Nicole Kolenda
For cliniciansHow to use treatment fidelity to strengthen your DTTC practice
What treatment fidelity is, why it matters in motor-based intervention, and how to monitor it for more consistent DTTC sessions.
Speaking
Talks that send clinicians home with tools
Evidence-based talks for clinicians, schools, universities and parent groups, grounded in years of treating children in the lab and the clinic.
On stage- ASHA Convention
- Apraxia Kids National Conference
- NYU Steinhardt
- Speech Therapy PD
- Philippine Association of SLPs
- The Wednesday Mothers' Club
Talks for clinicians
Practical sessions on CAS and motor-based treatment
For clinicians
For cliniciansHow to make the shift to motor-based treatment
A framework for moving from traditional articulation therapy to motor-based models: practice, feedback, cueing, candidates, targets and session structure.
For cliniciansUsing the principles of motor learning to jumpstart your articulation therapy
How practice structure, feedback and cueing shape learning and generalization, with tips for early learners and older kids.
For cliniciansModel Replica Chart analysis
Record patterns of accuracy, consistency and cueing need to sharpen assessment and treatment planning.
For cliniciansCAS: diagnostic considerations and therapeutic strategies, part 1
Core features, differential diagnosis, dynamic assessment and clinical decision-making, with case video.
For cliniciansCAS: diagnostic considerations and therapeutic strategies, part 2
Evidence-based CAS treatment: target selection, cueing, practice conditions, feedback and a deep dive into DTTC.
For parents
An introduction to childhood apraxia of speech
What CAS is, how it's diagnosed and what treatment looks like, with plenty of time for questions.
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On stage and on air
ASHA 2025
With Dr. Julie Case's lab: a framework for choosing treatment targets for children with CAS.
Apraxia Kids
National conference presenter for families and clinicians.
Podcasts
Rise Resolute, The Last Tenth (episode 2) and What's Not Being Said.
ASHA ConventionWith colleagues between sessions ASHA 2023Innovating your technique to maximize practice 
In the exhibit hallCelebrating a book launch Hands-on trainingDynamic assessment in the differential diagnosis of CAS 
Badge on, ready to presentA national conference morning Apraxia KidsPresenting at the national conference 
The research teamNYU and partner labs together at ASHA Teaching at NYUGraduate students in Communicative Sciences and Disorders Panel presentationResearch and practice side by side 
Steinhardt staff recognitionHonored by NYU
A parent from The Wednesday Mothers' Club in New York called Nicole a warm leader and advocate who made every mom comfortable asking about her own child.
The Wednesday Mothers' Club, New YorkHave Nicole speak to your team