Phonetics and the IPA: Use It or Lose It. And How to Use It!

Phonetics is a fundamental skill for speech language pathologists. The course is usually taught on the undergraduate level, in the first semesters of study in the field, and is rarely revisited during graduate study. In addition, clinicians find they don’t use phonetic transcription regularly and may become rusty or completely forget how to use this foundational skill. Finally, even when the charts and symbols are recalled, an understanding of how to apply the knowledge of phonetics and the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols in concrete and functional ways with your speech or language impaired students/clients may be missing. This course is designed to fill those gaps and extend your knowledge toward application to meet your client needs.

Appropriate Disciplines: SLP/SLPAs
Course Level: Introductory
Instructional Methods: Lecture, Demonstration
Assessment Methods: Q&A, Self-Assessment on Evaluation, Test

TWO WAYS TO ATTEND:

Attend as part of the LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE in Gulf Breeze, Florida - Studio audience seats are limited - so register today!
Attend via LIVE STREAM from anywhere around the world. Live stream participants will login to access the event from their computer.

NOTE:

This live event is streamed in real time.
Course agenda is in Central time, please adjust for your time zone
Registrants who attend the live broadcast will be able to interact with instructor.
All registrants will have access to the broadcast recording for 14 days.
A group may view the course together, however each attendee must be individually registered in order to receive CE credit.

CEUs:

SLPs - this course is registered with ASHA as Blended Learning. ASHA CEUs may be earned by attending live, viewing the recording, or a combination of both.
OT/PTs - Participants who need live hours for state license renewal must attend in real time yet, will still have access to the recording for 14 days.

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS:

Attend/view entire course
Pass multiple choice quiz (80% min score)
Complete online course evaluation

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Explain the difference between Phonetics and Phonology
Identify and explain the difference between graphemes and phonemes
Classify and describe how speech sounds are produced and perceived
Recognize and transcribe the IPA symbols for the vowels and consonants of American English
Apply phonetic knowledge and skills in practical ways with children and adults with speech sound production disorders
Apply phonetic knowledge and skills in practical ways with developing and struggling readers and spellers
Apply phonetic knowledge and skills in practical ways with English language learners (children and adults)
Use the International Phonetic Alphabet symbols to visually represent the relationship of graphemes to phonemes (e.g., how the grapheme can be pronounced in 8 different ways)
Identity and listen for speech sounds and stress patterns in words & sentences

Course Instructor(s)

Patti Bottino-Bravo

M.S., CCC-SLP, TSHH

Patti Bottino-Bravo has more twenty-seven years of experience as a speech-language pathologist providing evaluations and treatment for children and adults in educational, outpatient, rehabilitation, and home-care settings. She earned her B.A. in Speech Communication, and M.S. degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology from Brooklyn College. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and has received 11 ASHA ACE Awards for continuing education. Ms. Bottino-Bravo has been with the Speech and Communication department at Touro University at the Lander Campus since 2007. She teaches undergraduate courses in Normal Speech and Language Development, Psycholinguistics, Speech Path I and II, Senior Seminar and Phonetics. In addition to teaching the undergraduate pre-requisite courses listed above, she teaches Fundamentals of Speech, the required public speaking course at Touro College.

Financial Disclosure Patti receives honoraria from CIAO for the presentation of her live courses and royalties for the sale of her online courses.
Non-Financial Disclosure: There are no non-financial relationships to disclose.

Course Agenda

Day 1

08:00 - 08:10

Introductions, course objectives and rationale for providing the course

08:10 - 09:10

The difference between phonetics and phonology

09:10 - 09:25

Introduction to ways to apply phonetics when working with students

09:25 - 09:40

Break

09:40 - 10:00

Differences between graphemes and phonemes

10:00 - 10:10

Exercises for identifying graphemes and phonemes

10:10 - 10:40

How speech sounds are produced and classified

10:40 - 11:00

Consonants: Manner, Place, and Voice

11:00 - 11:15

Exercises for Consonants

11:15 - 11:45

Lunch

11:45 - 12:00

Variations in the Practice of Phonetics and Tools for Transcription

12:00 - 12:10

Phonetic Transcription Conventions

12:10 - 12:30

Examining the IPA Chart 2020 and the IPA Extension Chart

12:30 - 12:55

Vowel System of American English

12:55 - 01:10

Exercises for completing Vowel Quadrilateral

01:10 - 01:25

Break

01:25 - 01:45

Monophthongs, Diphthongs, and Rhotacized or R-Colored Vowels

01:45 - 02:15

Stress

02:15 - 02:30

Exercises for Identifying Stress

02:30 - 02:40

Application, Application, Application

02:40 - 03:00

Q&A

Contact hours pre-approved for:

6 Hours
CIAO is an ASHA Approved Provider (0.6 ASHA CEUs) bubble sheet submission required
ASHA CE Provider Approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.

Introductory Level
0.6 ASHA CEUs