CEU Live Courses

#5232: TBI: An Update on Assessment and Treatment

Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:00 pm EST – Angela Hein Ciccia

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

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This course will provide an update on the current recommendations for the rehabilitation of cognitive-communication disorders that are a result of traumatic brain injury. The course will most specifically focus on assessment and treatment for young adults and adults that have experienced a moderate-severe TBI.

#5234: Enhancing Sibling Interactions for Children with Autism

Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:00 pm EST – Kathleen J. Abendroth

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

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This course provides evidence-based research support for the inclusion of typically developing siblings into speech-language therapy settings for children with autism. A review of existing research on sibling interaction, factors that promote positive sibling interactions, and strategies for incorporating siblings into therapy will be discussed.

#5220: What Works in SSD Therapy: A Review of the Evidence

Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 12:00 pm EST – Elise Baker

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

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This course will provide SLPs with an overview of the latest evidence-based intervention approaches for managing speech sound disorders (SSD) in children. The importance of aligning target selection approaches with specific interventions will be discussed. Treatment intensity options for a variety of intervention approaches will also be considered.

#5240: Phonological Productions of Spanish-speaking Children: Assessment and Implications for Treatment

Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:00 pm EST – Raúl F. Prezas

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

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This course will provide an overview of the phonological backgrounds of Spanish-speaking children. Dialectal considerations and phonological patterns of typically developing children and children with highly unintelligible speech will be discussed. Additional topics will include information related to assessment, treatment, and school-based issues.

#5216: Measuring and Assessing Severity of Involvement for Children with SSD

Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:00 pm EST – Peter Flipsen

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

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This course will examine the question of severity of involvement in children with speech sound disorders (SSD). The focus will be on the factors involved in determining severity as well as the latest methods for measuring it.

#5218: Speech and Literacy: The Connection and the Relevance to Clinical Practice

Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 12:00 pm EST – Jonathan Preston

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

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This course focuses on the connection between speech sound disorders and the phonological bases of reading. Assessment considerations for preschool and young school-age children with speech sound disorders will be described. Treatment approaches that focus on infusing phonological awareness/print awareness into articulation/phonological therapy will be discussed.

#5219: Motor-skill Learning Approach to the Treatment of SSD

Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 12:00 pm EST – Steven L. Skelton

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

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This course provides an integrated approach to treating speech-sound disorders (SSD) from a motor-skill learning perspective. First is a review of basic motor-skill learning concepts. Second, is a discussion of various practice conditions with research and clinical examples. Finally there will be a proposed treatment model to provide comprehensive application.

#5249: Building Better Readers: Focus on Reading Fluency

Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:00 pm EDT – Shari Robertson

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

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Reading fluency has been identified by the National Reading Panel as one of five skills critical to the development of literacy. Improvements in reading fluency can also provide substantial, positive benefit in skills areas related to comprehension, pragmatics, vocabulary, and overall academic success. This course will provide participants with multiple evidence-based strategies for developing reading fluency in children of all ages. Hands-on activities, lesson ideas, material lists, and links to resources will be provided.

#5264: Memory Impairments: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment Program Design

Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:00 pm EDT – Susan M. Curfman

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

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This course will provide the practicing clinician with an overview of memory systems, brain structures involved in memory and differential diagnosis of memory impairments for the most common disease conditions or injuries. Clinical information will be provided for the assessment and treatment of memory impairments.

#5255: Break a Leg: Idiom Use and Comprehension

Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:00 pm EDT – Cecile Cyrul Spector

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Introductory, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

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Approximately two thirds of our spontaneous conversational interactions are comprised of figurative language, mostly idiomatic expressions. For this reason it is imperative that individuals can use and understand these expressions. This course discusses the various types of idioms, how they are learned, as well as describing techniques for improving idiom use and comprehension.

#5222: Treating the Picky and Problem Eater

Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 12:00 pm EDT – Jennifer Dahms

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

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Children who demonstrate picky and problem eating behaviors are some of the more difficult populations to treat as their difficulties with eating can consume the entire family. After the feeding evaluation is completed, the feeding therapist will need to determine which strategy is most appropriate for the child. It is important, regardless of which technique is chosen, that a family can complete activities with a high level of repetition at home.

#5283: Mild Cognitive Impairment: Assessment and Treatment

Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:00 pm EDT – Kim McCullough

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Introductory, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

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This course will outline the differences between normal aging and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Diagnostic criteria of MCI will be discussed as well as the most contemporary directions for assessment and treatment. Review of the current literature provides support with regard to detecting cognitive decline in its earliest stages thus allowing us to advocate for the earliest and most efficacious treatment.

#5281: Cognitive Rehabilitation of Children and Adolescents: Practical Strategies for the Home, Community, and School Environments

Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:00 pm EDT – Stephanie Mayer Volker

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

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This course will provide a brief overview of the principles and techniques used in cognitive rehabilitation of the pediatric population. It will provide a step by step guideline for the development of compensatory strategies and accommodations for persistent cognitive deficits. Several case studies will be discussed and practical strategy ideas will be reviewed for application in everyday cognitive rehabilitation treatment.

#5288: Thematic Language Stimulation

Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:00 pm EDT – Shirley Morganstein | Marilyn Certner Smith

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; CASLPA/1.0

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Thematic Language Stimulation is a specific aphasia treatment approach, designed to change language performance, and bridge traditional clinical activities with functional conversation. This course describes its principles, along with those of stimulation theory in general. It provides examples of the approach, and trains attendees in its use. Finally, it instructs participants in skills and formats for creating their own TLS units, based upon the unique needs of their clients.