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Dementia Diaries Part 2: Staging on the Severity Continuum
October 2, 2020
Why should we use dementia staging? Well, it is our roadmap for how we should treat a patient. It allows us to know what deficits the patient has because each stage of decline has a set of characteris... Read More
20Q: Face Masks and Communication - Implications for SLPs
October 2, 2020
A Q & A discussion of how face masks may impact communication in healthcare settings, particularly for people with hearing loss. In addition, this article reviews strategies for SLPs and other health... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Hearing and Hearing Loss
Neurogenic Dysphagia in Older Adults with Motor Disorders: Part 2
September 30, 2020
n Part One, we really had a strong focus on the central nervous system. In Part Two, we're going to touch on the central nervous system again when we talk about multiple sclerosis, but we really are g... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
Adult Aural Rehabilitation: Therapy and Goals
September 25, 2020
This course examines evidence-based best practices and considerations for doing aural rehabilitation with adults with cochlear implants including therapy goals and target selection. Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss Cochlear Implants
Dementia Diaries Part 1: Understanding the Types of Dementia
September 24, 2020
This is the first part of a four-part series discussing the types of dementia. In this series, we are going to be looking at dementia symptoms that affect a population that we are dedicated to serving... Read More
Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Collaborative Therapy Isn't Pushy
September 23, 2020
IDEA states that schools must ensure that a student with a disability is removed from the general education environment only when the nature or severity of the student's disability is such that he/she... Read More
Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders Language Disorder(s) School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
20Q: Addressing the Needs of Children and Teens with Traumatic Brain Injury
September 15, 2020
In this 20Q article, Dr. Ciccia answers questions regarding the prevalence of TBI and concussion in children and teens, and the communication issues that occur as a result. She provides very valuable... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer
Neurogenic Dysphagia in Older Adults with Motor Disorders, Part 1
September 11, 2020
This course began with something that is within my wheelhouse which is working with older adults with various types of neurodegenerative disorders and different types of neurogenic issues. Then, of co... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
Healthcare Professionals & Covid-19: Navigating a New World with Older Adults
September 1, 2020
When COVID-19 hit, I often found myself in tears because the people I had been caring for were at high risk for the virus. I thought about the patients who live in skilled nursing facilities that were... Read More
Professional Issues
20Q: Modern Hearing Aids - A Primer for Speech-Language Pathologists
August 17, 2020
According to the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), approximately 15% of American adults (about 37.5 million) report some difficulty hearing and about 28.8 milli... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Hearing and Hearing Loss
Diagnosis Dementia: Working with Patients with Dementia in Home Care under PDGM
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August 5, 2020
5.8 million Americans were diagnosed with Alzheimer's or other dementias in 2019. Dementia is not going away any time soon and there will be a continued need for us to work with these individuals. $29... Read More
Using Nonstandardized Assessment to Evaluate Cognitive-Communication Abilities in Students with Traumatic Brain Injury
July 28, 2020
Most of this course could very easily apply to any type of acquired brain injury, including both traumatic and nontraumatic injuries. However, some of the statistics on incidence and prevalence I will... Read More
Language Disorder(s) School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
20Q: Bilingual Service Delivery: Where Do I Start?
July 17, 2020
Did you know that, unlike most other countries, the United States does not have an official language? It’s true. Although the most commonly spoken language in the United States is English, our count... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
Helping Adolescents Navigate Mental Health and Social Thinking Challenges
July 14, 2020
Today, I will be discussing how we can better help adolescents navigate mental health and social thinking challenges. As a member of the NEST program for the last eight years, I have noticed over and... Read More
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools Social, Emotional, Behavioral
Back to Basics: Guidelines for Management of Communication in Rett Syndrome
June 23, 2020
I am happy to see this great interest in Rett syndrome, which is a topic I have spent about 20 years working on. I want to begin by giving a brief overview of Rett syndrome because you most likely do... Read More
AAC - Technology Back to Basics Language Disorder(s) Syndromes and Special Populations
20Q: Goal and Treatment Selection in Aphasia in 20 Sessions or Less
June 10, 2020
In this article, Dr. Hinckley will discuss Goal Attainment Scaling and provide examples of activity-focused therapy goals. She will then describe characteristics of activity-focused therapy. Finally,... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Aphasia
Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist in the Healthcare Triple Aim
June 5, 2020
I'm really excited to talk about a topic that most people ask what the Triple Aim is and how does it apply to us? A friend actually asked why I like to speak on such a boring topic and that stuck with... Read More
Documentation and Reimbursement Professional Issues
Research Watch Report: Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches for Acquired Apraxia of Speech
May 14, 2020
Acquired apraxia of speech (AOS) is a motor speech disorder that results in decreased intelligibility and impaired prosody. Specifically, AOS results from damage to the motor planning and programming... Read More
Apraxia Research Watch Report
Back to Basics: Applying Clinical Reasoning to the Clinical Swallow Assessment
May 7, 2020
I am thrilled to be talking about clinical assessment because this is one of my favorite topics. This course will help you apply some actual clinical reasoning to the clinical assessment process. I am... Read More
Back to Basics Dysphagia (Adult)
20Q: Focusing on Academic Language in Preparing Preschoolers with Foundations for Later Reading Development
May 1, 2020
We all know that children need to develop oral language skills before they are able to learn to read. Oral language development occurs when the child is exposed to casual talk (CT) in the environment.... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Language Disorder(s) Literacy and Phonological Awareness