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Dr. William Beardslee Honored by Emory University and Society for Prevention Research
Dr. William Beardslee, a Senior Scientist at Judge Baker Children’s Center, has received an honorary doctor of science degree from Emory University and the Community, Culture, and Prevention Science Award from the Society for Prevention Research. Click to read more
2011-2012
Judge Baker Children's Center
Child Mental Health Forum
John R. Weisz, PhD, ABPP
President, Judge Baker Children’s Center
Professor of Psychology, Harvard Faculty of Arts & Sciences and Harvard Medical School
Claudio O. Toppelberg, MD
Director, CMHF and Continuing Education, Judge Baker Children’s Center
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Wednesdays 1:30 –3:00 PM Limited Free Parking Available at JBCC
Judge Baker Children's Center, 53 Parker Hill Avenue, Boston, MA 02120
 
May 2, 2012; 1:30-3:00 PM
“Childhood Communication Disorders in Context: Implications for Mental Health Professionals”
Rhea Paul, Ph.D, CCC-SLP
Professor and Director of the Communication Disorders Section,
Yale Child Study Center
This presentation will give an overview of clinical approaches to the identification, evaluation, and treatment of disorders of speech and language in children. Assessment of communication disorders generally has several different functions: screening and differential diagnosis, establishing baseline function, identifying goals for instruction, and monitoring change in intervention. This presentation will address each of these functions, providing information on the rationale and strategies that apply to each. The principal approaches to remediation of language disorder (educational and behavioral) will be also discussed. The targets of assessment include the status of the speech and hearing mechanisms, the understanding of words, sentences, and communicative functions, the production of sounds, words, sentences, and discourse, and the underlying intentions to communicate that are present. An outline of these domains of assessment will be presented. An examination of intervention approaches as they relate to children at various developmental stages, from those with emerging language comparable to typical toddlers to those with advanced language comparable to secondary school students, and with a range of developmental disorders including specific language learning disorders, autism, intellectual disability, as well as specific speech disorders such as stuttering, childhood apraxia of speech, and developmental misarticulations will be presented, along with communication disorders often found as co-morbid conditions of child psychiatric disorder, such as selective mutism.
Upon completion of this activity, participants:
1) Define developmental Language disorders
2) Outline the process of communication assessment
3) Identify evidence-based practices for language intervention
4) List appropriate roles for child clinicians in working with children who display both psychiatric and language disorders
For more information, or to be added to the mailing list, please email cmhf@jbcc.harvard.edu
Physicians: The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity (Grand Rounds 9/28/11) for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Psychologists: The Children's Hospital Boston Psychology Division is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Children's Hospital Boston Psychology Division maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Social Workers: Application for social work continuing education credits will be submitted shortly. Revised: 2/3/12
CMHF webpage: http://www.jbcc.harvard.edu/events/forum.htm
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