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.
Workshops
Edmonton Method for Health Behaviour Change (2 Day Intensive)
Delta Hotels by Marriott Edmonton Centre Suites 10222 102 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaBecome the change patients need by learning evidence-based strategies to shift attention, raise concern and build motivation for change. This 2-day course builds the skills and confidence required for nursing and allied health professionals to guide conversations around health behaviour change. Now more than ever, clinicians need to go beyond the basics. We are called to learn advanced communication skills to modify health behaviours during pivotal clinical interactions. Participation in this 2-day course gives you the power and clinical potential to shape patient care in a much more evidence-based way, incorporating traditional techniques from Motivational Interviewing (MI) and Prochaska & DiClemente's [...]
PROMPT-Intro
From Play To Words 125, 20 Westwind Drive, Spruce Grove, Alberta, CanadaTHIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19. NEW DATES PENDING. Please visit https://promptinstitute.com for more information. This program is offered for 1.8 ASHA CEUs (Introductory Level, Professional Area). This presentation focuses on technique and learning the four levels of prompting that supports the broader, holistic philosophy and approach of PROMPT. This presentation will focus exclusively on the PROMPT method.
2 day Comprehensive Stuttering Program training workshop
OnlineThe 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. [...]
Growing with Literacy
Southview Community Association 2020 33 Street Southeast, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaA 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 [...]
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 [...]