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Clinical Supervision for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
Clinical Supervision in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE) course that presents research on best practices in supervision as required by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 2020.
We will take a brief look at different models of supervision including the Supervision, Questioning and Feedback (SQF) Model of Clinical Teaching, the Cognitive Apprenticeship Instructional Model, Geller’s Integrative Model, and Anderson’s Contin... |
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Professional Supervision in Speech-Language Pathology
Professional Supervision in Speech-Language Pathology is a 2-hour audio continuing education (CE) course that presents research on best practices in supervision, as required by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 2020.
Participants will learn about effective leadership programs that can be applied to supervision in speech-language pathology and audiology at any level or setting. The presenter looks at how to determine a supervisee’s level of competence and confidence, allo... |
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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) 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 is a... |
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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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The Speech-Language Pathologist in Long-Term Care
The Speech-Language Pathologist in Long-Term Care is a 2-hour online continuing education (CE) course that provides a framework for the SLP providing care in a skilled nursing facility.
As the population of the United States ages, more healthcare professionals find themselves treating elders. Schools, private practice, and hospitals will always be major practice settings, but the demographics of our country point to a growing need for geriatric treatment. There are about 1.7 million people ... |
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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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Dysphagia: The Team Approach to Best Practice
Dysphagia: The Team Approach to Best Practice is a 1-hour online continuing education (CE) course that focuses on the interdisciplinary team approach to identifying, treating and managing dysphagia.
Dysphagia is a wide spread problem in the elderly, with many going untreated. Older adults are at an increased risk due to having many factors that lead to swallowing difficulties. Some of these are a diagnosis of stroke, dementia, pneumonia and Parkinson’s disease. Many have generalized weakn... |
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Successful "R" Therapy - Pam Marshalla, MA, CCC-SLP
This is part 1 of a 2 part series. The second 3 hours is, "Carryover Techniques in Articulation and Phonology".
In this seminar Pam Marshalla details how to help clients transfer this skill from words to conversational speech using practical and highly effective methods of carryover.
This workshop presents a perfect blend of articulation and oral-motor therapy for the misarticulated "R" phoneme. Based on her best-selling book by the same title, Marshalla describes methods to facilitate f... |
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Functional Communication in Aphasia: Creating the Path - Susan Ginley, MA CCC-SLP
This course is designed to assist medical Speech-Language Pathologists who work with clients with aphasia to begin incorporating functional communication goals and activities into their intervention no matter the site or the level of care. The concepts of functional, or purposeful, communication, treatment protocols that focus on functional communication and how to write goals that include work on functional communication will be addressed. |
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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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Accent Modification 101: Improving Communication Skills in Individuals Using Non-Native English and US Regional Dialects - Dr. Leigh Ann Spell
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are receiving more and more requests to provide accent/dialect modification services to individuals who speak English as a second language or use a non-standard American accent/dialect. This course will introduce SLPs to the area of accent modification. Topics discussed will include the sometimes confusing terminology used, the different professionals who currently provide accent modification services, the typical clients who seek out these services and wh... |
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Assessing Aging Adults: The Whos, Whats, Whens, Whys & Hows - Amanda Stead, Ph.D, CCC-SLP
The population over age 65 is set to balloon from 30 million currently to over 75 million in 20 years. With this increase, there is a greater need for clinicians to be prepared for long-term tracking and assessment of abilities. Speech-Language Pathologists will be at the forefront of service for this growing demographic. The differentiation between what is "normal" and what is not is often difficult to distinguish, and can be altered by many circumstances. This course will explore the boundar... |
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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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Cancer Treatment Related Cognitive Impairment - Connie Carson, PhD, CCC-SLP
Oncology professionals, nurses, neuropsychologists, and psychologists have established cancer treatment related cognitive impairment (CTRCI) as a common side-effect of cancer treatment, impacting as many as 75% of cancer survivors; yet, speech-language pathologists have been silent in establishing their role in the treatment of this phenomenon. This presentation will provide the necessary background for them to be able to do so. Clinical symptoms will be defined and therapeutic suggestions off... |
