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Back to Basics: Accent Modification

Course: #9099Level: Introductory 1.5 Hours 2473 Reviews
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This course is designed for SLPs who would like to work in the field of accent modification or wish to learn more about it. It provides an overview of accents and their potential impact on communication, assessment, target selection at the segmental and suprasegmental levels, and training principles.

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Course Type: Video, Audio

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.15 Introductory, Professional; Calif SLPAB/1.5; IACET/0.2; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.5; SAC/1.5

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Learning Outcomes

  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to explain the roles of accentedness, intelligibility, comprehensibility, and naturalness in second language phonological acquisition.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to select appropriate segmental targets for accent modification based on the principles of contrastive analysis, functional load, intelligibility, and naturalness.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to identify suprasegmental targets for clients to maximize their ability to communicate effectively.

Course created on January 16, 2020

Agenda

0-5 Minutes Introduction
5-20 Minutes Accent frameworks: accentedness, intelligibility, comprehensibility, and naturalness
20-35 Minutes Accent modification: providers, settings, efficacy, and training principles
35-50 Minutes Designing and conducting an assessment of segmentals and suprasegmentals
50-70 Minutes Segmental target selection and training
70-85 Minutes Suprasegmental target selection and training
85-90 Minutes Summary, Q&A

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Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Robert McKinney received an honorarium for this presentation. He receives royalties from a book he authored on the topic of accent modification. Nonfinancial: Robert is President-Elect of CORSPAN, the Corporate Speech Pathology Network.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

Introductory Level
0.15 ASHA CEUs


California Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology Board

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International Association for Continuing Education and Training

International Association for Continuing Education and Training

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Kansas Dept for Aging and Disability Services

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Speech-Language and Audiology Canada

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