Duration: 1 hour, 33 minutes
WSLHA will send a link to the recording, which will be available for 14 days for you to view it. ASHA CEUs and/or OSPI Clock Hours will be available for watching the entire event.
Presenter: Amy Skinder-Meredith, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Cost:
$35 for WSLHA members.
$50 Non-members
Refunds: Cancellations made at least 3 days before the event will receive a full refund, minus a $3 processing fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made after this deadline.
Satisfactory Completion: In order to be reported for ASHA CEUs, OSPI Clock Hours, and receive a WSLHA course Certificate of Attendance, each registrant MUST register, attend or attest to viewing the entire course session, and complete the learner outcome assessment and course evaluation within two weeks of the course.
Registration will close on Friday, February 13, 2026 at 1pm PST
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Presenter: Amy Skinder-Meredith, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Biography:
Amy Skinder-Meredith, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a Clinical Professor of the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University in Spokane. She is an experienced clinician who has worked in the university clinic, public school, hospital, and private practice settings. Her primary clinical and research interest is in children with motor speech disorders and has published and presented her research on Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) at national conferences. She started an intensive summer two-week camp for children with CAS and their families in 2013 and a one-week bilingual camp for children with CAS in 2024. Dr. Skinder-Meredith has given numerous workshops for practicing speech-language pathologists across the country, in Canada and Guatemala on assessment and treatment of CAS. She is the co-author of “Here’s How to Treat Childhood Apraxia of Speech, 3rd Edition.” Dr. Skinder Meredith earned her PhD from the University of Washington under the mentorship of Dr. Strand and Dr. Stoel Gammon.
Abstract: Children with CAS are varied and dynamic. There is no one-size fits all approach and rarely is one approach recommended for the entire time a child is receiving speech-language therapy. This presentation will help guide clinical decision making, providing the research and resources made available, to tailor the treatment technique to the child’s age and level of speech motor proficiency. For example, where multisensory cueing (Hammer & Ebert, 2018), Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT) (Dale & Hayden, 2013) and Dynamic Temporal Tactile Cuing (DTTC) (Strand, 2020) may be more helpful in early speech motor development, programs that integrate phonological awareness (McNeill, Gillon, & Dodd, 2009) and address prosody, like Rapid Syllable Transition (ReST), benefits older children who are able to sequence most sounds, but still have residual errors in co-articulation and prosody (McCabe, Murray, & Thomas, 2018) and literacy. These therapy programs and others will be discussed.
Agenda:
Introduction: 0-3 minutes
Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS): 3-6 minutes
Principles of Motor Learning: 6-19 minutes
Treatments for Infant to Toddler Stages: 19-70 minutes
Treatment for the Older School-Aged Child: 70-84 minutes
Summary and Question & Answer: 84-93 minutes
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:
Explain two motor learning principles and how they apply to treatment of children with CAS.
Identify which therapy technique is appropriate for a child given their age and stage of speech motor development.
Incorporate phonological awareness into motor speech therapy.
Event Disclosures:
Content: none.
Instructor:
Financial: Employed by Washington State University. Co-author of "Here’s How To Treat Childhood Apraxia of Speech, 3rd edition" which Dr. Skinder-Meredith will reference in the presentation. Dr. Skinder-Meredith receives royalties for this publication.
Non-financial: Dr. Skinder-Meredith is a member of WSLHA and serves on the Apraxia Kids professional advisory board.
Please note that this presentation was initially a WSLHA LIVE event on 11/9/22 and WSLHA is offering it again. How this affects your CE and Clock Hour requirements:
ASHA recommends that learners only take a CE Course of the same event once during their 3-year certification interval. If learners repeat this course within a new 3-year certification interval, the ASHA CEUs will not count toward the ASHA Award of Continuing Education (ACE).
Clock Hour Specialist for Capital Region ESD 113 recommends that if a learner has already claimed Clock Hours that if the learner decides to re-take the course, that the learner self-select to not take it for Clock Hours again. However, the final decision is up to OSPI on an individual-basis.
WA State recommends that learners make their own decision on whether they need to re-take the course and if audited, be prepared to explain according to WAC 246-828-510.
Introductory Level – 0.15 ASHA CEUs
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.
WSLHA charges a processing fee of $5.00 for ASHA CEUs ($7.00 non-members).
OSPI Clock Hours – 1.5 hours. OSPI clock hours available through ESD 113 by registering at https://www.pdenroller.org/ prior to the event from ESD113. Fees may apply.
ASHA CEUs must be purchased separately and in addition to the course registration fee prior to the event. OSPI clock hours must be purchased separately prior to the event from the ESD 113. You still must register and pay for the course through WSLHA.
Resolution of Complaints: WSLHA is committed to providing high-quality Continuing Education (CE) programs and encourages participants to submit written complaints within 3 days of program completion to office@wslha.org. Complaints will be reviewed promptly and a response outlining any resolutions or corrective actions will be provided within 5 business days.
