This is Part 1 of a two-part series on language and literacy that will help SLPs recognize that the tasks they are already doing support literacy, and learn how to work with teams through an interdisciplinary approach and how to develop word knowledge for reading and spelling. Part 1 will lay the foundation for understanding the SLP's role in language and literacy with a discussion of key terms, evidence-based practices, and an examination of word study.

Theory, research evidence, and practical “how-to” techniques of management of accented speech will be presented. Discussion will include segmental and prosodic targets, and global approaches such as use of clear speech. The relationship among intelligibility, ease of understanding, and accentedness, and their relevance to treatment planning, will be examined.

In this course, participants will learn the scope and sequence for systematic language instruction for students with autism and other complex communication disorders. Videos and images will be used to illustrate these concepts.

This course will review evidence for hippocampal contributions to language use and processing. We will also discuss the implications of this work for understanding cognitive-communication disorders in TBI and Alzheimer’s disease.

This collection of reviews highlights a month of clinically-relevant research findings for pediatric and school-based SLPs. Topics include preschool literacy, elementary and adolescent vocabulary, and the impact of communication partners.

Alternative Payment Models, known as APMs, are alternatives to traditional fee-for-service reimbursement. This course will explore current payment reform structures and the impacts on post-acute care of moving from volume-based fee-for-service models to outcomes-based reimbursement.

Providing a prognosis for recovery for individuals with aphasia is an important part of clinical care, but accurate prediction is often limited. This course will discuss factors that influence recovery of language function following onset of aphasia, and biographical, behavioral, and medical variables that may aid provision of a prognosis.

This course will introduce a new tool, a communication care plan, as a person-centered approach to facilitate communication between certified nursing assistants, therapists, and residents in long-term care facilities, and enhance treatment carryover into daily care. Participants will learn how to develop a communication care plan, write treatment goals associated with the plan, and understand the importance of providing professional support for certified nursing assistants.

This course will provide specific examples of desensitization activities an SLP may use when working with school-aged children who stutter. The rationale for using these type of activities, and examples of measurable goals and objectives an SLP can include in an individualized education program (IEP) or treatment plan, will be provided.

This course was designed for healthcare professionals that need a 1- or 2-hour HIV/AIDS course for compliance/regulatory purposes. This presentation contains explicit content due to the nature of the topic and is for adult viewing only - please use discretion when viewing the material. This course updates healthcare workers on HIV/AIDS including statistics, causes, symptoms, transmission, the disease process, protective uses and containment in the healthcare setting. Florida rules, regulations and laws form the foundation of this course.