Using Dialect Discovery Worksheets with Language Samples

Clinicians are experts at detecting patterns of behavior to identify a child's strengths and weaknesses, whether the area of concern is speech, language, and/or fluency. This talk will introduce dialect discovery worksheets that allow a clinician to use a language sample to identify patterns of grammar strengths and weaknesses across all dialects of English.

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Using Dialect Discovery Worksheets with Language Samples

Clinicians are experts at detecting patterns of behavior to identify a child's strengths and weaknesses, whether the area of concern is speech, language, and/or fluency. This talk will introduce dialect discovery worksheets that allow a clinician to use a language sample to identify patterns of grammar strengths and weaknesses across all dialects of English.

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    Learning Objectives

    Explain how dialect discover worksheets differ from code switching or contrastive analysis worksheets
    Code a child's use of a grammar structure using a dialect discovery worksheet
    Make their own dialect discovery worksheets for the children they serve

    Agenda

    Agenda

    10 minutesExplain how dialect discover worksheets differ from code switching or contrastive analysis worksheets
    10 minutesCode a child's use of a grammar structure using a dialect discovery worksheet
    10 minutesMake their own dialect discovery worksheets for the children they serve

    Disclosures

    Disclosures

    Speakers - FinancialJanna Oetting receives a salary from Louisiana State University to conduct research and teach on topics covered in this session as well as external grant funds from NIH, NSF, and the La Department of Health to conduct research related to the topics covered in this session. Janna received an honorarium from Bright Ideas Media for this presentation.
    Speakers - NonfinancialJanna Oetting has no relevant non financial relationships to disclose.
    Course - ContentJanna Oetting has a free lab manual that is used to transcribe and code language samples. Janna will be referencing this manual but it is not a product and anyone can download it from the LSU COMD D4 Child Language Lab.
    Course - Financial Support & In KindThis course is being sponsored by SLP Toolkit and CLaSSLab.

    ASHA

    ASHA

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

    To earn ASHA CEUs you must complete the courses by viewing them, provide course feedback, pass the exams with a score of 80 or more, provide your ASHA credentials, and confirm submission.

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    Using Dialect Discovery Worksheets with Language Samples
    $10.00
    Clinicians excel at identifying strengths and challenges in speech, language, and fluency. This course introduces dialect discovery worksheets that help analyze language samples to uncover grammatical patterns across all English dialects, supporting accurate assessment and intervention. Includes access to the recorded course and optional ASHA reporting.

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