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Entrepreneurship for the SLP Professional, Part 1
April 22, 2019
This is a two-part series, and in Part 1 we will define the roles between a tradesperson and business owner, look at various legal structures and weigh the pros and cons of cash versus insurance based... Read More
Professional Practice and Development Professional Practice and Development
20Q: Language Development and Its Clinical Applications
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April 15, 2019
If you are a pediatric speech-language pathologist or if you are a parent or a grandparent of an infant or toddler, you will be particularly interested in this 20Q article entitled Language Developmen... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Early Intervention Developmental Language Disorders
Delivering Culturally Competent Care: Strategies for Clinicians
April 4, 2019
During this course, we are going to define cultural and linguistic competency. I will shorten that to “cultural competency” throughout the rest of the session rather than saying the longer full ph... Read More
Cultural Competence Early Intervention Professional Practice and Development Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
20Q: Counseling Families of Children with Communication Disorders
April 4, 2019
The field of speech-language pathology is very broad. Some of us work with infants, some work with school-aged children, and others work with adults. Most of us tend to specialize, or at least focus,... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Counseling
Health Literacy: Effective Client Communication and Education
March 26, 2019
Health literacy is the ability to read, compute, understand, and act on health information, to make informed decisions. Low health literacy is a serious threat to the wellbeing of persons seeking medi... Read More
Professional Practice and Development
Research Watch Report: "Intensive" Evidence-Based Aphasia Interventions
March 12, 2019
According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD, 2015), about 1 million people in the United States are currently living with aphasia. ASHA’s (2017) data sug... Read More
Aphasia Telehealth and Telepractice
Increasing Student Participation in the IEP Process
March 8, 2019
The concept of student-driven IEPs has been growing. In the last decade, there's been a lot of increased discussion amongst educators about including students and increasing their participation in the... Read More
School-Based Intervention and Collaboration
How to Advocate for Students with IEPs through Professional Role Empowerment Strategies
February 27, 2019
This text is a transcript of the webinar, How to Advocate for Students with IEPs through Professional Role Empowerment Strategies, presented by Lara L. Wakefield, PhD, CCC-SLP.Learning OutcomesAfter t... Read More
School-Based Intervention and Collaboration
Increasing Student Self-Determination
February 25, 2019
Self-determination has several definitions in the literature. Field, Marlin, Miller, Ward, and Wehmeyer (1998) define self-determination as a “combination of skills, knowledge, and beliefs that enab... Read More
School-Based Intervention and Collaboration
Pharmacology and Swallowing
February 19, 2019
I am going to spend some time talking about pharmacology and swallowing. I am a speech pathologist in a hospital setting and work in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Those of you who do inpatie... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
20Q: Speech Sound Disorders: "Old" and "New" Tools
February 18, 2019
Understanding the basis of speech sound disorders and choosing appropriate interventions for treatment can be very challenging for pediatric speech-language pathologists. Therefore, I am delighted tha... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
Skilled Nursing Facility State Survey Process - Providing Person-Centered Care
February 11, 2019
I began, and have continued my career in skilled nursing facilities, and can say that over the past 13 years there have been some really positive changes in the culture in long-term care facilities. B... Read More
Differential Diagnosis of the Dysarthrias: An Innovative Case Analysis Approach
February 4, 2019
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the process of differential diagnosis of the dysarthrias using an innovative case analysis approach. Using a simple acronym, the clinician integrates the ava... Read More
Dysarthria
SIMQ: Telesupervision
January 28, 2019
In this SimQ article, we will focus on the impact of this change and offer ways to assure that students are obtaining clinical clock hours in a manner that complies with the standard. Read More
Clinical Supervision and Education
Dismissal Decisions and Student Motivation: When is dismissal the answer?
January 24, 2019
In this course, we are going to be talking about dismissal decisions and student motivation. When is dismissal the answer? This is one of the most perplexing pieces that we do as speech-language patho... Read More
School-Based Intervention and Collaboration
Supervising SLPAs: Serving Clients and Extending the Profession
January 11, 2019
My hope is that you find something that you can take back and use with renewed enthusiasm for taking on the challenge of being a supervisor. It can be very challenging, but it also can be very rewardi... Read More
Professional Practice and Development Supervision
SIMQ: Virtual and Augmented Reality
January 7, 2019
In this article we will explore the opportunities afforded by emerging technologies in virtual and augmented reality. You will be provided information about the current state of these immersive techno... Read More
Clinical Supervision and Education
20Q: Evaluation and Treatment of Speech/Resonance Disorders and Velopharyngeal Dysfunction
January 3, 2019
As the contributing editor of 20Q for speechpathology.com, it has been my pleasure to invite well-known and well-respected clinician-authors to submit 20Q articles for your clinical edification and re... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders Craniofacial Anomalies, Genetic Syndromes, and Special Populations Voice Disorders
20Q: Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (VCFS)
December 5, 2018
It is my pleasure to introduce this 20Q article on the subject of velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS). I recall seeing some children for speech therapy in the early ‘80s who had similar facial charac... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders Craniofacial Anomalies, Genetic Syndromes, and Special Populations Dysphagia (Adult) Developmental Language Disorders Voice Disorders
Research Watch Report: Systematic Reviews of Dysphagia Assessment and Intervention in Adults
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November 20, 2018
Dysphagia is one of the most commonly encountered disorders among speech-language pathologists (SLPs) whose clinical practice focuses primarily on adults. Bhattacharyya (2014) estimates that, although... Read More