Free Advanced Workshops
Workshop Details
The FREE two-day, in-person advanced training workshop is designed for speech-language pathologists across various practice settings including schools, medical, home health, early childhood intervention, and private practice who want to gain advanced knowledge about evidence-based assessment and treatment for CAS. Clinicians are challenged to demonstrate effective clinical decision-making skills through discussion, case studies, and small group activities. All workshops are in-person, due to the content of the workshop and the interactive quality we do not have plans to make them virtual at this time.
View sample workshop learning objectives here.
View sample workshop agenda here.
Please read all application & eligibility information outlined below and the Frequently Asked Questions provided. Due to the volume of applicants and our small staff, we are not able to answer questions already addressed in the application and information here, and we cannot accept phone calls regarding applications.
Requirements to Attend
- Hold a CCC (or equivalent certification from your state/country) and have a minimum of 2 years of experience.
- Complete the free online course "Diagnosis and Management of Childhood Apraxia of Speech Using Dynamic Tactile and Temporal Cueing" and score a minimum of 80% on the post-test.
- Complete a diagnostic Clinical Decision-Making Assessment.
- Complete the workshop application and await notification.
Our Workshop Facilitators
Dr. Julie Case
CCC-SLP
Dr. Julie Case is the director of the Case Speech Production Lab. Dr. Case is an Assistant Professor in the Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Department. Dr. Case holds a Ph.D. in Communicative Sciences and Disorders and an M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology from New York University. Her work has incorporated transcription, acoustic and kinematic analyses to examine changes in speech performance with intensive practice and the impact of stimulus complexity on speech production.
Dr. Edythe Strand
CCC-SLP
Dr. Edythe Strand is an emeritus Professor in the Mayo College of Medicine and former Head of the Division of Speech Pathology, Department of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, and internationally recognized for her expertise in childhood apraxia of speech. Dr. Strand's research has focused on developmental, acquired and progressive apraxia of speech, and issues related to intelligibility and comprehensibility in degenerative dysarthria.
Dr. Maria Grigos
CCC-SLP
Dr. Maria Grigos is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at New York University. Dr. Grigos also directs the Motor Speech Lab at NYU. Her scholarly work combines the use of perceptual, acoustic and kinematic methods to pursue two lines of research. The first centers on the study of speech motor control and motor learning across the lifespan in both impaired and non-impaired speakers.
Upcoming Workshops
The Once Upon A Time Foundation supports the advanced training workshops by providing grants to university and clinical programs across the country. We are excited to announce our 2025 Spring and Summer schedule for our CAS Advanced Workshops! Mark your calendars so you don’t miss applications opening. We will announce applications are open on our social media and you can find out more about workshops on our website.
2025 Workshops:
New York University Workshop 1: March 6-7
New York University Workshop 2: March 9-10
Mary Bridge Children’s Therapy (Puyallup, WA): April 26-27
Northeastern University (Boston, MA): July 25-26
San Diego State University: October 24-25
Texas Christian University (Fort Worth, TX): December 4-5, 2025 (Applications will open on Monday, September 15)
In order to qualify to attend any of our FREE, in-person workshops you must have:
- Watched the online video prerequisite Diagnosis and Treatment of CAS Using DTTC
- We have been experiencing some issues with our online courses and website. If you are having trouble completing the course for any reason, please email casadvancedworkshop@gmail.com and we will help troubleshoot the issue.
- Passed the video post-test with 80% or better score
- Completed the Clinical Decision-Making Skills Assessment*
- Applied to attend the workshop
- Been selected to participate
If you have questions about your eligibility please email casadvancedworkshop@gmail.com
Please note: if you have attended a previous advanced workshop sponsored by the Once Upon a Time Foundation, you are NOT eligible to attend another one, even if it features a different expert presenter or is hosted at another site.
*The Clinical Decision-Making Assessment is NOT the same as the course on our website. It also is NOT the same as the Skills Assessment we have used in the past that has been a criteria to attend the workshop. This is a brand new assessment, so if you have done another assessment before December 2024 for a workshop you will need to submit again.
Workshop Testimonials
Past Workshops
| Host Organization | Location | Date |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | July 25-26, 2025 |
| New York University | New York City, NY | March 6-7, 2025 & March 9-10, 2025 |
| Children’s Therapy Center at MU Health | Columbia, MO | October 25-26, 2024 |
| San Diego State University | San Diego, CA | September 20-21, 2024 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | July 26-27, 2024 |
| New York University | New York City, NY | March 6-7, 2024 & March 9-10, 2024 |
| Rush University Medical Center | Chicago, IL | October 16-17, 2023 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | July 28-29, 2023 |
| New York University | New York City, NY | March 30-31, 2023 & April 2-3,2023 |
| Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, TX | December 3-4, 2022 |
| University of Northern Colorado | Greeley, CO | July 26-27, 2022 July 29-30,2022 |
| Temple University | Philadelphia, PA | February 21-22, 2020 |
| New York University | New York, NY | December 5-6, 2019 & December 8-9, 2019 |
| Texas Christian University | Fort Worth, TX | June 14-15, 2019 |
| UT Health at San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | June 7-8, 2019 |
| University of Houston | Sugar Land, TX | February 1-2, 2019 |
| New York University | New York, NY | October 11-12, 2018 November 29-30, 2018 December 2-3, 2018 |
| Kaiser Permanente Oakland and California State University, East Bay | Oakland, CA | October 27-28, 2018 |
| University of Kansas | Overland Park, KS | April 6-7, 2018 |
| University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | March 16-17, 2018 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | January 26-27, 2018 |
| University of Texas at Dallas | Richardson, TX | September 22-23, 2017 |