Webinars on Demand
Free Professional Development Webinars
Looking for quick, convenient professional development you can take part in from the comfort of your own home or office? Browse our series of free webinars and video chats with Brookes authors. These information-packed webinars are a great chance to get tips and guidance on the topics you care about the most—straight from renowned experts on communication and language development.
Supporting Kindergarten Readiness Using the Well Screening®
Presented by: Barbara L. Ekelman, Ph.D.
Who this chat is for: General and special educators, administrators, speech-language pathologists, school psychologists
How can the Well Screening tool boost your efforts to support kindergarten readiness for every young learner? Find out in this coffee chat with Barbara Ekelman, codeveloper of the Well Screening. In this engaging presentation, you’ll learn all about this quick, reliable, and comprehensive tool for identifying students ages 4–6 who are at risk for learning disabilities. You’ll also examine how the results of the screener can help you plan next steps, so you can set every student on the path to future school success.
Participants will:
• Discover why it’s essential to screen young children, especially in the COVID-19 era
• Review the impact of remote education on early learning
• Learn how the Well Screening can help you obtain a baseline for every student, identify children’s individual learning profiles, monitor and track progress, and inform next steps
• Get a guided tour of how the Well Screening tool works
• Understand the educational and clinical relevance of the tool
Promoting Evidence-Based Practices in Programs for Children and Youth with Autism
Presented by: Samuel L. Odom, Ph.D. and Ann W. Sam, Ph.D.
In this presentation, Odom and Sam offer valuable insights from a recent systematic review of the intervention research for children and youth with autism and discuss how to identify evidence-based practices. They also connect viewers with resources that will help them use these practices in their everyday work.
Participants will:
- Discover intervention practices for children and youth with autism that have evidence of efficacy
- Learn about teacher-friendly resources that translate reliable research into practical instruction and intervention practices
- See how to select practices to address individualized learning objectives and goals
- Get a process that teachers can use to support paraprofessionals’ use of the practices
Connecting Case Studies to Evidence-Based Interventions for ASD
Presented by: Patricia A. Prelock, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-CL
SLPs, educators, and other professionals who work with children with ASD: don’t miss this opportunity to hear expert insights from Patricia Prelock, coeditor of the new edition of Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder and the companion casebook, Case Studies for the Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Dr. Prelock will provide a helpful overview of the interventions highlighted in her new book and discuss how they support the social communication and social interaction of children with ASD. She’ll also talk about the supplemental casebook, and how the case studies featured in it can be exemplars for applying what we know about a child to evidence-based decision-making about interventions.
Finding and Using Online Information about ASD: Tips for Families and Professional
Presented by: Rebecca J. McCauley, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
What is the latest, most up-to-date thinking about dual language development and disorders, and what are the implications for everyday practice? Explore the answers in this coffee chat with Johanne Paradis & Fred Genesee, coauthors of the new third edition of the bestselling textbook Dual Language Development & Disorders. The presenters will discuss what’s new in the latest edition of their book, focusing on new research findings and their impact on clinical and educational practice as well as parent practices in the home.
Dual Language Development & Disorders: Expert Insights & Recent Research
Presented by: Fred Genesee, Ph.D. & Johanne Paradis, Ph.D
What is the latest, most up-to-date thinking about dual language development and disorders, and what are the implications for everyday practice? Explore the answers in this coffee chat with Johanne Paradis & Fred Genesee, coauthors of the new third edition of the bestselling textbook Dual Language Development & Disorders. The presenters will discuss what’s new in the latest edition of their book, focusing on new research findings and their impact on clinical and educational practice as well as parent practices in the home.
Using Story Frames to Improve Comprehension, Written Language, and Key Skills
Presented by: Carolee Dean, M.S., CCC-SLP, CALT
Analyzing and creating stories can boost critical literacy skills for all learners—and this engaging and informative coffee chat will show you how. Presented by Carolee Dean, author of the new book Story Frames for Teaching Literacy, this must-see chat introduces you to the twelve elements found in almost all stories and reveals how to teach these elements effectively to your students. Through an overview of the book, Dean emphasizes ways you can use narratives to help students with a variety of learning objectives, such as improving comprehension, written language, and other key skills.
