Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Introduction for SLPs

Name: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Introduction for SLPs
Price: 129.00 USD
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Rating: 4 (3830 reviews)

Course: #10771Level: Intermediate 1 Hour 3830 Reviews

An introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a modern evidence-based counseling approach, is provided in this course. Research support for ACT is discussed, and case studies to illustrate how ACT techniques can help patients and their families with the psychosocial consequences of living with communication disorders are presented.

Aphasia Counseling Neurogenic Communication Disorders (Adults) Social Communication Disorders

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CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.1 Intermediate, Professional; Calif SLPAB/1.0; IACET/0.1; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.0; SAC/1.0

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Learning Outcomes

After this course, participants will be able to describe the core theory of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
After this course, participants will be able to list example therapeutic techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
After this course, participants will be able to describe how to apply Acceptance and Commitment Therapy concepts to case scenarios of patients with communication disorders.

Course created on December 5, 2023

Agenda

0-5 Minutes	Introduction
5-25 Minutes	Research support
25-55 Minutes	Case scenarios applying ACT
55-60 Minutes	Summary, Q&A

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Presented By

William S. Evans
PhD CCC-SLP

William S. Evans, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders with a joint appointment in the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. He completed his undergraduate and graduate training at UMass Amherst and Boston University in the areas of psychology, linguistics and speech-language pathology, and has practiced clinically at Mass General Hospital and the Pittsburgh VA. At the University of Pittsburgh, he directs the Language Rehab and Cognition Lab and is a member of the multi-PI Pittsburgh Translational Aphasia Research Initiative. He teaches graduate coursework in the areas of counseling, aphasia and cognitive-communication disorders, and his federally-funded aphasia clinical trial research is focused on counseling, therapeutic games and adaptive computer-based interventions.

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Presenter Disclosure: Financial: William Evans was paid an honorarium for this presentation by SpeechPathology.com. He directs the Language Rehab and Cognition Lab at the University of Pittsburgh and is a member of the multi-PI Pittsburgh Translational Aphasia Research Initiative. He has received grant funding for research on the topic of this course and related topics. Nonfinancial: No nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

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