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Part 5: Ethical Considerations for Management of Swallowing Disorders
September 12, 2016
Speech pathologists, like other medical professionals, are credentialed by professional organizations at the national level, and frequently at the state level. Most of us have our ASHA Certification w... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Ethics Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Pearson's EBP Briefs: The Effectiveness of Academic Accommodations for School-Age Students with Traumatic Brain Injury
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September 9, 2016
Kelly has worked as a speech-language pathologist for three years in a rural school district. Her caseload includes kindergarten through high school students. One of Kelly’s colleagues, Mrs. Altig,... Read More
School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
Non-Instrumental Assessments of Swallowing: Do we know what we think we know?
August 25, 2016
To begin, we know that clinical swallow evaluations are sometimes all that clinicians have available to them in their facilities. Certainly, there are issues surrounding clinical swallow evaluations t... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Traditional Treatments for Swallowing Disorders: What We Know; What We Don't
August 23, 2016
Today, we're going to discuss traditional treatments for swallowing disorders, what we know, and what we don't. In spite of improved understanding of swallowing and swallowing dysfunction, treatment s... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Pearson's EBP Briefs: Telepractice vs. On-Site Treatment: Are Outcomes Equivalent for School-Age Children?
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August 18, 2016
Denise, a certified speech-language pathologist (SLP), has worked full-time as an SLP in her local independent school district for the past five years. Toward the end of the school year, her director... Read More
AAC - Technology Language Disorder(s) Telehealth and Telepractice
Pediatric Processing Disorders: Interdisciplinary Roles and Assessment, presented in partnership with Cincinnati Children's
August 16, 2016
I am going to be sharing with you our experience at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the way in which we approach processing disorders. We are very fortunate in that, in the last five years, we ha... Read More
Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)
Mandated Reporting for SLPs
July 29, 2016
Thanks to everyone for gathering with me today to talk about the topic of Mandated Reporting for SLPs. The course objectives are that you will be able to explain the differences between child abuse/ne... Read More
Documentation and Reimbursement Professional Issues
Children and Feeding Tubes
July 27, 2016
Let's review some of the types of feeding tubes that we might come across working with pediatric patients.Central Line/TPNThe first one is TPN, total parenteral nutrition, or also called a central lin... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
Pearson's EBP Briefs: Comparing the Effects of Working Memory-Based Interventions for Children with Language Impairment
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July 26, 2016
Katie is a school-based speech-language pathologist (SLP) in an elementary school that serves students in kindergarten through grade 6. She has a large and diverse caseload of children with speech and... Read More
Language Disorder(s)
Pearson's EBP Briefs: Comparing Evidence-Based Interventions for Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders
July 26, 2016
Kathy is a seasoned speech-language pathologist who has worked extensively with preschool and school-age children who have autism spectrum disorders (ASD). She recently moved into a new position in wh... Read More
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Early Intervention
Navigating the Requirements of Special Education Eligibility
July 20, 2016
I had an opportunity to write an article for the ASHA Leader a few years ago, which stemmed from my work at the Department of Education. While there, I provided technical assistance on the issue of ch... Read More
School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
Navigating the Money Maze: How SLP Services are Reimbursed in Different Settings
May 27, 2016
We are going to talk about the money maze. For clinicians, sometimes the whole concept of where money comes from is a bit removed from the fact that where the money comes from can determine what is on... Read More
Aphasia Documentation and Reimbursement Dysarthria Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Supervision: Feedback, Criticism and Expectations
May 23, 2016
Supervision is often compared to parenting. When reading the literature, you may think to yourself that it sounds like instruction on how to be a good parent. Similarly, we enter supervision having li... Read More
Supervision
Optimizing Cognition: Neuroprotective practices you need to know
May 20, 2016
My area of interest is adults with dementia and MCI so this course will have that focus. However, this information is completely relevant to any client on your caseload.If you look at the World Alzhei... Read More
Aphasia Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Forget Me Not...Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with Dementia; Part 3: Evidence-based Treatments
May 17, 2016
The big question is, “Why does it matter?” What research is out there that is showing treatment to be effective? Why do we even bother? Well, 10 to 15 years ago when I started in this profession t... Read More
Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Preserving Communication and Dignity at End of Life
April 26, 2016
The natural dying process is a natural slowing of all body systems. The process is different for every individual. It is as different, really, as the birthing process. One person's labor may be a lot... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
Forget Me Not...Evaluation and Treatment of the Patient with Dementia, Part 2: Where and When
April 26, 2016
When we are treating patients, we sometimes have a tendency to place excess disability on them. In other words, we do more for that patient than we necessarily should. We do not allow the patient to p... Read More
Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Thriving in Skilled Nursing: Part 2
April 22, 2016
How did we get to where we are currently in the skilled nursing facility world? The way things are done currently began as a result of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987. As part of this ac... Read More
Aphasia Documentation and Reimbursement Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Pearson's EBP Briefs: Sleep Disorders as a Risk to Language Learning and Use
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April 21, 2016
When we were speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in training—one many years ago, the other mere months ago—we were taught to include questions about sleep in diagnostic interviews. But we were nev... Read More
Language Disorder(s) Syndromes and Special Populations
ADHD: Understanding Symptoms and Strengths of the Disorder
April 12, 2016
Myth #1: ADHD is not a real disorderThis is the first myth that I would like to bust immediately. Within my practice, I hear a lot of concerns from parents, educators, sometimes even individuals that... Read More
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)