Early Intervention CEU Courses for SLPs

Understanding why family coaching is important and how to coach families using evidenced-based practices and family-specific solutions are described in this course. Various ways to integrate family coaching strategies within and outside of session time are also discussed.

Strategies for working with children and their families to achieve feeding goals are discussed in this course. Typical feeding development, domain-specific (behavioral, anatomical, sensory) interventions, family-specific solutions, and various ways to explore and play with food are described.

Shared book reading is a powerful tool for facilitating language and literacy. The evidence supporting mindfulness practices, and methods for integrating them into shared book-reading activities in order to enhance a child’s ability to listen, look, and learn are discussed in this course. Specific books that are appropriate for such therapy activities are described.

An introduction to prematurity and its co-occurring problems and diagnoses is provided in this course. The impact of early experiences on outcomes, and short-term and long-term complications of prematurity, are described in relation to feeding and development.

An introduction to multiple factors - including relationships - associated with feeding development, as well as a review of typical milestones, are provided in this course. An overview of conditions that can disrupt the normal developmental process is also presented.

Imperative education and resources to be provided by professionals to parents during the delicate time of identification of hearing loss is discussed in this course. Stages of grief, facilitating shared decision-making for communication as a family, and significant roles to know and consider are covered.

Clinicians juggle many processes and relationships to balance high-quality services. Stages of grief and the possible physical and psychological impacts that may be experienced by parents of children with special needs are described in this course. Relevant research and ways to better support parents are also discussed.

Burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary trauma in the helping professions are discussed in this course. Protective factors and self-care strategies that can reduce stress and allow healing are described, along with the role of managers and organizations in promoting resilience.

Joint attention is strongly connected to receptive and expressive language skills. This podcast discusses the importance of joint attention, embedding joint attention activities into early intervention sessions, and strategies to use with literacy-based activities.

This podcast addresses ways to embed language early intervention (EI) into functional routines using connection-building, playful activities that don't take away from daily life. Simple strategies that can be used in therapy sessions are discussed.