- Friday 26 September 2025
- 12:00pm-1:30pm AEST
- Online Live Tutorial | The recording will be made available post event with 12 months access.
- Early bird $39 (Before 12th September 2025) | Full price $49 or access the first 3 tutorials in the Practical Skill Series for just $100. Find out more HERE.
Live Event + 12 month Recording Access
Tutorial overview
This tutorial equips speech pathologists with practical strategies to confidently navigate the process from assessment to intervention planning for children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). While assessments provide valuable data, clinicians often feel unsure how to translate these results into meaningful goals and evidence-based intervention plans that address the child’s real-world communication needs. In fact, this tutorial was inspired by conversations with experienced clinicians, who still can feel unsure.
Participants will work through a step-by-step approach to:
- Analyse assessment results to identify functional language targets
- Formulate goals aligned with the child and family’s needs and context
- Select intervention approaches and activities
- Choose outcome measures to track progress
Using a practical case example, participants will learn how to apply this framework in clinical practice, ensuring a streamlined pathway from diagnosis to therapy. While the tutorial will focus on DLD, the skills and frameworks provided can be adapted for a wide range of communication conditions.
This tutorial will be hosted online using Zoom with the recording shared with delegates/ Please book as soon as you’ve decided to avoid missing out!
Learning Objectives
Following completion of the tutorial, clinicians will:
- Understand how to interpret assessment data to identify functional therapy targets.
- Use a structured framework to create clear, relevant goals.
- Select evidence-based intervention approaches that align with the child’s goals and context.
- Identify meaningful outcome measures to monitor therapy progress.
- Apply this step-by-step process to a clinical case, with strategies to generalise to other clients.
Participants
This workshop has been developed for speech pathologists. However, clinical psychologists and speech pathology students may also consider attending. Please email training@TheDLDProject.com with any questions regarding the registration process.
FACILITATOR
Dr Shaun ziegenfusz
Dr Shaun Ziegenfusz is a speech pathologist and researcher with more than 15 years’ experience working with people with DLD and their families. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy studies at Griffith University where he investigated the education needs and supports for school-aged students with DLD from the perspective of key stakeholders.
Shaun is also a volunteer member of the Raising Awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (RADLD) International Committee. He is passionate about blending clinical experience and research to support students, families, professionals and schools.
HOW YOUR WORKSHOP INVESTMENT HELPS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
The DLD Project is a self-funded social enterprise which means we receive no government funding or donations to fund the ongoing development and delivery of our services such as The Talking DLD Podcast, FREE resources and training for families, advocacy work with the NDIS, etc. It is our aim to develop and distribute resources that are accessible to all regardless of socio-economic status or location. Your participation in this workshop helps fund our work creating resources, information and training for therapists, educators, and families. Thank you for your support and for your commitment to empowering people with DLD.
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