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THE MICRONUTRIENTS: Vitamin C
Pharmacists are often sought after for guidance on choosing and using nutritional supplements. However, many current pharmacists did not receive comprehensive education on vitamins and minerals during their academic training. Even those who did may not be up to date on recent research that has broadened our knowledge of how deficiencies and excesses of certain micronutrients can impact health, as well as how these nutrients may interact negatively with specific medications.
For anyone passi... |
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Biosimilars in Osteoporosis: Highlights from the ASBMR
Biosimilars are large, complex molecules made from living organisms that are highly similar to their reference biologic and are administered in the same way, with the same strength and dosage, and clinically meaningful differences in safety, purity, and potency.
Incorporating biosimilars into the management of osteoporosis, known as a silent chronic disease responsible for 13 million fragility fractures worldwide, provide a more affordable version of osteoporosis medication, and an alternat... |
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Caffeine and Health
Caffeine is a rapidly absorbed organic compound that acts as a stimulant in the human body. The average amount of caffeine consumed in the US is approximately 300 mg per person per day - the equivalent to between two and four cups of coffee - with coffee accounting for about three-fourths of the caffeine that is consumed in the American diet. This is considered to be a moderate caffeine intake, which, according to many studies, can promote a variety of health benefits.
But some studies clai... |
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Cleveland Clinic Survey of Current Issues in Surgical Anesthesia (online streaming & flash drive formats)
Cleveland Clinic Survey of Current Issues in Surgical Anesthesia details the many recent advancements and established best practices in this critical area of medicine. An expert faculty provides an update on non-operating room anesthesia, pre-operative assessment, ambulatory anesthesia, anesthesia for orthopedic and obstetric procedures, as well as perioperative care of surgical patients. Anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists and anesthesia assistants will benefit from a diverse agenda of top... |
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Communication with Elders
Communication with Elders is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE) course that provides an overview of aging changes that affect communication, dysfunctional communication habits to avoid, and strategies for appropriate communication with elders.
Effective, appropriate communication with elders is important for many reasons. For speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and audiologists, communication is the foundation of service delivery. Communication is required for assessment of the perso... |
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Reading Comprehension
Reading Comprehension is a 4-hour continuing education (CE) course that discusses the latest research to help clients develop strong reading comprehension skills. This includes defining reading comprehension, outlining reading disorders, and reviewing assessment guidelines for reading comprehension disorders.
Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) are uniquely positioned to address reading comprehension for students. Their language expertise makes them well-suited to help improve children’s ... |
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SVU 45th Annual Conference: Vascular Imaging Educators Workshop (Online Streaming & USB Flash Drive formats)
ALL NEW and NOW AVAILABLE from the Society of Vascular Ultrasound 45th Annual Conference, the updated Vascular Imaging Educators Workshop (VIEW) delivers a complete educational experience regarding the use of vascular ultrasound. Lessons provided by more than 40 experts from the SVU will benefit all involved in the diagnosis and treatment of vascular disease. Worth 15.5 AMA PRA Category I Credits™, VIEW MEETS VASCULAR LAB CME REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCREDITATION.
Topics: Real time B-mode imagi... |
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Cleveland Clinic Multispecialty Pathology Symposium (online streaming & flash drive formats)
The Cleveland Clinic Multispecialty Pathology Symposium features an expert faculty addressing commonly encountered problems and providing practical tips from their own experience at the microscope. A broad spectrum of cases will be presented, reviewing genitourinary, pulmonary, gastrointestinal and soft tissue, gynecologic, and breast pathology. Participation in this activity will increase knowledge and improve performance in pathology, which will positively impact patient care.
Worth 16.... |
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Hazardous Drug Handling - Primer for Pharmacy Personnel Home Study
This 6-hour knowledge-based home study learning program is tailored for pharmacy technicians and pharmacists, focusing on regulations and standards related to handling hazardous drugs. By grasping these guidelines, participants can implement optimal practices at work, ensuring the safety of both compounded hazardous preparations and the staff handling them. Pharmacy Technicians can utilize this program to equip themselves for the CPhT Advanced Certification Examination on hazardous drug handli... |
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Ethical Considerations in Speech-Language Pathology
Ethical Considerations in Speech-Language Pathology is a 1-hour audio continuing education (CE) course that provides general information on ethical behavior.
Participants will review the types of mistakes made and the importance of honesty and rule-following in practice. The course highlights the differentiation between ‘Principles of Ethics’ and the ‘Rule of Ethics’ and discusses the four general principles of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Code of Ethics.
