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Data Collection for Stuttering Treatment
January 6, 2014
What are some recommendations for collecting data during stuttering treatment? Read More
Fluency, Atypical Disfluency, and Stuttering
Medications for Selective Mutism
December 16, 2013
Is there a medication that can help selective mutism? Read More
Selective Mutism and Writing
November 18, 2013
Can children with selective mutism communicate by writing? Read More
Literacy Skills in Children with ASD
November 11, 2013
How much time should I spend in therapy working on literacy skills with children with ASD? Read More
Literacy Development and Phonological Awareness
What Qualifies as an Actual Treatment Visit
November 4, 2013
If a patient refuses therapy on one of their treatment days and the therapist documents this, would that count as a visit for five consecutive days since the therapist did attempt and documented that... Read More
Aphasia Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Addressing Social Skills and Literacy Simultaneously in ASD
October 21, 2013
When using Think-alouds with children with autism spectrum disorder, can you work on social skills and literacy at the same time? Read More
Size of TEP When Placing at Time of Primary Puncture
October 14, 2013
What size tracheoesophageal prosthesis (TEP) is typically placed at the time of the primary puncture? Read More
Veterans Affairs (VA) courses Voice Disorders
When is a TEP Placed in a Patient
September 30, 2013
Are more sites placing a tracheoesophageal prosthesis at the time of primary puncture versus afterward? Read More
Veterans Affairs (VA) courses Voice Disorders
The Difference Between Dyslexia and CAS
September 23, 2013
What is the difference between dyslexia and CAS? Read More
Motor Speech Disorders (Adults) Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders Literacy Development and Phonological Awareness
Random versus Meaningful Selections on AAC Devices - How to tell the difference
September 13, 2013
How do you know when an individual is making meaningful choices on an AAC device? Read More
AAC
AAC Options to Assist with Verbalization
August 26, 2013
What AAC devices do you think would be a good choice if parents want to move on from PECS™? Do you think PECS helps teach verbalization? Read More
AAC
Family Training Strategies for Infants/Children Prenatally Exposed to Drugs?
August 19, 2013
Can you give some family training strategies or themes that are beneficial to infants/children prenatally exposed to drugs? Read More
Early Intervention
Use of Assistants and Aides with Medicare Patients
August 5, 2013
When providing services to Medicare patients, can the different disciplines (i.e. PT, OT, Speech) use assistants or aides and have those minutes count towards MDS and establish a RUG score? Read More
Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Artificial Nutrition and Hydration
July 29, 2013
Does a physician have the final word on artificial nutrition and hydration for a patient? Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Should SLPs Train Teachers?
July 23, 2013
Instead of working individually with children who need help with literacy skills, would it be more cost-efficient to train teachers on what we know how to do? Read More
Developmental Language Disorders Literacy Development and Phonological Awareness
Generalizing Fluency Skills
July 15, 2013
It seems that often I can create such a pleasant environment during my client’s speech session that his/her fluency improves. However, it is hard to generalize into “less-kind” spea... Read More
Fluency, Atypical Disfluency, and Stuttering
Letter Sound Versus Letter Name Knowledge
July 1, 2013
Is it more important to have a child learn letter name or letter sound? Read More
Developmental Language Disorders Literacy Development and Phonological Awareness
The Difference Between an Attention Scale and an Understanding Scale
June 19, 2013
Is the Attention Scale that you use for cognitive rehabilitation with children and adolescents the same thing as the Understanding Scale that you use? Read More
Developmental Language Disorders School-Based Intervention and Collaboration
Code Switching in Dual Language Learning
June 12, 2013
Can code switching happen at any level of language? Read More
Cultural Competence
Serial 7's
June 3, 2013
What does the Serial 7’s task assess? Read More
Veterans Affairs (VA) courses