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PA: Child Abuse, Recognition and Reporting for Mandated Reporters, 3 units
This course is jointly approved by Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, and and the Pennsylvania Department of State. It fulfills the 3-unit requirement for training in child abuse recognition and reporting for mandated reporters under Act 31. PA CE Provider #CACE000044. Program #CAPR000042.
For those in the healthcare professions, course completions are reported to the PA Department of State within 24 hours.
This online course is for health... |
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Human Trafficking: Identification and Intervention
Human Trafficking: Identification and Intervention is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that details the many facets of human trafficking as well as how to identify and provide intervention to victims/survivors.
Human trafficking, commonly discussed under the two broad categories of sexual trafficking and labor trafficking, is a pervasive public health issue, both globally and in the United States. This course will examine the various forms of human trafficking, including... |
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High Functioning Autism in Children
High Functioning Autism in Children is a 4-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that provides strategies to help children with HFA navigate the "neurotypical" world with success.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, as of April 2018, the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is increasing. This increase includes children on the higher end of the spectrum; those who have what is informally referred to as “high functioning” ASD. In this course we... |
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IEP Goals: S.M.A.R.T.E.R. STEPS® Guide
IEP Goals: S.M.A.R.T.E.R. STEPS® Guide is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that provides a framework for writing legally compliant IEP goals.
Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings give parents and professionals a chance to work together to design an IEP for children with learning disabilities who have been determined eligible for special education. The goals for academic achievement and functional performance set for each child are the core of the IEP. Goals r... |
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Updates in Neurology & Infectious Diseases 11-Night Japanese Explorer CME Cruise
Join us on a Japanese Explorer CME Cruise. Ports include: Tokyo (Yokohama), Japan ● Mt Fuji (Shimizu), Japan ● Osaka, Japan ● Kobe, Japan ● Kochi, Japan ● Fukuoka, Japan ● Busan, South Korea ● Aomori, Japan. |
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Clinical Pearls in Respirology & Family Medicine 7-Night Barbados Resort CME
Join us at Sandals Barbados & Royal Barbados for a "Clinical Pearls in Respirology & Family Medicine" CME conference. |
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Updates in Ophthalmology & Cardiology 13-Night New Zealand CME Cruise
Sail through New Zealand roundtrip from Sydney, Australia, Ports include: Sydney, Australia ● Doubtful Sound (Scenic Cruising) ● Milford Sound (Scenic Cruising) ● Dusky Sound (Scenic Cruising) ● Dunedin, Port Chalmers, New Zealand ● Akaroa, New Zealand ● Wellington, New Zealand ● Tauranga, New Zealand ● Auckland, New Zealand ● Bay of Islands, New Zealand. |
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Clinical Pearls in Family Medicine & Practice Management 7-Night Eastern Caribbean CME Cruise
Sail roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale. Ports include: San Juan, Puerto Rico ● Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas ● Punta Cana, Dominican Republic ● Nassau, Bahamas. |
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Rheumatology & Pain Management 12-Night Royal Touch of Morocco CME Land Tour
Morocco, known as the land of the distant sunset, is bound to charm the most demanding of travellers. From storytellers to snake charmers, from Berber artists to contemporary fashion designers, the Kingdom of Morocco opens its heart to anyone who will listen. Join us in Morocco for a land tour and rheumatology & pain management CME conference. |
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Emergency Medicine & Managing Chronic Disease 10-Night South Africa CME Adventure
Join us on a bucket list trip to South Africa and enjoy CME focused on emergency medicine and chronic disease at the same time! |
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ENT and Dental Approaches to Head and Neck Conditions 10-Night Galapagos Islands CME Cruise
Join us in Quito & the Galapagos Islands for an "ENT and Dental Approaches to Head and Neck Conditions" CME conference. |
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Updates in Endocrinology & Gastroenterology 7-Night Qatar, Bahrain & The UAE CME Cruise
Sail roundrtrip from Dubai and sail through Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE. |
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Update in Women’s Health & Imaging 14-Night Antarctica CME Cruise
No other destination can elicit the sense of excitement and adventure as Antarctica. The most unspoilt and remote place left on Earth, this is the ultimate journey of a lifetime. Join us for an "Update in Women’s Health & Imaging" onboard the Celebrity Eclipse. |
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Pearls in Family Medicine & Practice Management 10-Night Southern Caribbean CME Cruise
Sail from Fort Lauderdale roundtrip and enjoy CME focused on family medicine and practice management. Ports include: Half Moon Cay, Bahamas ● Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos ● Amber Cove, Dominican Republic ● Kralendijk, Bonaire ● Willemstad, Curacao ● Oranjestad, Aruba. |
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Rheumatology, Osteoporosis & Medical Cannabis 7-Night Southern Caribbean CME Cruise
Sail roundtrip from San Juan, Puerto Rico and enjoy CME focused on rheumatology, osteoporosis & medical cannabis. |
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Emotional Regulation: Teaching Children Calm
Emotional Regulation: Teaching Children Calm is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that provides strategies and techniques for helping children navigate their emotions.