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WEBINAR BUNDLE: Compounding Clarity: Decoding USP Standards in Pharmacy Practice Bundle
The Compounding Clarity: Decoding USP Standards in Pharmacy Practice bundle is accredited for 3.0 contact hours (0.3 CEUs) of continuing education credit for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.
Webinar 1 - GFI #256: How it affects compounding for veterinary patients (2023)
This webinar will help veterinary compounders understand the requirements of GFI-256 and why such a document is necessary in the current federal landscape. Pharmacists and technicians will learn when FDA intends... |
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WEBINAR BUNDLE: 2023 ACVP Veterinary Pharmacy Conference Bundle
Did you miss the 2023 Veterinary Pharmacy Conference?
No worries, it is now available on-demand. View the videos, and powerpoints, and complete the test and evaluation to earn up to 8 hours of accredited CE for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, veterinarians, and veterinary technicians.
Webinar 1 - GFI #256: How it affects compounding for veterinary patients (2023) / 0.5 CE Credit
Webinar 2 - Pearls and Innovations: Unique Patient Cases / 1.0 CE Credit
Webinar 3 - Understanding ... |
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Emerging Developments in Human Milk Fortification: Problem Solving for Clinical Practice
Human milk science is evolving at a rapid pace, shaping neonatal nutrition practices significantly. Nonetheless, optimizing growth and development in the NICU remains a challenge. Ariel Salas, MD, MSPH, and Brian Stansfield, MD, are leaders in human milk research, as well as in the clinical application of these findings. In a solutions-based presentation, Drs. Salas and Stansfield present recent clinical trial and real-world data on strategies for optimizing preterm nutrition. In this symposiu... |
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Compounding for the Veterinary Patient Home Study
In this 6-hour knowledge-based home study learning program, participants will review the regulations of veterinary medicine and recommendations for veterinary compounding, as well as the challenges in compounding for a veterinary patient. Participants will explore ways to help patients and owners by adjusting dosage strength, customizing dosage forms, and tailoring ingredient selection by animal species.
Participants will review important compounding principles, including the benefits an... |
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Cleveland Clinic Ultrasound Course: Integrating POCUS Into Your Practice (Streaming Online & USB Flash Drive)
The Cleveland Clinic Ultrasound Course: Integrating POCUS Into Your Practice will provide physicians, nurses and physician assistants with foundational skills and state-of-the-art techniques for diagnosis and guiding procedures for point of care ultrasound. The lessons taught throughout this activity can be easily incorporated into current practices to immediately enhance patient care. More than 20 experts from Cleveland Clinic provide a didactic primer and workshops that will rapidly develo... |
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Non-Sterile Compounding Home Study
This knowledge-based home study learning program is designed for compounding pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. It covers a broad overview of nonsterile compounding, including the applicable regulations and standards, along with discussions of each of the typical dosage forms prepared by compounders. The calculations module provides detailed explanations and examples and is a guide to help develop proficiency in common pharmaceutical calculations.
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Early Reading Skills
Early Reading Skills is a 4-hour online continuing education (CE) course that discusses the latest research to help young children develop strong reading skills.
Children who have limited exposure to literacy in their early years, tend to be at a disadvantage when starting school. This gap widens as they fall further behind with each passing year. This may be because children who are poor readers have had less exposure to written text (and advanced vocabulary and grammar) which hindered the... |
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Nursing Management of Cancer Treatment Induced Cardiotoxicity
STATEMENT OF NEED
Several studies reveal that certain cancer therapies adversely affect the heart and lead to various types of injuries, which often result in death. Adverse cardiac effects may occur immediately after cessation of therapy or, in some cases, years after the therapy has been discontinued. Often the cardiotoxicity presents in subtle ways, and a lack of awareness results in high morbidity and mortality. It is important for oncology nurses to be aware of current advances in the ... |
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Really Bizarre Sexual Behaviors
The range of extant human behavior is truly extraordinary. But, the range of sexual behaviors is exponentially more so. Some are so infrequent and atypical that we call them “bizarre.” Such sexual practices may be described by some laypersons as “sick” or “abnormal.” Even some health care professionals may label such behaviors as “paraphilic” or “psychopathological” or a major behavior or personality disorder or as simply symptomatic of very serious emotional disturbances.
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WEBINAR: Legal Insights into Peptide & Semaglutide Compounding: Navigating FDA, State Boards, and Telemedicine
As the landscape of compounding peptides and semaglutide continues to evolve rapidly, a multitude of legal challenges and opportunities arise. This session aims to shed light on the pivotal developments and regulatory nuances in this dynamic sector.
