Early Intervention CEU Courses for SLPs

Understanding why family coaching is important and how to coach families using evidenced-based practices and family-specific solutions are described in this course. Various ways to integrate family coaching strategies within and outside of session time are also discussed.

Strategies for working with children and their families to achieve feeding goals are discussed in this course. Typical feeding development, domain-specific (behavioral, anatomical, sensory) interventions, family-specific solutions, and various ways to explore and play with food are described.

Shared book reading is a powerful tool for facilitating language and literacy. The evidence supporting mindfulness practices, and methods for integrating them into shared book-reading activities in order to enhance a child’s ability to listen, look, and learn are discussed in this course. Specific books that are appropriate for such therapy activities are described.

Prenatal and postnatal care provided by a multidisciplinary craniofacial team to optimize feeding, growth and development outcomes is described in this course. Assessment and treatment approaches before and following surgical interventions, including those for mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO), cleft lip, and cleft palate, are shared. (Part 1: Course 10433)

An introduction to prematurity and its co-occurring problems and diagnoses is provided in this course. The impact of early experiences on outcomes, and short-term and long-term complications of prematurity, are described in relation to feeding and development.

An introduction to multiple factors - including relationships - associated with feeding development, as well as a review of typical milestones, are provided in this course. An overview of conditions that can disrupt the normal developmental process is also presented.

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Use of a total oral sensorimotor approach to treatment planning for feeding/swallowing disorders in children age 0-3 is discussed. Long-term and short-term goals and therapy objectives that are measurable, understood by payors, and that address rehabilitative, facilitative and compensatory strategies as well as caregiver engagement are described.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Evaluation of feeding/swallowing in children age 0-3 is discussed, including: careful history-taking to allow comparison to age-typical anatomy, physiology and oral sensorimotor skills; assessment of overall body systems and skills with age-appropriate foods/liquids; and using assessment results to identify compensations and facilitations that support optimal function.

Information about building a trauma-informed culture in the workplace, including steps to prepare staff/professionals for providing trauma-responsive care to children and their families, is discussed in this course. Essential techniques and strategies for use in the classroom are provided, along with ways to help staff who may have experienced or are experiencing trauma.

Imperative education and resources to be provided by professionals to parents during the delicate time of identification of hearing loss is discussed in this course. Stages of grief, facilitating shared decision-making for communication as a family, and significant roles to know and consider are covered.