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Charting Your Career Path to Private Practice - Jan Ward, M.Ed., CCC-SLP
Many clinicians generally see private practice as perhaps something more glamorous than it actually is. Types of private practice service delivery will be discussed such as contracting with facilities, contracting with school districts, working independently or starting a business with other speech-language pathologists. Legal and financial responsibilities will be explained. The participants will be encouraged to create personal goals for clinical experience, along with building “their t... |
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Comprehensive Approach to Treating Teens and Adults who Stutter - Glenn Weybright, MS CCC-SLP
This course will provide the speech language pathologist with a comprehensive approach to help teens and adults who stutter learn new ways to manage their disfluent speech. A comprehensive approach refers to teaching speech management tools to make the stuttering less annoying and at the same time help the person change negative attitudes and emotions and move forward with life. The course begins with a description of stuttering and useful models of stuttering origin and treatment. We briefly ... |
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Creating Solution-Focused Partnership - Lynn E. Fox, PhD, CCC-SLP
This course is targeted for Speech-Language Pathologists in acute and sub-acute rehabilitation settings. Couple and family therapists and some speech-language pathologists have recently begun to use solution-focused brief therapy to promote functional change in their clients lives. This session will illustrate how a solution-focused approach can also facilitate building partnerships between speech-language pathologists and members of their clients social network, including family members, and ... |
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Evidence Based Cognitive Communication Treatment-Parkinsons Patients - Aimee Mooney, MS, CCC-SLP
Parkinsons Disease is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects 1.5 million people with an additional 60,000 new diagnoses made annually. Over 85 percent of the diagnoses are made in individuals over age 50. With the Baby Boomers increasing in age, Speech and Language Pathologists need to be ready to treat this population.
The presentation of the disease is individualized and multifaceted, including both motor and non motor symptoms. It is unpredictable and complex, ... |
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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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Topics in the Delivery of Swallowing Services - Dr. John Tracy and Athena Nofziger, RDN, LD, CHC
The presenters are a clinical dietitian and a speech-language pathologist. This course will include issues related to the clinical swallowing evaluation, a demonstration of a clinical swallowing evaluation, criteria for recommending an instrumental evaluation, the role of the speech pathologist in identifying and evaluating esophageal disorders, life saving and end of life issues related to swallowing, artificial means of nutrition and achieving oral intake and hydration in those with dementia... |
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Treatments for Feeding, Speech & Mouth Functions in Pediatrics - Diane Bahr, MS CCC-SLP CIMI
Early intervention and pediatric treatment are changing. There are not enough resources to serve the numerous children with feeding, speech/communication, and mouth function problems (e.g., those with prematurity, autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, other congenital disorders, etc.). Occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, early intervention specialists, dieticians, pediatricians, nurses, and others need detailed information to make appropriate referrals, choose appropriate t... |
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Working with Children with Hearing Impairment - Judith Belk, Ph.D. CCC-SLP, Aud. and Leigh Leslie, MA
School-based speech-language pathologists and their assistants are prime players in managing therapeutic approaches for students diagnosed with unilateral or bilateral hearing loss and/or with auditory processing disorders (APD). While hearing impairment is a long recognized disability area recognized by special education law, auditory processing is not (yet) one of those areas. Technology has provided a changing landscape of possibilities for providing children with hearing loss with opportun... |
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Supportive Communication for the Child with Special Needs
Supportive Communication for the Child with Special Needs is a 1-hour audio continuing education (CE/CEU) course that provides practical tips for helping parents to communicate with their child who has special needs.
Parenting a child with special needs comes with many challenges. Parents are often under pressure, not knowing what to expect or how to react and manage the behaviors their child may present. Children who have supportive and caring parents who understand their needs generally e... |
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Anxiety in Children
Anxiety in Children is a 4-hour online continuing education (CE) course that focuses on behavioral interventions for children with anxiety disorders.
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, it is estimated that 40 million Americans suffer from anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorders affect one in eight children but is often not diagnosed. Untreated anxiety can lead to substance abuse, difficulties in school, and depression. Professionals who work with children, includin... |
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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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