Our speakers will delve into critical topics such as the FDA's current stance on peptide compounding, recent pronouncements from state Boards of Pharmacy, and the intricate legalities surrounding brand manufacturers. Additionally, the webi... |
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that reviews the diagnosis, assessment and treatment strategies for OCD.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by intrusive, unwanted, and anxiety-provoking thoughts, images, impulses and rituals that are performed to alleviate the accompanying distress. Because OCD is a heterogeneous disorder with several subtypes, assessing, diagnosing, and treating it can be challenging. Further, th... |
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Therapy Tidbits - July/August 2017
Therapy Tidbits – July/August 2017 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the May/June 2017 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent bi-monthly newspaper intended to keep mental health professionals informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Telebehavioral Health is Psychology’s Future - Promotes key benefits to telebehavioral health and practical considerations that should be made before em... |
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American College of Veterinary Pharmacists: 2024 Veterinary Pharmacy Conference
July 11-13, 2024
Register Now for the 2024 Veterinary Pharmacy Conference, "the only national conference designed exclusively for community veterinary pharmacies."
Held at the Indianapolis Zoo
Earn up to 10 hours of CE
ACVP & ACA Members register for the full conference for only $599 through May 1, 2024
Special Rates for Pharmacy Technicians, Pharmacy Residents, and Student Pharmacists
Ideal for new and established veterinary pharmacy practices
Veterinarians an... |
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NAPRA Overview of Non-sterile Compounding Home Study
This 6.0 hour (0.6 CEUs) knowledge-based home study learning program is designed for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who compound non-sterile preparations under the authority of NAPRA. At the conclusion of the course, participants will be familiar with the standards necessary to evaluate their practice, and able to develop service-related procedures and implement appropriate quality controls for both patients and compounding personnel, with a view to guaranteeing the overall quality and s... |
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Therapy Tidbits - September/October 2017
Therapy Tidbits – September/October 2017 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the September/October 2017 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent bi-monthly newspaper intended to keep mental health professionals informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Practical Benefits Debatable for Geropsychology Specialty — Generalist vs specialist? This article examines which option may be a more se... |
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Supporting Children with Dyslexia
Supporting Children with Dyslexia is a 6-hour online (text-based) continuing education (CE) course that discusses the signs, types, and causes of dyslexia, offering practical strategies for supporting children with literacy skills.
Most experts agree that dyslexia is characterized by, “marked difficulties with word reading, decoding, and spelling as evidenced by low accuracy and/or fluency on standardized assessments. There is also a general agreement that these difficulties should be inc... |
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Preventing Medical Errors in Dietetics Practice
Preventing Medical Errors in Dietetics Practice is a 2-hour video continuing education (CE/CEU) course recorded at the Annual Symposium of the Florida Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
This course addresses the impact of medical errors on today’s healthcare with a focus on root cause analysis, error reduction and prevention, and patient safety in the practice of nutrition and dietetics. The impact of COVID-19, legislation updates, real life stories, national healthcare safety trends, re... |
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Aided Language Stimulation: An Essential Strategy for Teaching Language - Lauren S. Enders, MA, CCC-SLP
This course will begin with a quick review of core language principles for vocabulary selection and language teaching and the need for access to robust vocabularies. Participants will then learn how typical language learners acquire language and why the technique of aided language stimulation/aided language input is an essential component of any successful AAC implementation plan, regardless of a student’s age or language level. Sample activities for various age ranges will be described and ... |
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Counseling Parents: Teaching Effective Parenting Skills - Adina Soclof, MS CCC-SLP
The purpose of this 6 hour course is to teach parents effective and practical methods of discipline to use in their home with their children. Clinicians will learn skills to use with their own clients as well as information on how to counsel parents and teach them the skills as well. The importance of positive communication patterns will be discussed. Parents will be given hands on instruction on how to develop a good and nurturing relationship with their children. |
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EBP/PBE: What Do I Do When There is No Evidence - Dr. Rik Lemoncello
This course provides learners with an understanding of the purpose, procedures, and limitations of evidence-based practice (EBP) in clinical decision-making applied to speech-language pathology. Participants will learn about the important role of practice-based evidence (PBE) and how it complements EBP to support management decisions for individual clients. Practical strategies and resources will be presented so that learners can implement course ideas immediately into practice. |
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R Remediation Therapy - Char Boshart, MA CCC-SLP
This 1-hour video seminar presents an abbreviated, but thorough highly effective, sequential strategies on treating /r/ cases.
