CEU Courses for SLPs

Ethical considerations for the documenting and billing of speech-language pathology services in medical settings (acute care, skilled nursing, and outpatient) are discussed in this course. Billing situations that pose ethical risks and documentation practices that avoid potential pitfalls as well as demonstrate ethical standards are described.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. External symptoms and internal mental processes associated with executive functioning challenges are described in this course. Skill areas that can assist intervention planning, obstacles that multidisciplinary teams may face, and common barriers to generalization associated with current service delivery models are discussed.

Pragmatic and social cognition impairments following brain injuries are described in this course. Assessments, interventions, and the impact of deficits on personal and work relationships post-rehabilitation are discussed.

Assessment and treatment considerations for clinicians providing augmentative/alternative communication (AAC) services to adults with complex communication needs are discussed in this course. Case studies are used to describe AAC options, clinical decision making and use of evidence-based practice methods, as well as common practice limitations that clinicians face when providing such services.

The benefits of interprofessional practice (IPP) in educational settings and ways to implement IPP to support phonemic awareness are discussed in this course. An IPP team comprised of a school-based SLP and a special education teacher describe how they co-teach a classroom shared book reading activity that includes articulatory placement and explicit vocabulary instruction.

Master skills to implement in your practice immediately with Continued Master Class. Collaboration between speech-language pathology and occupational therapy professionals to improve individuals' cognitive skills across the continuum of care is highlighted in this course. Evidence-based assessment, treatment planning and intervention strategies for cognition are discussed from an interprofessional viewpoint.

Goal writing for individualized education programs (IEPs) is challenging, yet having focused, real-world goals is essential to provide direction for therapy. This course describes guiding principles for writing and implementing measurable, meaningful goals that allow room for clinical judgment within a session and address academic needs. Progress monitoring and therapy planning strategies are also discussed.

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Optimal treatment target selection for children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) in the context of Dynamic Temporal Tactile Cuing (DTTC) is described in this course. Progress monitoring to determine when to graduate mastered stimuli and introduce new targets, and generalization are also discussed. Case studies are used to illustrate the clinical decision-making process.

Implementation of a Cycles pattern-oriented approach for multilingual children with highly unintelligible speech is described in this course. Topics include: speech-sound intervention practices for Spanish-English speakers and speakers of other languages, including recommendations for monolingual clinicians; target selection; and strategies for working with families.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. A detailed overview of Dynamic Temporal Tactile Cueing (DTTC), a motor-based approach designed for children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), is provided in this course. Theoretical foundations of DTTC as well as the temporal hierarchy and multisensory cues used in its implementation are described, and opportunities for dynamic clinical decision-making are provided in the context of case studies.