Supporting Emergent Literacy Skills in Early Intervention Therapy Sessions

Emergent literacy skills begin to develop in infancy and provide the foundation for future reading skills and academic success. These skills can be supported in early intervention across disciplines and with a variety of therapy activities. This 1-hour course discusses early literacy skills and their impact on future reading abilities. Activity ideas and practical tips to provide therapists with ways to begin incorporating these skills into their therapy sessions are presented. The presenter suggests ways that therapists and parents can facilitate early literacy skills in play-based activities in the community and at home. Free handouts are also included.

Learning Outcomes

1. Describe early literacy skills acquired from birth to six years.
2. List the impact of early literacy skills on language and cognitive development.
3. Identify strategies to support literacy development in functional, play-based activities for occupational therapy practitioners.
4. State activities that target literacy development in early intervention.

Course Information

• Target Audience: intermediate- to advanced-level OTs, COTAs, and other pediatric professionals
  Note: While many professionals may benefit from the course content, we can only guarantee acceptance of continuing education credit as described in the following CEU section.
• Course Instructor:  Chloe Hill, MA, CCC-SLP
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• CE Broker course code: 20-855819

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Sensational Brain LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity ID# 03076. This distance-learning, independent format is offered at 0.1 CEUs, Intermediate Level, OT Service Delivery. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

Chloe Hill, MA, CCC-SLP, is a pediatric speech-language pathologist in Southern California. She works with children with language and articulation needs from early intervention through high school. She has experience with a variety of diagnoses, including autism spectrum disorder, childhood apraxia of speech, cleft palate, and intellectual disability. She currently treats patients in a pediatric clinic setting as well as creating digital curriculum and teaching resources for speech-language pathologists and special educators.

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• Financial: Chloe Hill receives a speaking fee from Sensational Brain LLC and also receives profits from sales of her digital curriculum and teaching resources.
• Nonfinancial: No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

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