress at Any Age, Any Stage
Welcome to Maureen Bennie’s and Autism Awareness Centre’s webinar on teaching toileting to individuals with ASD. In this webinar, we’ll discuss toileting readiness, how to start, and how to best support the individual through their difficulties and challenges.
Virtual Speech Camp
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 [...]
Virtual Alberta Aphasia Camp
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 [...]
Corbett Aphasia Rehabilitation and Education (CARE) Program, University of Alberta
Zoom , Canada We are excited to announce the launch of the Corbett Aphasia Rehabilitation and Education (CARE) program in January 2021. What is CARE? CARE is an place for people with aphasia (PWA) and their families to connect and access therapy as they move through various stages of recovery. Initially services will focus on the PWA, expanding to provide family programming in the future. CARE is supported by the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta. Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) Esther Kim and Andrea Ruelling will oversee CARE services, with therapy provided by SLP students [...]
Online Workshop – Bilingual Language Development in Canada
The Bilingualism & Multilingualism Development (BAM!TO) Lab at the University of Toronto is offering an online workshop on Friday, March 26th (11-3pm EST) that will focus on bilingual language development in Canada.  The speaker lineup features Dr. Johanne Paradis, Professor at University of Alberta who will be speaking about the bilingual development of Syrian refugee children arriving in Canada; as well as Dr. Stefka Marinova-Todd, Associate Professor at UBC who will discuss bilingualism and autism; and early career researcher Dr. AJ Orena whose work focuses on caregiver speech in French-English homes. Please register for the event here: www.tinyurl.com/bamworkshop For more details, see the poster attached and visit our event page: www.tinyurl.com/bamworkshop All are welcome to attend online. Link details will be provided following [...]
Virtual Alberta Aphasia Camp (Sept 18 & 19, 2021)
Virtual Course via Zoom , CanadaThe Alberta Aphasia Camp is holding their 8th annual camp on September 18 - 19, 2021. We will again gather together on-line using Zoom as our platform. Alberta Aphasia Camp is targeted at adults who are living with aphasia - both people with aphasia and family/friends. Campers will get to choose from activities, which are recreational (e.g., BINGO, dance, karaoke, games, movie appreciation, painting, etc) and therapeutic (e.g., conversation groups, stretching, yoga, stress management, therapy apps, etc). All activities are provided in a supported communication environment by professionals and volunteers trained in supportive communication strategies. Registration forms are available now on [...]