This course will review the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for SLPs, with a focus on counseling and behavioral change for adults with aphasia or cognitive deficits following acquired brain injury. Literature updates and case examples from the presenter's clinical practice will be included.

Using examples provided by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), this interactive course will demonstrate how to score the new J and GG questions on the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS D). It will address how to improve accuracy in answering the new questions and how they relate to existing M questions on the OASIS.

This is Part 3 of a three-part series. This course will provide an introduction to the emotional and spiritual issues related to end-of-life care and how the SLP can support patients in having a "good death." Suggestions for changing institutional landscapes to support quality end-of-life care will be discussed.

This is Part 2 of a three-part series. This course will provide an introduction to the important role that SLPs can play in caring for people near the end of life, and the application of ethical principles to end-of-life situations. Several case studies will be presented.

This is Part 1 of a three-part series. This course will introduce issues related to end-of-life care, including the contemporary experience of dying in America, common care settings, and patient values at the end of life.

This Vanderbilt SLP Journal Club course will discuss neurodiversity - the idea that disorders like autism should be considered a normal human variation - and how it affects the practice of speech-language pathologists with their pediatric and adult clients. Theories and strategies, as well as professional and personal impact, will be addressed.

This 3-part course will introduce SLPs to topics related to end-of-life care, including how and where people die, the role of SLPs and the application of ethical principles in end-of-life situations, and the issues of grief, spirituality and the "good death."

This is Part 2 of a two-part series. This course will review dysphagia treatment following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Specifically, it will cover the treatment of survivors of TBI in various levels of consciousness, techniques, oral care, and family education.

Patients with dementia may exhibit behaviors that appear to be signs and symptoms of dysphagia; however, these symptoms may actually be solely part of the dementia disease process. This course will discuss the link between dysphagia and dementia and how to separate them in order to provide quality care for patients.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. This course will discuss dysphagia following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Specifically, etiology, characteristics, and assessment of dysphagia following TBI will be addressed.