Professionals can encounter moments of potential conflict or confusion related to the Code of Ethics while supervising and mentoring those who are still developing knowledge, skills and dispositions. This course will demonstrate and discuss mentoring and supervising styles. It will also describe strategies and processes for holding the Code of Ethics in high regard while facilitating professionalism and ethical practices in supervisees and mentees.

This course will focus on the treatment of MCI using current best practices. Intervention structure and content, as well as examples of strategies and activities for clinical implementation will be reviewed.

This course will use a case study to review the components, administration, scoring and interpretation of the Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test-Plus (CLQT⁺). The cognitive/linguistic profile of the case will be fleshed out with results of additional testing and all information will be used for diagnosis and treatment planning.

In this course, participants will learn about metafictive picture books and how to use them to facilitate emergent literacy skills. A variety of books will be used to illustrate strategies.

This course will empower Speech-Language Pathologists to take a more active role in the identification and treatment of dyslexia by exploring the specific areas in which our expertise in language development intersects with literacy learning. Evidence-based frameworks for contribution to multi-disciplinary evaluations and intervention programs will be shared.

This course will provide an overview of the new Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), which will be implemented to replace the current Resource Utilization Groups - Version Four (RUG-IV) system in October of 2019. The course will provide an overview of all case mix indexes in addition to detailed analysis of the speech-language pathology updates.

This course will provide an explanation of the process measures found in the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS). It will address changes that will be implemented in the OASIS-D beginning in January 2019.

This course will provide an overview of the World Health Organization's (WHO): "Patient-Centered Focus on Function" as it relates to collecting information about children from foreign language background, and using evaluation data for short- and long-term program planning. Case studies will be used to illustrate how data is gathered and conclusions are drawn about best ways to serve these children's needs.

This is Part 1 of the five-part series, Improving Pediatric Feeding Assessment Skills. Lip functioning is important to the efficiency of feeding. This course will discuss the types of disordered lip movements that interfere with eating and how those deficits impact the child's feeding as a whole.

This is Part 2 of the five-part series, Improving Pediatric Feeding Assessment Skills. Tongue functioning is important for the control of food and liquid during the feeding process. This course will discuss what types of disordered tongue movements are interfering with eating and how those deficits may impact the child's feeding as a whole.