As SLPs, we sometimes have students that are not motivated to attend speech therapy, so what do we do? This session will address ideas to motivate the unmotivated, and what to do if motivation cannot be found. What factors do we consider related to dismissal from services, and how do we ethically handle this dilemma?

This course provides a brief overview of narrative and conversational discourse. Emphasis is placed on the importance of discourse in patient-centered care and various approaches to incorporating discourse in aphasia rehabilitation.

This course provides information regarding the responsibility of supervisors to ensure that their supervisees do not engage in unethical behavior. It also provides information on what supervisors should do when they discover that their supervisees have violated standards of ethics.

The course highlights several clinical issues that are typically not addressed in aphasia texts but have the potential to influence the outcome of therapy. The authors provide concrete clinical recommendations.

This course will review the research on how default roles, burn-out, extra duties, and lack of training on Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates adversely affect service delivery to children with disabilities. This course will discuss key strategies for how SLPs can advocate for students with special needs through professional role empowerment methods.

Workbooks, card games, and board games are often readily available for use in speech therapy to treat cognition in neurogenic disorders; however, these treatment methods are not in line with the most recent research for best practices in acquired brain injury (ABI). This course offers evidence, support and practical ideas for embedding functional treatment into current evidence-based frameworks for neurogenic disorders.

Pearson's EBP Briefs are case-based courses designed to assist with everyday decision-making in clinical practice. This case examined the question, “Should practitioners conduct a formal or informal communication assessment prior to completing a preference assessment to accurately identify preferences for students with severe developmental disabilities?” The related literature search & analysis, along with the resultant clinical decision & application to clinical practice, will also be discussed. A relevant assessment tool for this case is the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Third Edition (Vineland-3).

Pearson's EBP Briefs are case-based courses designed to assist with everyday decision-making in clinical practice. This case examined the question, “Would a DLL child (age 2+) with delayed or impaired vocabulary development show gains in both languages when supplementing intervention to his or her second language (L2) with an indirect SLP-supervised or prompted first language (L1) intervention - in comparison to no supplemental intervention in the child’s home language or no intervention - as shown by L1 or L2 vocabulary growth?” The related literature search & analysis, along with the resultant clinical decision & application to clinical practice, will also be discussed. A relevant assessment tool for this case is the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals - Fourth Edition, Spanish (CELF-4, Spanish).

The Speech Language Pathologist’s role in palliative care is often misunderstood or unrecognized. This course will demonstrate how the SLP can make valuable contributions to the palliative care process throughout a myriad of settings - including home health, skilled nursing rehab, long-term care, assisted living and acute care - by helping the patient maximize his/her functional abilities to improve quality of life.

This course will provide an overview of considerations for treatment of pediatric and adolescent vocal athletes, including for treatment of common vocal disorders within this population.