Emotional regulation is the ability to manage one’s emotions in order to respond appropriately to life’s inevitable ups and downs. It assists with competent decision-making, augments memory for critical events, and enables productive interpersonal relations. Inappropriate emotional responses are implica... |
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Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that reviews evidenced-based research for identification, management and prevention of cyberbullying in children, adolescents, and adults.
Bullies have moved from the playground and workplace to the online world, where anonymity can facilitate bullying behavior. Cyberbullying is intentional, repeated harm to another person using communication technology. It is not accidental or random. It is targeted to a person with less... |
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Effects of Digital Media on Adolescents
Effects of Digital Media on Adolescents is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that explores how the digital world is affecting teens of successive generations.
It is becoming clear that the effects of the digital world are affecting each successive generation of teenagers in ways that are only now beginning to come into view. iGen’ers’ communication and behaviors differ from those that characterized the Baby Boomers, Millennials, and the XGen’ers. We now know that th... |
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Preventing Medical Errors in Speech-Language Pathology
This course addresses the impact of medical errors on today’s health care with a focus on root cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety. Multiple scenarios of real and potential errors in the practice of speech-language pathology and audiology across the continuum of practice are included, along with recommended strategies for preventing them. Evidence shows that the most effective error prevention occurs when a partnership exists among care facilities, health care ... |
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The Power of Skepticism and Critical Thinking
The Power of Skepticism and Critical Thinking is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that examines how positive skepticism and critical thinking are necessary in clinical practice.
The history of health care abounds with treatments that persisted (although they didn’t work) for many years without ever being seriously challenged. How did this happen? More to the point, how is it that this continues to happen today? At least a part of the answer can be found in a very long ... |
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Alzheimer’s Disease: A Practical Guide
Alzheimer’s Disease: A Practical Guide is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that offers healthcare professionals a basic foundation in Alzheimer's disease prevention, diagnosis, and risk management.
This course will present practical information to aid healthcare professionals as they interact with clients who are diagnosed with any of the many types of dementia. We will review what is normal in the aging process, and what is not; diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's dis... |
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Personality and Temperament: Connecting with Young Clients
Personality and Temperament: Connecting with Young Clients is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that demonstrates how differences in personality and temperament impact how children behave and how adults communicate and connect with them.
Understanding differences in temperament and personality among adults and children will ultimately assist us in developing better relationships with our clients and enhancing therapy interventions, plans, and goals. Within the context of ... |
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HIV/AIDS: Adherence Issues
HIV/AIDS: Adherence Issues is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that discusses adherence issues in populations at high risk for HIV infection.
HIV and AIDS are medical terms that are linked together due to the progressive nature of HIV, with the end result of untreated (or undertreated) HIV becoming AIDS. The virus affects people of all ages, from children born to mothers with HIV, to adolescents, to adults, and elders. People who live with HIV can live almost normal life... |
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Improving Communication with Your Young Clients
Improving Communication with Your Young Clients is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that teaches communication skills for use with young clients and their families.
Healthy professional and personal relationships rely heavily on effective and respectful communication skills. Professionals can benefit from enhancing their repertoire of communication techniques to improve the quality of relationships with families and children who have communication skills deficits. The co... |
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Animal Assisted Therapy
Animal Assisted Therapy is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that provides the information and techniques needed to begin using the human-animal bond successfully to meet individual therapeutic goals.
In Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) the human-animal bond is utilized to help meet therapeutic goals and reach individuals who are otherwise difficult to engage in verbal therapies. AAT is considered an emerging therapy at this time, and more research is needed to determine the... |
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Ethics for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Ethics for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that examines ethical issues that SLPs and audiologists may encounter in clinical practice.
Ethical decision-making is based on awareness, intent, judgment, and behavior. The speech-language pathologist (SLP) or audiologist must be aware that an issue has ethical significance. Then a judgment must be made with the intent to make the ethically correct decision, and action taken. Ethics ... |
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Cultural Awareness in Clinical Practice
Cultural Awareness in Clinical Practice is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that provides the foundation for achieving cultural competency and diversity in healthcare settings.
