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Designing, Selecting, and Implementing AAC Supports for Adults with Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Course: #8776Level: Intermediate 1.5 Hours 1321 Reviews
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This course focuses on the process of selecting and implementing augementative/alternative communication (AAC) supports that are functional and personally relevant for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Demonstration of various strategies for clinical use, depicted through case-study examples, are also included.

Course created on March 12, 2019

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Course Type: Video

CEUs/Hours Offered: ASHA/0.15 Intermediate, Professional; IACET/0.2; Kansas LTS-S1370/1.5; RESNA/0.15 Intermediate; SAC/1.5

Learning Outcomes

  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to identify current barriers to AAC implementation for adults with TBI and describe how to evaluate available evidence to ameliorate these barriers.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to identify communication profiles of adults with TBI as they relate to AAC assessment, treatment, and use.
  • checkmarkAfter this course, participants will be able to describe how to implement methods for adequately assessing individuals with TBI for potential AAC use and perform device feature matching to inform personalized treatment protocols.

Agenda

0-10 Minutes Introduction; TBI & AAC - Potential barriers to consider
10-25 Minutes Assessing individuals with TBI
25-40 Minutes Communication Profiles of Adults with TBI - Ranchos Levels & Patient Profiles
40-50 Minutes Selecting & Trialing Appropriate Devices - Feature Matching
50-60 Minutes Goal Setting Techniques
60-80 Minutes Personalized Treatment Options; Designing Personalized AAC
80-90 Minutes Summary, Q&A

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Presenter Disclosure: Financial: Jessica Brown was paid an honorarium by SpeechPathology.com for this presentation. Dr. Brown runs the Cognitive Communication Brain Lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she teaches and researches topics related to this event. Nonfinancial: No relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.

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American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Assn.

Intermediate Level
0.15 ASHA CEUs


International Association for Continuing Education and Training

International Association for Continuing Education and Training

Continued, LLC, DBA SpeechPathology.com, is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). Continued complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, Continued is authorized to issue the IACET CEU. continued, LLC, is authorized by IACET to offer 0.2 CEUs for this program.


Kansas Dept for Aging and Disability Services

Approved for 1.5 continuing education clock hour(s) for Kansas licensed Speech Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services. Long-Term Sponsorship number: LTS-S1370.

California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board: SpeechPathology.com is approved by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board as a Continuing Professional Development Provider, approval number PDP 268. This course may meet the requirements for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for SLPs as required by the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board. The responsibility for determining whether or not this specific course counts toward an individual's requirements for license renewal is up to the individual. Please refer to the CA state board rules regarding allowable topics and self-study limits: http://www.speechandhearing.ca.gov/licensees/ce_req.shtml. Live webinars on SpeechPathology.com do not count as self-study courses toward California professional development requirements.


Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America

Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America

The continued family of websites, including SpeechPathology.com, is an approved CE provider by the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA). This course is offered for 0.15 CEUs (Intermediate level, Area). The assignment of RESNA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by RESNA.


Speech-Language and Audiology Canada

Speech-Language and Audiology Canada

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