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Stories are everywhere. Why not harness their power? Oral storytelling is a pivotal skill for academic and social success. Not all students have mastered it or can apply word, sentence, and discourse patterns to learn other content. Communication scientists have explored, developed, and investigated innovative ways of using oral storytelling to teach vocabulary, expressive language, inferencing, listening/reading comprehension and writing. The key teaching procedure is retelling, which is backed by an impressive body of learning science.

This competency course will cover the problems oral storytelling can solve, what's special about oral language, and what's special about stories. Ten principles of effective narrative intervention will be described in detail, providing clear and easy to implement recommendations for children, with and without disabilities, in preschool and elementary grades. Participants will learn how oral storytelling instruction can effectively address the cluster of skills that are at the core of everything literacy related.

Enrollment in this course includes the opportunity to join the NSS Narrative Intervention Network.

Offered for 0.5 ASHA CEUs – 5 contact hours.

Visit NorthernSpeech.com/7363b/ to learn more.