CEU Courses for SLPs

This course will address the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and its application within Speech-Language Pathology. Topics addressed will include who and what is covered by HIPAA, administrative safeguards, penalties for non-compliance, and how HIPAA relates to other laws, such as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HI-TECH) Act.

This is Part 2 of a five-part pediatric feeding series. This course provides an introduction to prematurity and co-occurring problems and diagnoses. The outcomes associated with early experiences, short-term, and long-term implications are discussed in reference to feeding and development.

This is Part 1 of a five-part pediatric feeding series. This course provides an introduction to multiple factors associated with feeding development and includes a review of typical milestones. A summary of conditions that can disrupt the normal process is introduced. (Part 2: Course 8146, Part 3: Course 8149, Part 4: Course 8151, Part 5: Course 8152)

This course will provide an overview of two evidence-based interventions for working with persons with dementia: Montessori-Based Dementia Programming and the Spaced Retrieval technique. Participants will learn about each intervention along with practical applications of each method to patients in different practice settings.

This course will discuss the rationale for and implementation of parent-report instruments in the assessment of children who are learning a minority home language and English. A variety of tools appropriate for different ages will be presented, and considerations in eliciting accurate reports from diverse families will be discussed.

The return to learn process following a student concussion must be supported by school professionals who understand that returning to the full demands of school too soon following concussion can potentially significantly increase and prolong symptoms. This course will equip SLPs with a solid understanding of what concussions are, how symptoms manifest in the classroom, and what accommodations can be immediately implemented to promote student recovery.

This course will look at the neurologic functioning of both speech and music in children with autism. The course will support the inclusion of music in speech-language treatment for children on the spectrum.

This course will discuss the reasons that children referred for oral motor feeding therapy often have difficulties participating in their oral motor programming, and possible consequences of decreased participation. Techniques will be provided that can improve a child’s involvement in therapy and ultimately increase his/her progress.

This is Part 5 of a five-part series. This course will discuss how considerations such as coverage (i.e., which sounds are tested in which positions of words), phonological processing, and dialect can impact standardized test selection. A brief case study will be used to illustrate the considerations discussed throughout the series. (Part 1: Course 8096, Part 2: Course 8097, Part 3: Course 8101, Part 4: Course 8102)

This course will review our current understanding of how the brain networks that underlie language processing may be functionally reorganized in aphasia. The discussion will be centered around four recent research publications.