It covers the three important components of /r/: the placement, tension, and the resonance chamber.
It includes analyze, how to establish an oral capability baser to stimulate a good /r/ (back-up or retroflex), and how to solidify new productions and generate conversational carryover. It primarily focuses on the cognitively aware second grade child through e... |
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Teaching Articulation to Special Populations - Linda D'Onofrio, MS CCC-SLP
An articulation disorder may stand alone, be the symptom of another underlying disorder, and can co-occur with developmental challenges. A thorough differential diagnosis, a prioritized treatment plan, and individualized care can help produce more effective outcomes. Participants learned how to discuss the importance of differential diagnosis, prioritize care within and outside the scope of practice, teach to the individual not the disability, and identify communication goals. |
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Managing Speech and Swallowing with Trach/Ventilator Dependence - Rik Lemoncello, PhD, CCC-SLP
This workshop will provide SLPs with important information to understand, assess, and manage speech and swallowing challenges with adult patients who have tracheostomy tubes and/or use ventilators for respiratory support. Dr. Lemoncello will present in a dynamic format with hands-on demonstrations with tracheostomy tubes, ventilator circuits, and speaking valve placement. An adult living with a tracheostomy tube who uses a speaking valve and nighttime ventilator will also share her experiences... |
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Why Diets Fail: The Myth of Willpower
Why Diets Fail: The Myth of Willpower is a 1-hour audio continuing education (CE) course that explains why diets fail and provides strategies for what does work. Clinicians continue to recommend diets to their patients, even though diets don’t lead to long-term weight loss. In this course, Dr. Mann will describe the evidence on why diets don’t work in the long term, give the biological reasons why diets fail, explain why willpower is not the problem, and then give strategies for healthy ea... |
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Nutrition and Mental Health: Advanced Clinical Concepts
Nutrition and Mental Health: Advanced Clinical Concepts is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that examines how what we eat influences how we feel, both physically and mentally. While the role of adequate nutrition in maintaining mental health has been established for some time, just how clinicians go about providing the right nutritional information to the patient at the right time - to not just ensure good mental health, but actually optimize mood - has not been so clear. W... |
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Therapy Tidbits – May/June 2017
COURSE ABSTRACT
Therapy Tidbits – May/June 2017 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the May/June 2017 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent bi-monthly newspaper intended to keep mental health professionals informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Advocates in Field of Aging Hear Strong Call to Action - Highlights focus points of the ASA conference in March: critical social and politic... |
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Therapy Tidbits November/December 2017
Therapy Tidbits - November/December 2017 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the November/December 2017 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent bi-monthly newspaper intended to keep mental health professionals informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
MMPI-3: Revision of MMPI-2 or Marketing Hype? - This author considers the differences between the MMPI-2 ... |
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5 Ways to Inspire and Motivate Your Articulation Speech Kids - Char Boshart, MA CCC-SLP
This course will be live and interactive in November 6, 2017 at 4:00pm PST.
Have you ever thought that YOU want your speech-kids to improve more than THEY do? In this information-packed one-hour course, we'll delve into techniques and strategies we can do to turn this around. Basically, there has to be emotional buy-in (on the kids part), especially if we want them to follow-through on their speech homework. We'll cover motivational techniques, including how to do leverage strategies, how t... |
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A Clinical Perspective on Treating Patients with Trachs & Vents - Kristen King, PhD, CCC-SLP
A clinical perspective for the speech language pathologist offering a multi modality approach to the introduction of evaluation and treatment methods for people with tracheostomies and or ventilators in hospital, clinical, and school settings. This workshop offers an overview of various types of trachs and speaking valves on the market today, including their primary differences and their impact on speech and swallowing. After a broad overview, audience members will be introduced to basic metho... |
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Activities that Reach and Teach - Dr. Gale Gorke
This course teaches the importance of active learning and techniques for selecting and implementing quality activities that insure student learning and retention of content. It features strategies for activity selection that considers age appropriate content, as well as, engagement of a diverse student population. It explores what is necessary for creating a safe and caring educational environment that encourages interaction, understanding, team building, communication, problem solving, and co... |
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Assumed Knowledge: Strengthening the Core of Social Cognition - Anna Vagin, PhD, CCC-SLP
This full day workshop explores the social thinking concepts that the Core Curriculum assumes to be present and developing along a typical course in students. However, students who may have diagnoses such as ASD, ADHD, NVLD, Language Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Social Communication Disorder or Twice Exceptional often struggle with this social learning, so that their ability to learn becomes limited.
