Private Practice is an option for speech pathologists and audiologists, but it is not for everyone! This course identifies questions you must ask yourself and identifies potential pitfalls to consider before you make that decision.

This course will discuss the basics to creating family friendly materials. Presenters will demonstrate how to create educational handouts in the form of a newsletter and handouts that may be used within speech pathology sessions or as part of a home program.

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Evidence-based strategies will be discussed regarding individualized service delivery models for the middle school/high school student with autism. Case studies, videos and pictures will be shown to illustrate these concepts.

Vocal cord dysfunction is a perplexing disorder characterized by adduction of the vocal cords, usually on inhalation, resulting in obstruction of the airflow. This course will focus on the speech-language pathologist's involvement in assessment and treatment strategies in the pediatric population (up to age 21). 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 school-age children receiving treatment for speech, language, and/or communication disorders show equivalent benefit from telepractice-based intervention as from on-site intervention as shown by comparable improvement inspeech, language, and communication skills across the two treatment platforms?” 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 PPVT-4 (Dunn & Dunn, 2007)

This course will review and demonstrate the application of various evidence-based therapy approaches associated with organic or psychogenic conditions within the pediatric population. Examples will be integrated into child-based therapy along with discussion on how to consult the family and promote alternatives to phonotraumatic voice patterns. This course is open captioned.

This course reviews anatomic changes and subsequent pulmonary sequelae that affect the respiratory system in neck breathers after tracheotomy and laryngectomy. Heat and moisture exchangers (HMEs) to improve overall pulmonary health and tracheal climate along with their clinical applications and evidence-based clinical outcomes will be reviewed. This course is open captioned.

The purpose of this course is to provide licensed speech-language pathologists and parents with therapy techniques and strategies for working with children who have a cochlear implant(s). The course covers audition and verbal language relationship, and specific treatment strategies and activities related to auditory skills development, speech sound production, expressive and receptive language, and voice in pediatric cochlear implant recipients. This course is open captioned.

This course will demonstrate how to emphasize activity and life participation goals when targeting word retrieval treatment. This means moving immediately to the transfer context of word retrieval goals, rather than hoping that word retrieval will transfer to functional goals. This course is open captioned.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Evidence-based strategies will be discussed regarding individualized service delivery models for the early learner with autism. Case studies, videos and pictures will be shown to illustrate these concepts. This course is open captioned.