INTERNAL PD OPPORTUNITY: Remediating the Trickiest Speech Sound Disorders with Amy Graham

September 11, 2025
8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Rio Vista Recreation Center
8866 W Thunderbird Rd., Peoria, AZ 85381

Thanks to Peoria Unified School District for providing the venue for this event.

ADE/ESS is pleased to bring Amy Graham, CCC-SLP, back to Arizona this fall for a brand-new topic. This intensive, full-day workshop will equip speech-language pathologists, speech-language technicians, and speech-language pathology assistants with advanced strategies for effectively and efficiently addressing challenging speech sound disorders. We will cover how to implement evidence-based approaches for remediating severe phonological impairments, techniques for treating challenging articulation errors, like lateral lisps and /ɹ/ distortions, as well as methods for effectively addressing motor speech deficits among children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS).

Key Topics
This course goes beyond the basics, diving deep into the most effective, evidence-based methods for treating complex speech sound disorders. These advanced strategies will not only help you tackle the trickiest cases but will also enhance your overall clinical skills. This course will provide actionable, real-world techniques you can immediately apply in your therapy sessions, helping your students achieve faster, more efficient improvement.​

• Advanced Phonological Interventions: Learn how to implement evidence-based approaches to treat severe phonological impairments, including the complexity approach, cycles approach, and the multiple oppositions approach. Learning these approaches will enable you to provide targeted, effective intervention for children with the most significant phonological challenges.

• Remediation of Articulation Errors: Understand the most up-to-date practices for treating persistent articulation errors such as lateral lisps and /ɹ/ distortions. Learning how to use phonetic shaping and cognitive reframing techniques will help children of all ages overcome these stubborn errors and achieve long-lasting improvements in their speech production.

• Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS): Gain insights into evidence-based techniques for treating CAS. This workshop will cover how to select appropriate targets and utilize motor learning principles to improve speech motor planning and production for children with CAS, enabling more effective and faster progress in therapy.

• Real-World Elicitation & Generalization Strategies: Learn specific strategies for elicitation and carryover that are tailored to different types of SSDs, including phonological, articulation, and CAS. Videos of actual therapy sessions will be shown to demonstrate all these strategies and examples of how to promote generalization of speech skills from structured therapy sessions to spontaneous speech outside of your therapy room.

• Target Selection and Therapy Planning: Discover how to make informed, strategic decisions when selecting speech therapy targets, particularly for children with severe phonological impairments and motor speech deficits. You’ll leave with a clear understanding of how to structure your therapy to maximize the effectiveness of each session.

Are ASHA CEUs provided?
Although ASHA CEUs are not provided, you will receive a certificate of completion for 6 Professional Development Hours (PDH), which count toward CCC maintenance. You can find more information from ASHA about PDHs on the ASHA website.

What is the fee to attend the workshop?
This workshop is free. Lunch is on your own.

Apply to attend the workshop
You must work in an Arizona public district or charter school to attend this event. Please complete an application to attend. Completing the application does not guarantee registration. You will be notified of the status of your application as soon as possible.

If you have questions about this event, please email the ESS Recruitment and Retention Inbox.