Pearson's EBP Briefs are case-based courses designed to assist with everyday decision-making in clinical practice. This case will examine the clinical question, “Are people with sleep disorders at higher risk for language learning deficits than healthy sleepers?” The related literature search and analysis, along with the resultant clinical decision and application to clinical practice, will also be discussed. A good assessment tool for this case is the Preschool Language Scale – 5th Edition (PLS-5).

Simulations are intended to build clinical competencies. In this course, methods for improving students’ clinical knowledge and interprofessional competencies through simulations will be examined. Research studies analyzing the efficacy of computer-based simulations, such as SimuCase, will be shared and a rubric for assessing students’ clinical skills will be discussed. This course is open-captioned.

This course will assist speech-language pathologists (supervisors, graduate students and Clinical Fellows) in navigating supervision pitfalls. Strategies will be provided on how to make supervision effective and engaging. This course is open-captioned.

Learn the vocabulary and clinical reasoning principles that will allow you to create defense-worthy documentation. Content includes an overview of the Medicare requirements for therapy services and multiple examples of documentation in its good, better and best states. It may be helpful to view course #6570, Medicare Muscle: Creating Defensible Documentation prior to taking this course. This course is open-captioned.

Simulation-based clinical education provides students with a sophisticated, controlled, learner-centered experience that allows for repeated practice of clinical decision-making skills in a risk-free environment. The success of a simulation-based curriculum is determined by a well-designed teaching plan founded on strong instructional guidance. Simulation activities, regardless of the modality, must support the learning objectives of a course, as well as utilize an evidence-based teaching approach to promote higher levels of cognitive function, including analysis, synthesis and evaluation (Bloom, 1956), and facilitate student learning. This course will review the practical aspects of implementing simulation into Communication Sciences & Disorders (CSD) clinical education using an evidence-based instructional model.

Many young children will go through a period of temporary disfluency as they develop more complex language abilities. This course will educate speech-language pathologists on what to look and listen for in order to differentiate between typical developmental disfluencies and disfluencies that warrant closer attention. This course is open captioned.

Pearson's EBP Briefs are case-based courses designed to assist with everyday decision-making in clinical practice. This case will examine the clinical question, “For a preschool student with a severe phonological disorder, will incorporating a non-developmental target sequence be a more efficient approach than a developmental target sequence for improving speech sound production?” The related literature search and analysis, along with the resultant clinical decision and application to clinical practice, will also be discussed. A good assessment tool for this course is the Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation - 3rd Edition (GFTA-3).

This course will provide evidence-based information to refresh and update the SLP's knowledge on the topic of clinical voice evaluation, in the areas of perceptual and instrumental assessment of the voice. This course is open captioned.

Pearson's EBP Briefs are case-based courses designed to assist with everyday decision-making in clinical practice. This case will examine the clinical question, “Do students with language disorders and those who have low language skills benefit more from classroom-based instruction on narratives or from instruction outside of the classroom to improve comprehension of and retelling of narratives?” The related literature search and analysis, along with the resultant clinical decision and application to clinical practice, will also be discussed. A relevant assessment tool for this case is the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals – 5th Edition (CELF-5).

In this course, we will review the role visual supports play in the lives of several people with dementia. We will also discuss strategies for introducing visual supports to people with dementia and their family members/caregivers. This course is open captioned.