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Dementia Diaries Part 2: Staging on the Severity Continuum

Amber B. Heape, ClinScD, CCC-SLP, CDP, CMDCP

October 2, 2020

Why should we use dementia staging? Well, it is our roadmap for how we should treat a patient. It allows us to know what deficits the patient has because each stage of decline has a set of characteris...   Read More


Neurogenic Dysphagia in Older Adults with Motor Disorders: Part 2

Jeanna Winchester, PhD

September 30, 2020

n Part One, we really had a strong focus on the central nervous system. In Part Two, we're going to touch on the central nervous system again when we talk about multiple sclerosis, but we really are g...   Read More


Adult Aural Rehabilitation: Therapy and Goals

Lindsay Zombek, MS, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert AVT

September 25, 2020

This course examines evidence-based best practices and considerations for doing aural rehabilitation with adults with cochlear implants including therapy goals and target selection.   Read More

 


Dementia Diaries Part 1: Understanding the Types of Dementia

Amber B. Heape, ClinScD, CCC-SLP, CDP, CMDCP

September 24, 2020

This is the first part of a four-part series discussing the types of dementia. In this series, we are going to be looking at dementia symptoms that affect a population that we are dedicated to serving...   Read More


Collaborative Therapy Isn't Pushy

Marva Mount, MA, CCC-SLP

September 23, 2020

IDEA states that schools must ensure that a student with a disability is removed from the general education environment only when the nature or severity of the student's disability is such that he/she...   Read More

  


20Q: Addressing the Needs of Children and Teens with Traumatic Brain Injury

Angela Hein Ciccia, PhD, CCC-SLP

September 15, 2020

In this 20Q article, Dr. Ciccia answers questions regarding the prevalence of TBI and concussion in children and teens, and the communication issues that occur as a result. She provides very valuable...   Read More


Neurogenic Dysphagia in Older Adults with Motor Disorders, Part 1

Jeanna Winchester, PhD

September 11, 2020

This course began with something that is within my wheelhouse which is working with older adults with various types of neurodegenerative disorders and different types of neurogenic issues. Then, of co...   Read More


Healthcare Professionals & Covid-19: Navigating a New World with Older Adults

Krista Covell-Pierson, OTR/L, BCB-PMD

September 1, 2020

When COVID-19 hit, I often found myself in tears because the people I had been caring for were at high risk for the virus. I thought about the patients who live in skilled nursing facilities that were...   Read More


20Q: Modern Hearing Aids - A Primer for Speech-Language Pathologists

H. Gustav Mueller, PhD

August 17, 2020

According to the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), approximately 15% of American adults (about 37.5 million) report some difficulty hearing and about 28.8 milli...   Read More

 


Diagnosis Dementia: Working with Patients with Dementia in Home Care under PDGM

Megan L. Malone, MA, CCC-SLP, Jennifer Loehr, MA, CCC-SLP

August 5, 2020

5.8 million Americans were diagnosed with Alzheimer's or other dementias in 2019. Dementia is not going away any time soon and there will be a continued need for us to work with these individuals. $29...   Read More


Using Nonstandardized Assessment to Evaluate Cognitive-Communication Abilities in Students with Traumatic Brain Injury

Jennifer Lundine, PhD, CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS

July 28, 2020

Most of this course could very easily apply to any type of acquired brain injury, including both traumatic and nontraumatic injuries. However, some of the statistics on incidence and prevalence I will...   Read More

 


20Q: Bilingual Service Delivery: Where Do I Start?

Kelly Jackson, MS, CCC-SLP

July 17, 2020

Did you know that, unlike most other countries, the United States does not have an official language? It’s true. Although the most commonly spoken language in the United States is English, our count...   Read More

 


Helping Adolescents Navigate Mental Health and Social Thinking Challenges

Sharon Baum, MA, CCC-SLP

July 14, 2020

Today, I will be discussing how we can better help adolescents navigate mental health and social thinking challenges. As a member of the NEST program for the last eight years, I have noticed over and...   Read More

  


Back to Basics: Guidelines for Management of Communication in Rett Syndrome

Theresa Bartolotta, PhD, CCC-SLP

June 23, 2020

I am happy to see this great interest in Rett syndrome, which is a topic I have spent about 20 years working on. I want to begin by giving a brief overview of Rett syndrome because you most likely do...   Read More

   


20Q: Goal and Treatment Selection in Aphasia in 20 Sessions or Less

Jacqueline Hinckley, PhD, CCC-SLP

June 10, 2020

In this article, Dr. Hinckley will discuss Goal Attainment Scaling and provide examples of activity-focused therapy goals. She will then describe characteristics of activity-focused therapy. Finally,...   Read More

 


Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist in the Healthcare Triple Aim

Katie Holterman, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

June 5, 2020

I'm really excited to talk about a topic that most people ask what the Triple Aim is and how does it apply to us? A friend actually asked why I like to speak on such a boring topic and that stuck with...   Read More

 


Research Watch Report: Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches for Acquired Apraxia of Speech

April Garrity, PhD, CCC-SLP

May 14, 2020

Acquired apraxia of speech (AOS) is a motor speech disorder that results in decreased intelligibility and impaired prosody. Specifically, AOS results from damage to the motor planning and programming...   Read More

 


Back to Basics: Applying Clinical Reasoning to the Clinical Swallow Assessment

Angela Mansolillo, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

May 7, 2020

I am thrilled to be talking about clinical assessment because this is one of my favorite topics. This course will help you apply some actual clinical reasoning to the clinical assessment process. I am...   Read More

 


20Q: Focusing on Academic Language in Preparing Preschoolers with Foundations for Later Reading Development

Anne van Kleeck, PhD, CCC-SLP

May 1, 2020

We all know that children need to develop oral language skills before they are able to learn to read. Oral language development occurs when the child is exposed to casual talk (CT) in the environment....   Read More

  


Sustaining the Well-Being of Healthcare Workers During Coronavirus

April 28, 2020

The coronavirus (COVID-19) is presenting new and unique challenges. We are navigating unchartered waters with this virus, making it important to find new ways to work and interact while also taking ca...   Read More


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