My Courses
Find out about my latest courses coming up soon. Courses will be added regularly so if you miss out on a place do check back for additional dates.
Advanced Course in Phonetic Transcription Skills to Support Clinical Practice (hosted by Course Beetle)
“Transcription informs every decision we take about intervention for a child when we tackle their speech sound problem. By carrying out and examining a transcription we come to understand a child’s speech profile, what we should do and what else we need to know.” (Child Speech Disorder Research Network, 2017, p. 1). However, once Speech and Language Therapists enter the workplace, competence in phonetic transcription skills can fade, bringing a loss of confidence in this vital and unique skill (Knight et al. 2018).
This course delivers progression training from Dr Sean Pert’s Transcription Refresher Course or for those already confident in the basics. It provides a more in-depth review of phonetic transcription skills. It supports Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) to review and update their perception and production of phonetic symbols from the IPA at single sound, single word and connected speech levels. The learning will also support SLTs to effectively and efficiently, select targets for intervention.
This course is predominantly practical. It combines lecture materials alongside activities using general and clinical examples to support transcription practice. The emphasis is on a positive, non-threatening and fun learning environment!
The Complexity Approach – How, When and Why to use the Complexity Approach for Children with SSD (hosted by Course Beetle)
The complexity approach is an evidence-based intervention for children with moderate to severe consistent phonological disorder. It is designed to improve the efficiency of intervention.
Multiple oppositions and conventional minimal pairs – optimising outcomes for children with consistent phonological disorder/delay (hosted by Course Beetle)
Optimally efficient and effective intervention for children with speech sound disorder (SSD) is increasingly shown to depend on the delivery of approaches that map clearly to the sub-type of the child’s SSD and follow the evidence-base with fidelity (e.g., Crosbie et al. 2005, Lousada et al. 2013) in contrast to the eclectic approach favoured by most Speech and Language Therapists (e.g., Hegarty et al. 2020).
Analysis of Child Speech – Speech analysis to support differential diagnosis and inform selection of targets and intervention approaches for children with SSD (hosted by Course Beetle)
A phonetically transcribed representative sample of a child’s speech is the first step to support effective clinical decision-making for children with speech sound disorder (SSD). Moreover, further analysis of child speech is needed for some children with moderate-severe SSD, beyond that supported in published assessments such as the DEAP.
Multiple oppositions and conventional minimal pairs – optimising outcomes for children with consistent phonological disorder/delay (hosted by Course Beetle)
Optimally efficient and effective intervention for children with speech sound disorder (SSD) is increasingly shown to depend on the delivery of approaches that map clearly to the sub-type of the child’s SSD and follow the evidence-base with fidelity (e.g., Crosbie et al. 2005, Lousada et al. 2013) in contrast to the eclectic approach favoured by most Speech and Language Therapists (e.g., Hegarty et al. 2020).
Analysis of Child Speech – Speech analysis to support differential diagnosis and inform selection of targets and intervention approaches for children with SSD (hosted by Course Beetle)
A phonetically transcribed representative sample of a child’s speech is the first step to support effective clinical decision-making for children with speech sound disorder (SSD). Moreover, further analysis of child speech is needed for some children with moderate-severe SSD, beyond that supported in published assessments such as the DEAP.
Progression Course in Phonetic Transcription Skills to Support Clinical Practice (hosted by Course Beetle)
Optimally efficient and effective intervention for children with speech sound disorder (SSD) is increasingly shown to depend on the delivery of approaches that map clearly to the sub-type of the child’s SSD and follow the evidence-base with fidelity (e.g., Crosbie et al. 2005, Lousada et al. 2013) in contrast to the eclectic approach favoured by most Speech and Language Therapists (e.g., Hegarty et al. 2020).
Multiple oppositions and conventional minimal pairs – optimising outcomes for children with consistent phonological disorder/delay (hosted by Course Beetle)
Optimally efficient and effective intervention for children with speech sound disorder (SSD) is increasingly shown to depend on the delivery of approaches that map clearly to the sub-type of the child’s SSD and follow the evidence-base with fidelity (e.g., Crosbie et al. 2005, Lousada et al. 2013) in contrast to the eclectic approach favoured by most Speech and Language Therapists (e.g., Hegarty et al. 2020).
