5 Ways to Use the Box of Sound Decks in Therapy

Have you checked out the New Box of Sound Decks by Bjorem Speech? These aren’t your “regular” sound decks, these decks are well thought out and contain functional targets you can use across your therapy sessions. These fun and diverse materials are not just meant for students with apraxia and articulation goals! The detailed, diverse, and beautifully illustrated cards are perfect for students targeting language and literacy skills. In this quick 30-minute course, I will share with you 5 ways to use these decks across your therapy day.

Presenters

Jennie Bjorem
M.A. CCC-SLP
Jennie received her bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Saint Louis University and graduated from Truman State University with her master’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders in May 1999. She has a great understanding from a parent perspective as she has a young child with special needs. She is the owner of Children’s Therapy Services in Leawood, Kansas. Jennie’s area of expertise is in early intervention birth through 5, parent education and childhood apraxia of speech. She currently provides 22 speech therapy sessions a week to children with CAS. Jennie is recognized for her advanced training and expertise in Childhood Apraxia of Speech by Apraxia Kids. She presented at the Apraxia Kids national conference, had over 75 hours of CAS training in 2018 and was awarded the ASHA ACE Award for Continuing Education. Jennie travels the country speaking on the topic of CAS in her spare time. Jennie is the creator of the Bjorem Speech Sound Cues for acquisition of speech and literacy.

Learning Objectives

Explain multiple uses for speech and language therapy using the Box of Sound Decks.
Select and use engaging child-preferred activities across many therapy goals using the Box of Sound Decks.
Implement high repetitions or targets in CAS intervention through use of the Box of Sound Decks.

Agenda

2 minutes	Introduction/disclosure/learning objectives
23 minutes	Ways to use the Box of Decks
5 minutes	Questions

Disclosures

Speakers - Financial	Jennie was paid a flat fee for this course and receives a percentage of course sales. Jennie is the owner of Bjorem Speech Publications and receives a salary from product sales. She sells materials through TPT, BoomLearning, and courses on Teachable.
Speakers - Nonfinancial	Jennie has no nonfinancial relationships related to the content of this course to disclose.
Course - Content	This course focuses on use of the Bjorem Speech Sound Cues and will not include similar or related products.
Course - Financial Support & In Kind	This course, and all courses in the Speech Sound Disorder Series, are being sponsored by SLP Toolkit, Adventures in Speech Pathology, Bjorem Speech Publications, and Graham Speech Therapy.

ASHA

This course is offered for 0.05 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate Level, Professional Area, Professional Area

5 Ways to Use the Box of Sound Decks in Therapy