CEU Courses for SLPs

This course discusses Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in English Learners (EL). Specific, research-based strategies are provided for developing academic vocabulary skills and phonological awareness skills in this group of students.

This Part 2 of a two-part series focuses on the role of SLPs and audiologists in treating individuals with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and identifies potential barriers to these individuals receiving our services. Current research related to hearing, cognition, and language impairment in SCD is also reviewed.

Echolalic speech can reflect a Gestalt learning style that often accompanies hyperlexia and reading comprehension difficulties. This course provides an explanation of echolalia based on this framework, and describes related characteristics common in children with autism. Intervention strategies related to language, literacy, and socialization are also discussed.

Mental health issues concerning older adults are discussed in this course. Topics include the intersection between mental and physical health, symptoms of common mental health disorders in this population, and referral criteria.

This course discusses the philosophy behind meeting meaningful needs in therapy, along with tools and counseling techniques that help with understanding a client’s needs. Specific techniques such as ethnographic counseling, motivational interviewing, and tools for verbally impaired clients are described, and examples within therapy interactions are provided.

Children with autism who have minimal verbal skills present particular communication challenges. This course discusses assessment and intervention strategies to evaluate and increase intentionality of communication, as well as support social interaction and language development in this group of children.

Guided by the 6 Principles of Culturally Responsive Practice (Verdon, 2015), this course describes the latest research on supporting multilingual and multicultural children with communication disorders. Examples of this framework in action around the world are presented, and opportunities for reflection and planning of SLPs’ own culturally responsive practice are provided.

Master skills to implement in your practice immediately with continued Master Class. This four-hour course describes the components of motor planning and the areas of impact. Assessment, strategies for supporting clients with motor planning challenges, and tips for discussing praxis with caregivers are also addressed.

Children with Developmental Language Disorder are at high risk for reduced literacy skills compared to grade-matched peers with typically developing language. The multiple pathways to literacy impairments are reviewed in this course with a focus on recent longitudinal studies, school-based assessment and intervention frameworks, and advocacy efforts.

This course addresses the changing nature of developmental language disorder (DLD), along with concomitant diagnoses, from preschool to young adulthood. Implications for service delivery for all age groups are also discussed.