CEU Courses for SLPs

Because America is growing more diverse, cultural awareness has become more vital for day-to-day success. This course will discuss four strategies to help participants develop a mindset that will facilitate a culturally-sensitive environment both personally and professionally, regardless of work setting.

This course provides a toolbox of strategies for choosing and using books for virtual shared book reading. Specific book suggestions and tips to gain and sustain children's attention, and to promote engagement with both the child and caregivers, will be discussed.

This is Part 2 of the four-part series, Play is FUNdamental. This course will explore the three major aspects of play: motor, social, and language. A focus on understanding the intersection of motor, social and language components of play will create the foundation on which intervention can be planned. Content can be applied to children as well as older individuals with developmental disabilities.

This course provides information regarding some of the barriers that minorities face in the healthcare setting. It also discusses ideas for improving patient-centered care for diverse populations, and for supporting coworkers of diverse backgrounds.

This is Part 1 of the four-part series, Play is FUNdamental. This course builds upon a developmental perspective of child play behavior. Core principles of human physical development, as they relate to child engagement in play, will be presented. Stages of language/cognitive play and their correlations to stages of communication intent and language development will be discussed. Participants will learn how to observe behaviors in order to assess play and language in children and older individuals with developmental delays.

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. This course will examine evidence-based best practices and considerations for doing aural rehabilitation with adults with cochlear implants, and will include a discussion of therapy goals and target selection.

The neurobiology of stress and trauma, and how it applies to family engagement practices in early childhood, is described in this course. Strategies that support relationship building and reducing the power differential with parents/family members - especially adults impacted by toxic stress and trauma - are discussed.

This course will help SLPs identify the reasons behind students' problem behaviors. It will also discuss functional communication training and demonstrate strategies to use during therapy sessions when these behaviors are barriers to learning and engagement.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Adults receiving cochlear implants require aural rehabilitation, though it is not always recommended as frequently as it is for children. This course will examine areas of concern and indications for aural rehabilitation for adults, and will discuss the assessment process for adults.

The number of individuals who communicate in languages and dialects that differ from Standard American English (SAE) continues to grow in the U.S., yet the vast majority of SLPs are monolingual speakers of SAE. This course will introduce participants to evidence-based strategies and methods for planning and implementing assessments for multilinguals who do not speak the same language(s) as the evaluating SLP. It will also discuss resources for determining difference versus disorders in these individuals.