Multiple oppositions for children with speech sound disorder (hosted by the London CEN for SSD)
Optimally efficient and effective intervention for children with speech sound disorder (SSD) is increasingly shown to depend on the delivery of approaches that map clearly to the sub-type of the child’s SSD and follow the evidence-base with fidelity (e.g., Crosbie et al. 2005, Lousada et al. 2013) in contrast to the eclectic approach favoured by most Speech and Language Therapists (e.g., Hegarty et al. 2020).
The Complexity Approach – How, When and Why to use the Complexity Approach for Children with SSD (hosted by Course Beetle)
The complexity approach is an evidence-based intervention for children with moderate to severe consistent phonological disorder. It is designed to improve the efficiency of intervention.
Phonetic Transcription and Speech Analysis Up-date, and Evidence-based Practice in Clinical Phonology (hosted by the CEC for Northern Irish SLTs)
Optimally efficient and effective intervention for children with speech sound disorder (SSD) is increasingly shown to depend on the delivery of approaches that map clearly to the sub-type of the child’s SSD and follow the evidence-base with fidelity (e.g., Crosbie et al. 2005, Lousada et al. 2013) in contrast to the eclectic approach favoured by most Speech and Language Therapists (e.g., Hegarty et al. 2020).
Multiple oppositions for children with speech sound disorder (hosted by the London CEN for SSD)
Optimally efficient and effective intervention for children with speech sound disorder (SSD) is increasingly shown to depend on the delivery of approaches that map clearly to the sub-type of the child’s SSD and follow the evidence-base with fidelity (e.g., Crosbie et al. 2005, Lousada et al. 2013) in contrast to the eclectic approach favoured by most Speech and Language Therapists (e.g., Hegarty et al. 2020).
Analysis of Child Speech – Speech analysis to support differential diagnosis and inform selection of targets and intervention approaches for children with SSD (hosted by Course Beetle)
A phonetically transcribed representative sample of a child’s speech is the first step to support effective clinical decision-making for children with speech sound disorder (SSD). Moreover, further analysis of child speech is needed for some children with moderate-severe SSD, beyond that supported in published assessments such as the DEAP.
Multiple oppositions and conventional minimal pairs – optimising outcomes for children with consistent phonological disorder/delay (hosted by Course Beetle)
Optimally efficient and effective intervention for children with speech sound disorder (SSD) is increasingly shown to depend on the delivery of approaches that map clearly to the sub-type of the child’s SSD and follow the evidence-base with fidelity (e.g., Crosbie et al. 2005, Lousada et al. 2013) in contrast to the eclectic approach favoured by most Speech and Language Therapists (e.g., Hegarty et al. 2020).
Progression Course in Phonetic Transcription Skills to Support Clinical Practice (hosted by Course Beetle)
Transcription informs every decision we take about intervention for a child when we tackle their speech sound problem. By carrying out and examining a transcription we come to understand a child’s speech profile, what we should do and what else we need to know. (Child Speech Disorder Research Network, 2017, p. 1).
Multiple oppositions and conventional minimal pairs – optimising outcomes for children with consistent phonological disorder/delay (hosted by Course Beetle)
Optimally efficient and effective intervention for children with speech sound disorder (SSD) is increasingly shown to depend on the delivery of approaches that map clearly to the sub-type of the child’s SSD and follow the evidence-base with fidelity (e.g., Crosbie et al. 2005, Lousada et al. 2013) in contrast to the eclectic approach favoured by most Speech and Language Therapists (e.g., Hegarty et al. 2020).
The Complexity Approach – How, When and Why to use the Complexity Approach for Children with SSD (hosted by Course Beetle)
The complexity approach is an evidence-based intervention for children with moderate to severe consistent phonological disorder. It is designed to improve the efficiency of intervention.