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Articles for SLP CEUs
Dysarthria - Back to the Basics: Treatment
September 20, 2018
How do we decide who might benefit from therapy? How do we make therapeutic recommendations? I like to consider how much the dysarthria is affecting someone's activities or their participation in ever... Read More
Dysarthria Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Dysarthria - Back to the Basics: Differential Diagnosis and Assessment
September 10, 2018
Since this is a “back to basics” course, we will start with the basics. A motor speech disorder is any disorder of speech that results from a neurological impairment. That neurological impairment... Read More
Dysarthria Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
20Q: Adolescent Language Intervention: What Works?
September 6, 2018
Choosing interventions for language disorders in the adolescent age group is challenging for both pediatric and adult-focused speech-language pathologists. Language issues at this age are often subtle... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Language Disorder(s) School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
Dentition: Oral Health, Hygiene and the Swallow (Part 2)
August 30, 2018
My experience in many facilities, and I hope yours is different than mine, was that mouth care was spotty at best. Many times, we really didn't have mouth care and unfortunately, that seemed to be rel... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Pragmatics and Social Communication: Treatment Strategies
August 15, 2018
In this course, I am going to clarify the difference between a social skill and social communication. We are also going to discuss evidence-based practices (EBP). We are going to talk about ways to ge... Read More
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
Voice and Communication Across the Gender Continuum
August 10, 2018
I am delighted to be presenting today on the topic of modifying voice and communication across the gender continuum. If you have never treated anyone for voice modification, it's important to remember... Read More
Voice and Resonance Disorders
Dentition: Oral Health, Hygiene and the Swallow (Part 1)
August 8, 2018
This course is Part 1, which will cover the information on dentition. Part 2 (Course 8412) will focus more on mouth care. The impact of dentition, or sometimes the lack of dentition, is a very importa... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
20Q: From Kanner to DSM 5 - Autism from an SLP Lens, Part I
August 2, 2018
In the United States, July and August are typically the hottest months of the year. So far, this year has been no exception other than it has been exceptionally hot! I suppose it’s fitting, therefor... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
SIMQ: A Student Perspective of Simulations for Clinical Training
July 30, 2018
This course addresses the perspectives of a graduate student who has experienced simulations as part of her clinical training program. We will probe her thoughts on the strengths and limitations of th... Read More
Simulations
Pragmatics and Social Communication: Educational Impact
July 24, 2018
When we talk about educational impact, I want to first clarify to any SLPs in any setting the importance and relevance of how a pragmatic language disorder can impact educational success. I am a treme... Read More
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Language Disorder(s) School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
Speech-Language Pathology Student Anxiety, Expectations, and Needs During Clinical Practicum
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July 11, 2018
Clinical practicum and the supervisory process is a major component of graduate programs for student clinicians training to become speech-language pathologists. The American Speech-Language Hearing As... Read More
Parallels in Cognitive Symptoms in Psychological Health and Acquired Brain Injury Diagnosis
July 2, 2018
To begin, I wanted to talk about Phineas Gage. He was one of the first documented cases where psychological changes occurred following a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Phineas Gage was an iron worker i... Read More
Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Clinical Decision-making in Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Students: Quantitative Findings
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July 2, 2018
Clinical decision-making, a product of critical thinking, is defined as a “contextual, continuous, and evolving process,” where data are “gathered, interpreted, and evaluated” in order to make... Read More
Professional Issues
Key Elements of Picky Eaters: Feeding Therapy
June 29, 2018
I've been a therapist for over 11 years and recently got into doing some teaching. Picky eating is kind of a buzz word lately. We talk about our own child who doesn't eat or we have children on our ca... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
Research Watch Report: Attention and Memory in Adults with TBI
June 21, 2018
Attention may be defined as “the flexible allocation of cognitive resources toward stimuli, internal representations, and outputs that are currently most important for the accomplishment of a behavi... Read More
Research Watch Report Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
20Q: Practical Strategies for Serving Students in Poverty with Potential and Identified Developmental Language Disorder and Their Families
June 21, 2018
I am so excited to introduce this edition of 20Q! Written by Dr. Celeste Roseberry-McKibbin, this article covers practical strategies that can be used by speech-language pathologists to improve the la... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Language Disorder(s) Literacy and Phonological Awareness School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
Pragmatics and Social Communication: Assessment
June 20, 2018
In this course, we are going to take a thoughtful look at standardized measures of pragmatic language knowledge, the impact of screen time on the development of social communication abilities, and dif... Read More
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
SLPs and Communication Counseling: Facilitating Personal Adjustment
June 14, 2018
I appreciate the opportunity to be with you today. You will see that the course title says, “Facilitating personal adjustment.” We will see that it has importance in how it is we conduct clinical... Read More
Counseling Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Unique Coding, Billing, Reimbursement, and Supervision Issues for SLP Voice Specialists
June 13, 2018
In this course, I am going to talk about two healthcare coding systems; The Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System, which we refer to as HCPCS, and the International Classification of Diseases whic... Read More
Documentation and Reimbursement Supervision Veterans Affairs (VA) courses Voice and Resonance Disorders
Pearson's EBP Briefs: Teaching Reading to Youth with Fragile X Syndrome: Should phonemic awareness and phonics instruction be used?
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June 4, 2018
Structured AbstractClinical Question: Would a child with fragile X syndrome benefit more from phonemic awareness and phonics instruction or whole-word training to increase reading skills? Method: Sys... Read More
Language Disorder(s) Literacy and Phonological Awareness Syndromes and Special Populations