This course will focus on the treatment of MCI using current best practices. Intervention structure and content, as well as examples of strategies and activities for clinical implementation will be reviewed.

Professionals can encounter moments of potential conflict or confusion related to the Code of Ethics while supervising and mentoring those who are still developing knowledge, skills and dispositions. This course will demonstrate and discuss mentoring and supervising styles. It will also describe strategies and processes for holding the Code of Ethics in high regard while facilitating professionalism and ethical practices in supervisees and mentees.

Early identification of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a global priority and research shows that language deficits are significant early indicators. This course will focus on the best assessments and patterns of cognitive-linguistic performance that differentiate MCI from healthy aging, and the role of the SLP.

Practice in the assessment and management of dysphagia can vary both within a facility and across facility settings. This variation has an impact on patient outcomes as well as the ability to have effective interdisciplinary communication for the maximum benefit of the patient. This course will explore differences in terminology and techniques related to the assessment and management of patients with dysphagia, and will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of creating a standard protocol.

This course is part of the 2018 Nancy McKinley Lecture Series, Evaluating and Enhancing Children's Phonological Systems. Can the speech of special populations be described by phonological characteristics? This course will present research that shows the possibilities for evaluation and intervention.

This course is part of the 2018 Nancy McKinley Lecture Series, Evaluating and Enhancing Children's Phonological Systems. The purpose of this course is to discuss phonological assessment and intervention for bilingual children with highly unintelligible speech. Topics will include an overview of assessment modifications and recommendations to account for dialects, selecting Spanish and English phonological remediation targets, and implementing a bilingual phonological remediation approach, with particular emphasis on intervention strategies.

This course is part of the 2018 Nancy McKinley Lecture Series, Evaluating and Enhancing Children's Phonological Systems. This course will focus specifically on meta-phonological awareness, enhancing meta-phonological skills, eliciting troublesome phonemes, focusing on auditory input for toddlers and choosing advanced targets for older students. Case studies of children with highly unintelligible speech will be shared.

This course is part of the 2018 Nancy McKinley Lecture Series, Evaluating and Enhancing Children's Phonological Systems. This course will focus on identifying and categorizing phonological deviations, clarifying typical phonological acquisition vs. “articulation norms,” determining severity ratings, and selecting optimal phonological pattern targets.

This course will provide a framework for the assessment of young children who stutter. A sample client will be introduced and a treatment plan following an indirect approach to stuttering will be described.

In this article, we will focus on a specific aspect of the simulation learning experience: the debrief. The Q&A will address the importance of the debrief as part of the learning process. Research and evidence-based practices for debriefing will be discussed.