We will begin by reviewing multiple outcome standards across the Core Curriculum, focusing o... |
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Building Self-Regulation Through Communication - Chris Wing CCC-SLP, PhD
Language and communication skills play an important and unique role in the development of self-regulation. Words that describe the internal state of self and others predict the development of self-regulatory skills and should be fostered as part of education and intervention. Children with emotional/behavioral disorders may have undetected language delays/disorders. Strategies to foster self-regulation for these children include building strong relationships, emphasizing words to describe emot... |
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Collaborative Instruction for Students with Autism and Challenging Behaviors - Rosemarie Griffen, MA, CCC-SLP, BCBA COBA
In this course participants will learn about effective strategies for providing collaborative services for students with autism and for those with challenging behavior. We will discuss evidenced based assessments for helping to get a better understanding of this learner’s overall communication skill set. In addition, we will focus on understanding the variety of communicative functions and why working on requesting for early learners is so very important for helping students acquire a functi... |
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Continuum of Treatment Approaches for Children with Autism - Anna Dvortcsak, MS, CCC-SLP
There are a variety of educational interventions and techniques that are used to improve the outcomes for children with an autism spectrum disorder. Research suggests that there is evidence to support the effectiveness of educational interventions that vary in theoretical framework and implementation. Overlap between the techniques used in educational interventions that vary in theoretical framework has also been reviewed in the literature. The purpose of this presentation is to briefly review... |
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Providing Access to Language and Curricular Content with Core Vocabulary - Lauren S. Enders, MA, CCC-SLP
In this course, participants will learn why the provision and teaching of core vocabulary is a best practice when supporting individuals with complex communication needs. Instruction will be provided on where to find research-based lists of core vocabulary words that can be used to aid in appropriate vocabulary selection. Participants will learn about the principles of an important language teaching model called the Descriptive Teaching model (a method of teaching language within academic co... |
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Response to Intervention & Multi-tiered Support Systems and the SLP - Lorraine Maida, MS CCC-SLP
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) can play a number of important roles in using a Tiered Intervention model to identify children with speech and language differences and disabilities and provide needed instruction in general and special education settings. What fundamental shift in thinking needs to occur for SLPs to successfully engage in a three-tiered approach to speech-language and literacy interventions? What needs to change about the way we approach communication deficits and their fun... |
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SMARTER Steps to IEP Goals - Lara Wakefield, PhD, CCC-SLP and Kelly Ott, MEd, MHS, CCC-SLP
This course will focus on teaching the S.M.A.R.T.E.R. steps framework that SLPs can use to develop IEP goals that align with the 13 federal mandates. These steps contain a variety of time-saving tips to help SLPs understand the legal jargon to become empowered in their roles on IEP teams. The presentation explores the following components of an IEP goal:
1) Specific;
2) Measurable;
3) Attainable;
4) Research-based;
5) Teachable;
6) Evaluated and communicated to parents; and
7) Rele... |
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SMARTER Steps to IEP Goals: Save Time and Optimize Outcomes - Killy Ott, MHS, MEd, CCC-SLP and Lara Wakefield, PhD, CCC-SLP
This course is a longer version of another course with a similar name. It includes more detail.
This workshop will focus on teaching the S.M.A.R.T.E.R. steps framework that SLPs can use to develop IEP goals that align with legal mandates. These steps contain a variety of time-saving tips to help SLPs understand the legal jargon to become empowered in their roles on IEP teams. The presentation explores the following components of an IEP goal: 1) Specific; 2) Measurable; 3) Attainable; 4) R... |
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Therapy Tidbits – March/April 2018
Therapy Tidbits – March/April 2018 is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course comprised of select articles from the March/April 2018 issue of The National Psychologist, a private, independent bi-monthly newspaper intended to keep psychologists (and other mental health professionals) informed about practice issues. The articles included in this course are:
Teletherapy is the Future Norm - Discusses the importance of educating oneself about teletherapy and introduces a vari... |
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Spirituality & Aging
Spirituality & Aging is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE/CEU) course that offers an insight into how spirituality influences the lives of elders in our care.
Spirituality and religious beliefs provide coping mechanisms for issues related to aging and have been proven to have a protective factor. Elders with higher levels of spirituality have better mental and physical health, and are less anxious about aging.
This course provides an accessible tool kit for healthcare professiona... |
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