The Reading SLP Connective is a members-only space for SLPs who want to build community and receive support as they step into literacy expertise.
Upon enrollment, members can expect immediate access to mini-courses and a full library of materials.
Each month, members can expect a professional learning event and new material drops.
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EVENTS CALENDAR
EVENTS CALENDAR
May 2025
Dr. Danielle “Nell” Thompson
April 2025
Dr. Cate Crowley
March 2025
asychronous expert talk: Daj Mitchell
Using AI Technology to Foster Literacy Development
For the overwhelmed SLP who’s passionate about literacy, it’s time to work smarter, not harder. Using AI and tech tools isn’t about replacing the heart of what you do - it’s about making space for it. Imagine shaving hours off your paperwork and planning so you can spend more time doing what you love: helping kids build confidence through literacy. These tools can simplify the chaos, give you back your evenings, and help you feel less like you’re drowning in to-dos. When you have the right tools in your therapy toolbox, you can serve your students on a whole new level.
February 2025
asychronous expert talk: Sydney Bassard
Spelling Error Analysis
Whole-word analysis of spelling does not provide insight into specific error types and patterns used by students. Evaluating specific linguistic features of spelling errors can inform intervention and instruction. This session will instruct clinicians on how to use a multilinguistic coding system to analyze their students’ spelling errors.
January 2025
Reading SLP Mini Course
Morphology Madness!
At the end of this mini-course, participants will be able to: (1) Define “morphological awareness; (2) Categorize types of morphemes; (3) Explain the importance of morphological awareness for reading; (4) Use morphology as a shortcut for improving vocabulary (5) List and define the features of the three layers of English; and (60). Plan and execute structured literacy lessons with morphology goals. A library of morphology materials is included.
December 2024
Reading SLP Mini Course
Risk, Resilience, and Reading Science
Join us as Dr. Nell shares her fascinating SLP journey across the northwestern hemisphere, supporting students from the Dominican Republic to remote Alaska. In this engaging conversation, Nell reveals how her students' experiences with poverty shaped her trauma-informed language intervention approach and explains Catts & Petscher's Cumulative Risk and Resilience Model of Dyslexia. She walks us through her impactful work implementing universal language screening in Montana and North Carolina schools, demonstrating remarkable improvements in student reading outcomes. Dr. Nell guides us through Snowling's "Predictors of Reading by Age" model and introduces the NELI, a practical UK-developed language screener for classroom teachers. Finally, she previews the Big Sky Literacy Summit's "Language is Everything" theme, focusing on oral foundations of literacy and how understanding the oral-written language continuum influences effective instructional systems.
SLAM Cards for Narrative Language Analysis
Welcome to my interview with the brilliant Dr. Cate Crowley, ASHA Fellow and clinical expert, featuring her game-changing SLAM assessment cards. These remarkable tools—completely free to download, available in any language for clients of all ages, and taking just 3 minutes to administer—provide rich linguistic data for comprehensive analysis. During our discussion, Dr. Crowley demonstrates how to confidently administer the cards, accurately analyze and score results, write compelling reports showcasing your findings, and create targeted goals that drive meaningful progress.
What’s the Word: Exploring “sight words”
At the end of this course participants will be able to: 1)differentiate sight words, high frequency words, and phonetically regular words; 2) define orthographic mapping; 3)explain why word walls are not evidence based ; 4) discuss the origins of Dolch and Fry word lists; and 5) highlight the importance of decoding knowledge for SLPs.
There are no upcoming events at this time.