Structured Literacy Instruction for English Learners
Presented by: Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, CDT, CALT, QI
Age range: Grades K-5
Who this chat is for: Bilingual educators, ESL Teachers, speech language pathologists, reading specialists, dyslexia interventionists, and literacy coaches
How can educators and other professionals provide young English learners with explicit, systematic instruction on language and literacy fundamentals? Find out in this coffee chat with Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan, author of the book Literacy Foundations for English Learners. In a half hour, this session will describe a comprehensive, evidence-based approach for teaching the foundational skills of literacy to students learning English in Grades K-5. Enhanced with case studies and guidance on lesson design, this chat will give attendees the knowledge base they need to better support the literacy skills of English learners and help them achieve academic success.
Participants will:
- Learn about essential language and literacy components to cover in instruction
- Discover cross-linguistic connections for the development of literacy
- Get guidance on lesson design and implementation
- Review how to use technology to enhance instruction for English learners
A Blueprint for Reading Comprehension Instruction
Presented by: Nancy E. Hennessy, M.Ed.
Age range: Early elementary (K-2), upper elementary (3-5), middle school
Who this chat is for: General & Special Educators
Comprehension is a primary ingredient of reading success, and the complexity of this skill requires a comprehensive approach to designing and delivering instruction. Discover an effective blueprint for reading comprehension—based in the science of reading—in this can’t-miss coffee chat with author Nancy Hennessy. This presentation will identify critical components and frameworks necessary for delivering high-quality instruction that helps students construct meaning from challenging texts.
Participants will:
- Understand the complexity of developing comprehension skills
- See why language comprehension is a critical contributor to student understanding of texts
- Get a blueprint (rooted in the science of reading) that can inform the design of effective instruction and support student acquisition of necessary skills
- Acquire knowledge of evidence-based instructional frameworks, including classroom strategies and activities
Optimizing Shared Book Reading
Presented by: Howard Goldstein, Ph.D., CCC-SLP. & Elizabeth Spencer Kelley, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
As many parents are currently playing a bigger role in educating their children at home, reading with children is highly encouraged! This session will highlight how parents can optimize the learning accomplished during book reading and beyond. For example, a quick preview of books may help parents identify a few useful words that children do not know and a few questions to make children think.
Let’s Talk to Parents: Strategies for Remote Parent Counseling and Training
Presented by: Rhea Paul, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Referencing practical guidance from her book, Let’s Talk, and podcast, Let’s Talk about Super Special Kids & Cake, expert Rhea Paul, Ph.D., CCC-SLP will present several ways for SLPs, particularly those working with young children, to talk with parents about language stimulation, behavior management, and family inclusion for their children with disabilities.
Bilingual Assessment
Presented by: Elizabeth D. Peña, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
When we evaluation bilingual children who are suspected of having DLD, it is important to consider both languages. Yet, given the shortage of bilingual SLPs it is important to know what we can glean from testing in one language and how reliable that information might be given children’s level of exposure to their home language and the school language. Dr. Elizabeth Peña will talk about instances in which we can make fairly good diagnostic decisions when testing in English and how the home language can be considered in making diagnostic decisions.
Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teaching Reading
Presented by: Louisa C. Moats, Ed.D.
Structured Literacy instruction includes explicit teaching of all aspects of language and is the most effective approach for any student who does not process the written word easily. This recorded edWebinar presents an overview of the concepts and language content that are essential for teaching reading, spelling, and writing effectively – the content in the Speech to Print (3rd edition) book and workbook. Viewers will gain insight into what there is to learn about speech sounds, spelling, sentences, and text structures – the language essentials for teachers of literacy.
