In this course participants will learn how and why to use mindfulness activities to promote listening and looking readiness for shared book reading.

To treat oral dysphagia, the SLP must select and use appropriate compensatory strategies, including bolus modifications and postural strategies, as well as implement rehabilitative techniques designed to achieve a change in physiologic function. Limited evidence exists for many oral phase rehabilitative techniques; therefore, this course will describe and discuss the related principles of neural plasticity, motor learning and neuromuscular treatments that the SLP must understand in order to effectively treat patients with oral dysphagia.

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. This course will cover a number of basic treatment techniques for adults with a variety of types of dysarthria.

A large and complex feeling vocabulary is a prerequisite skill to emotional regulation and successful interpersonal interactions for children and adults. This course will provide information on evidence-based positive behavioral support (PBS) strategies for resolving and preventing challenging behaviors in young children (ages 18 months through 7 years) by recognizing, acknowledging and supporting children’s development of emotional literacy.

This course explores the evaluation and training of gender-congruent voice and communication skills in individuals across the transgender continuum. Culturally sensitive terminology, client-driven goals and stimuli, treatment techniques to feminize or masculinize vocal/speech/language/nonverbal characteristics, generalization, and promotion of good vocal hygiene will be discussed.

This course will explore the use of meditation and mindfulness practices as it applies to pediatric speech-language pathology. Participants will be provided with a review of the research and instruction for practical application in the pediatric population.

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 briefly describe the goals, active ingredients for treatment, and selected evidence for five parent training interventions frequently used for young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Ways to engage caregivers as data collectors to monitor child progress and evaluate the social validity of an intervention will also be discussed. This course is presented in partnership with the American Board of Child Language and Language Disorders (ABCLLD).

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. This course will address the importance of mouth care, help the SLP formulate talking points to educate staff, identify the "how-to" for mouth care and provide resources for developing a mouth care protocol.

This is Part 3 of a three-part series on pragmatics and social communication. This course will describe social communication and how it differs from social skills. Treatment strategies and recommendations for targeting executive function, theory of mind, emotions and central coherence will also be addressed. (Part 1: Course 8335, Part 2: Course 8336)