Cultural competence, responding to diversity and inclusion, are important practices for healthcare professionals. This course will help you to gain an awareness of bias and provide strategies to adjust your clinical mindset and therapeutic approach to adapt to “the other” – people who differ... |
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The Speech-Language Pathologist in Long-Term Care
Skilled nursing facilities have unique challenges for healthcare professionals. Multiple federal regulations, a complex billing system, and the long-term nature of skilled nursing facility residents make this a setting that requires an orientation to its unique traits. This course provides an overview of skilled nursing facilities as a work setting for speech-language pathologists. The structure, organization, and reimbursement structure of skilled nursing facilities will be described. The ave... |
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Communication with Elders
With the increasing number of older people in the United States, it is vital for healthcare professionals to communicate effectively and respectfully with elders. This course provides an overview of aging changes that affect communication, dysfunctional communication habits to avoid, and strategies for appropriate communication with elders. |
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Aging: Challenges for Clinicians
Aging: Challenges for Clinicians is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that provides a review of the aging process, illustrating potential challenges and effective solutions.
Americans are living longer and there are proportionately more older adults than in previous generations due to the post-World War II baby boom. Many Americans are now living into their eighties and beyond. In healthcare, the volume of older people may soon outnumber the supply of healthcare professionals... |
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Building Resilience in your Young Client
Building Resilience in your Young Client is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that offers a wide variety of resilience interventions that can be used in therapy, school, and home settings. It has long been observed that there are certain children who experience better outcomes than others who are subjected to similar adversities, and a significant amount of literature has been devoted to the question of why this disparity exists. Research has largely focused on what has been... |
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Improving Social Skills in Children & Adolescents
Improving Social Skills in Children & Adolescents is a 4-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that provides healthcare professionals with practical tools to guide children in gaining social competence.
Highlighting the benefits and advantages to having well-developed social skills and demonstrating the difficulties and challenges that arise from a lack of these crucial skills, this course will provide practical tools that teachers and therapists can employ to guide children to o... |
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When Your Young Client is Defiant
When Your Young Client is Defiant is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that provides practical strategies for managing challenging and defiant behavior in young clients.
Adults are often at a loss when it comes to handling defiance and power struggles. Some lecture the child on disrespectful behavior. Others ignore it, hoping it will go away. All parents find it a frustrating and annoying part of the parenting experience (the same may be said for many clinicians). For cli... |
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Practical Reviews in Otolaryngology
Practical Reviews in Otolaryngology keeps you informed of the most important research and clinical findings published in Otolaryngology each month. Each issue contains: downloadable audio of 10-12 articles summarized and reviewed in each issue; downloadable PDF of written reviews with Take-Home Pearls that reinforce the audio material and give you a valuable reference for instant recall by subject; and self-assessment online quizzes to highlight key points and reinforce what you've learned. |
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Ethics for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Speech-language pathologists and audiologists encounter ethical issues across the spectrum of practice settings, from pediatric treatment to care of elders in skilled nursing facilities. This course will present an overview of ethical issues that arise in speech-language pathology and audiology practice, including barriers to ethical thinking, evidence-based ethics, economics, discrimination, abuse, bullying in the workplace, boundaries, confidentiality, social media, and infection control.
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Developing Community Based Aphasia Groups
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to identify the rationale for developing community based aphasia groups.
After this course, participants will be able to describe types of community based aphasia groups.
After this course, participants will be able to summarize ways in which groups can be developed and maintained.
Course Abstract
During this course, Dr. Laures-Gore discusses the rationale for creating community based aphasia groups and describes the ... |
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The PICO Template for Reviewing Speech-Language Therapy Apps: A decision-making tool for SLPs
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to define population in terms of the specific EBP suggestions
After this course, participants will be able to define intervention in terms of the specific EBP suggestions
After this course, participants will be able to define comparison in terms of the specific EBP suggestions
After this course, participants will be able define outcome in terms of the specific EBP suggestions
After this course, participants will be able... |
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Assessment for Special Education Eligibility
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to identify federal requirements associated with evaluation for special education.
After this course, participants will be able to identify possible additions to federal requirements established by the state or the local school district.
After this course, participants will be able to identify best practice in administering standardized assessments.
