Piedmont Speech & Hearing Consortium
Fall 2025 Event
The Overlap Between Reading Disabilities and Speech Sound Disorders
Presented by Kelly Farquharson, PhD, CCC-SLP
Join us on November 7th, 2025 for a unique interactive workshop! Reading disabilities and speech sound disorders both involve the phonological system of language but manifest with different symptoms. In this workshop, we will discuss the ways in which these two manifestations are distinct from one another and the ways in which they overlap. This course will discuss the importance of in-depth and evidence-based assessment approaches to determine educational relevance for children with speech sound disorders. We will focus on evidence-based assessment to determine educational relevance for children with speech sound disorders and highlight how to identify risk factors for reading disabilities in these children. The course covers assessment tools, treatment, and service delivery options, emphasizing the connection between speech sound production and literacy.
This Workshop is Interactive! Please bring a children's book for your choice with you!
Register / Pay online below BEFORE October 30th @ 5pm
M.T. Anderson Support Center
WHEN: Friday, November 7th, 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
CEU Credits: 6 Hours
Registration will begin at 8:00 a.m. A boxed lunch from Chicken Salad Chick will be provided. There will also be some prepackaged snacks and bottled water to snack on during Breaks. Once you have registered for this course, you will be sent a link to choose your lunch option. An hour break will be provided for lunch. Please feel free to eat where you feel most comfortable.
Event Schedule:
- 8:00 - 8:30 Registration
- 8:30 - 9:00 Welcome and introduction
- 9:00 - 10:45 Describe the simple view of reading, as its connections to speech production and language
- 10:45 - 12:00 Discuss the overlap between speech sound disorders and reading disabilities
- 12:00 - 1:00 – Lunch (Chicken Salad Chick boxes)
- 1:00 - 2:00 Orthographic awareness and the importance of using print in therapy sessions
- 2:30 - 3:00 - Print saliency in children’s books – hands on activity with lesson planning time ***BRING A CHILDREN’S BOOK WITH YOU***.
- 3:00 - 3:30 Wrap up; Q & A
PSHC Fall CEU Event
Event Closed, Come back for Spring Event!
Registration includes certificate of completion for continued education credit and water/snacks. Signups before October 30th 6pm, also include lunch.
The deadline for Lunch signup has passed, but there are still some spots available, so feel free to register and just bring your own lunch!
Course Description
This workshop will be interactive. Participants should plan to: bring a children’s book of their choice to this workshop; discuss their relevant cases of children with speech sound disorders; listen to the Sold a Story podcast (at least episode 1); and engage in small and large group discussions and activities. The workshop will be equal to 6 professional development hours.
3 Learner Outcomes
- Describe the simple view of reading, as it relates to speech and language
- Discuss the educational relevance of speech sound disorders in school-based settings
- Explain orthographic awareness and the importance of using print in therapy sessions
About Our Speaker
Kelly Farquharson
PhD, CCC-SLP
Kelly Farquharson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (she/her) is an SLP, an associate professor, and director of the Children Literacy and Speech Sound Lab at Florida State University. The mission of her lab is to help children with speech and language impairments achieve classroom success. In a related line of work, she investigates the ways in which school-based SLPs can be better supported to implement best practices. She runs an active Instagram page @classlab_Kelly, with a popular weekly series called Phonetics Fridays, geared towards helping clinicians apply phonetic science to the assessment and treatment of speech sound disorders. She is the Editor-in-Chief for Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools and an affiliated faculty member with the Florida Center for Reading Research.
Financial Disclosure: I am receiving a speaking fee for this workshop. I receive a salary from Florida State University. I am an Amazon affiliate and often post links to items/ my storefront on social media; several links in the Resources handout are affiliate links, and are marked as such. I will discuss products that I developed with Bjorem Speech Publications, for which I receive royalties. I do consulting work with SLP Toolkit, Bright Ideas Media, The Informed SLP, and Bjorem Speech Publications. I am the Editor-in-Chief of Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools (LSHSS).