DuBard School for Language Disorders
DuBard Association Method® Seminar
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After taking The DuBard Association Method® Basic Course, the next step to your understanding of this method is within the Seminar. Advance your skills in this structured, phonetic, multisensory teaching-learning strategy that is Orton-Gillingham based in content and principles of instruction and has changed the lives of individuals with language disorders for over 60 years.
Topics Covered
- A review of the beginning levels of the DuBard Association Method®
- The structure of language as utilized at the various story levels of the method
- Advanced decoding skills, comprehension, written expression, and fluency
- Correlative programs: math, telling time, calendar work, and related subject areas
- Lesson planning
- Development of materials
- Task analysis of commercial textbook material for modification for children with language disorders
- Syllable types and transfer to texts
Suggested Participants
Those who have successfully completed a three-semester-hour course (or the equivalent) in the basics of the DuBard Association Method®
Pricing and CEU Information
$1350// register by May 5, 2025
$800 plus tuition // Academic Credit
4.5 CEUs, Educator (available through SRESA)
4.5 ASHA CEU's (Intermediate level, Professional area)
30 ALTA Credits
Individuals who wish to enroll on an academic credit basis must be admitted/readmitted to The University of Southern Mississippi the semester before the course and before the registration process may be completed. Contact DuBard School to learn more.
Completion of this course may lead to national professional certification as a Certified Academic Language Practitioner (CALP) or Certified Academic Language (CALT) by the Academic Language Therapy Association (ALTA).
Program completion requirements: Participants are expected to complete the entire program. Individuals who do not complete the full program will not be recommended for CEUs. No credit will be provided. If attending the course virtually, participants will need access to a device with internet access to complete the course. See the registration page for details on CEU credits.
Summer Course (2025)
Register by May 5, 2025
Asynchronous sessions:
June 2-20, 2025
Synchronous sessions:
June 23-27, 2025
Course Structure
This 45-hour course is comprised of two components. Participants access asynchronous online modules up to three weeks before the synchronous sessions. These modules included an overview of terminology, characteristics of different disorders, dyslexia, theories, and Northampton symbol production. Each module requires 80% accuracy on a brief quiz after viewing the videos. These modules are completed prior to the beginning of synchronous sessions. The second component of the course is live synchronous sessions which may be completed virtually or face-to-face.
Seminar Instructors
| Course Director | Alison Webster*, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CALT-QI | Interim Director, Speech-Language Pathologist |
| DuBard Staff | Misha Lee*, M.S., CCC-SLP, CALT-QI | Speech-Language Pathologist |
| Patricia Martin*, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CALT-QI | Assistant Director, Speech Language Pathologist | |
| Missy Schraeder*, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, CALT-QI | Transition and Training Specialist, Speech-Language Pathologist |
| DuBard School Accreditation | |
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The DuBard Association Method® training course of DuBard School for Language Disorders at The University of Southern Mississippi holds accredited status from the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC) for its instructional programs at the teaching, instructor of teaching, therapy, and instructor of therapy levels. IMSLEC is a nonprofit corporation formed in 1995 to accredit organizations that offer programs to prepare specialists in multisensory structured language programs. Click this IMSLEC link for more information. |
| For more information concerning the DuBard Association Method®, email alison.webster@usm.edu. | |
Disclosure Statements
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Dr. Alison Webster is a nationally certified speech-language pathologist, Certified Academic Language Therapist Qualified Instructor. She holds Mississippi licensure in Speech-Language Pathology and an endorsement in Mild to Moderate Disabilities in Special Education and Administration. Disclosure: Financial – Dr. Webster is employed by DuBard School for Language Disorders; course development and presentations are included in salaried duties. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
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Mrs. Misha Lee is a nationally certified Speech-Language Pathologist and Certified Academic Language Therapist Qualified Instructor. She holds Mississippi licensure in Speech-Language Pathology with endorsements in elementary Education, Hearing Impaired, and Mild to Moderate Disabilities in Special Education. Disclosure: Financial - Mrs. Lee is employed as a Speech-Language Pathologist at the DuBard School for Language Disorders; course development and presentations are included in salaried duties. Nonfinancial - No other non-financial relationship exists. |
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Dr. Patricia Martin is a nationally-certified speech-language pathologist and Certified Academic Language Therapist Qualified Instructor. She holds licensure from the Mississippi Department of Education in the areas of Speech-Language, Mild to Moderate with endorsements in disabilities K-12, elementary education K-8, hearing disability K-12, and administration. Disclosure: Financial – Dr. Martin is employed by DuBard School for Language Disorders; course development and presentations are included in salaried duties. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists. |
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Dr. Missy Schraeder is a nationally certified speech-language pathologist and Certified Academic Language Therapist Qualified Instructor. She has presented at national conferences in the areas of oral and written language disorders/dyslexia, multisensory instruction, and apraxia of speech. Disclosure: Financial – Dr. Schraeder is employed by DuBard School for Language Disorders; course development and presentations are included in salaried duties. She is a co-author of DuBard Association Method® therapy materials and receives royalty payments. Nonfinancial - No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
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