After this course, participants will be able to identify effective infor... |
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Phonetically-consistent Approach to /r/ Remediation
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to identify the 8 /r/ controlled vowels.
After this course, participants will be able to describe how to phonetically evaluate and treat the various word positions of the 8 /r/ controlled vowels.
After this course, participants will be able to state measurable and objective IEP goals for the /r/ phonemes.
After this course, participants will be able to describe the differences between visual and non-visual /r/ controlled... |
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Differential Treatment of School-Age Children Who Stutter
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to describe the specific contributing factors involved in the treatment of a school-age child who stutters (i.e. cognitive, social, emotional).
After this course, participants will be able to describe the multi-factorial nature of fluency disorders in school-age children (i.e. variables of temperament, environment, physiological, speech and language abilities).
After this course, participants will be able to explain how t... |
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The Art of Interpreting Audiograms for Speech-Language Pathologists
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to describe the dimensions, purpose and function of audiograms.
After this course, participants will be able to provide a descriptive analysis of the levels of hearing loss recorded on an audiogram.
After this course, participants will be able to provide a descriptive analysis of the types of hearing loss recorded on an audiogram.
Course Abstract
The Art of Interpreting Audiograms was developed for speech-language pat... |
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Direct or Indirect Treatment: When to Use What with Preschool Children Who Stutter
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to describe the characteristics of a client for whom indirect intervention would be most appropriate.
After this course, participants will be able to describe the characteristics of a client for whom direct intervention would be most appropriate.
After this course, participants will be able to list at least 3 activities that can be used for indirect intervention.
After this course, participants will be able to list at le... |
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Using Signs in Early Intervention
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to describe important milestones in the development of manual activity in the first 12 months of an infant's life
After this course, participants will be able to sequence the developmental acquisition of gestures and explain their predictive values for vocabulary development
After this course, participants will be able to describe how to incorporate skills in observing babies' manual activity with formal instruments that ... |
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Putting the Person First: Counseling Skills and Strategies
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to list the concepts and techniques that facilitate effective counseling within the field of communicative disorders.
After this course, participants will be able to implement techniques to manage defense mechanisms of clients and families.
After this course, participants will be able to identify and employ emotional intelligence to facilitate clinical success.
After this course, participants will be able to list conditi... |
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Cluttering: Troubleshooting the Challenges
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to list three challenges related to cluttering identification, diagnosis, and treatment.
After this course, participants will be able to state what it means to "go in through the back door" to increase awareness.
After this course, participants will be able to state one way to effectively prioritize treatment goals for cluttering.
After this course, participants will be able to state the key to increasing motivation in c... |
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Stuttering Therapy: Empowering SLP’s to Overcome the Impossible in Treating Negative Beliefs and Feelings
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to identify appropriate goals for addressing the negative emotions and feelings related to stuttering.
After this course, participants will be able to list 2 activities for addressing feelings and emotions in stuttering therapy.
After this course, participants will be able to describe how to utilize basic counseling skills related to stuttering therapy.
Course Abstract
That’s impossible! How many times have we said ... |
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The As, Bs and Cs of Ethics in the Schools
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to provide a definition of an ethical dilemma.
After this course, participants will be able to explain the difference between morals and ethics.
After this course, participants will be able to list three ethical dilemmas that might present within the school setting.
Course Abstract
This course will highlight ethical dilemmas that may present in the school setting. Participants will be provided strategies to recognize ... |
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Vanderbilt SLP Journal Club - Understanding and Treating Minimally Verbal Children with Autism
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to identify the common clinical characteristics associated with minimally verbal children with autism.
After this course, participants will be able to describe the typical developmental course of communication abilities in minimally verbal children with autism and factors that best predict language acquisition in these children.
After this course, participants will be able to describe evidenced-based options for communica... |
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Oral Care with Dementia Patients - Dealing with Care-Resistant Behaviors
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to identify three oral health issues in the elderly.
After this course, participants will be able to describe three to four components of an oral assessment.
After this course, participants will be able to discuss behavioral interventions for reducing care resistant behaviors.
After this course, participants will be able to describe two to three strategies for improving staff participation in oral hygiene programs.
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Counseling in Stuttering Treatment
Course Learning Outcomes
After this course, participants will be able to identify basic principles of counseling.
After this course, participants will be able to describe aspects of the skilled helper model of counseling.
After this course, participants will be able to describe counseling approaches to utilize in stuttering intervention.
Course Abstract
As defined by ASHA, our scope of practice includes counseling people with communication disorders and their families. However, many spe... |
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