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TSHA 2008 - Literature and Language: A World of Possibilities

Presented by Lynly A. Stephen, M.S. CCC/SLP

TSHA 2008
San Antonio, Texas
Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center
Thursday, February 21, 2008
1:30-3:00

Session Overview

This session will actively explore creative ways to foster language development using children's literature. Research indicates children's literature is an extremely effective way for children to develop critical language and literacy skills through encouraging the natural development of language, including listening, speaking, reading, and writing. As Speech Pathologists begin to provide Response to Intervention (RtI), the use of children's literature as an intervention tool is essential. Response to Intervention is designed to provide students with alternate techniques, strategies and teaching approaches which bridge a developing learning gap. Children's literature provides the opportunity to close the gap for students by exploring curriculum topics in meaningful and multi-sensory ways. This opportunity will be made clear and simple through examples and activities used during this session. All activities will be directly tied to TEKS objectives and Response to Intervention goals and will utilize unique but easily accessible books. The strategies, techniques and activities used during this session will inspire language learning and mastering of objectives with both language disordered and at risk students. This presentation will creatively demonstrate how to take amazing children's books and utilize their content to develop a wide range of essential language skills. Among those skills: - Vocabulary - Sequencing - Memory - Following directions - Phonemic awareness - Comprehension - Auditory processing Participants in this session will have a fun and engaging time as a world of literature and language possibilities are explored, demonstrated and made simple. Speech Pathologists will never see children's books the same way again!

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