Professional Issues CEU Courses for SLPs

The personal experience of the presenter, as an individual with a disability and an occupational therapist, and perspectives on what healthcare providers should know about living with a disability are shared in this course. Discussion includes consideration of disability and accessibility in diversity/equity/inclusion frameworks, disability supports, and social factors that impact persons with disabilities.

Mindfulness, as a practice and tool for managing stress as a speech-language pathologist, is discussed in this course. Various mindfulness strategies and ways to used them in daily work are described, and opportunities to practice strategies are provided.

A discussion of bullying in adult living communities and day centers, including definitions, characteristics, incidence, and causes, is presented in this course. The different types of bullies and their typical targets, as well as the impact of bullying on older adults, are described. Interventions for the organization, the bully, and the target are reviewed to help communities minimize and even prevent bullying.

While improving and advocating for the emotional and physical wellbeing of patients, healthcare workers frequently neglect their own. Specific symptoms of professional burnout, practical techniques for decreasing burnout, and helpful resources for healthcare providers are described in this course.

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.

The differences between management and leadership, and the importance of leadership in health care, are described in this course. Differing leadership styles and ways to develop leadership skills are also discussed.

This course describes the stages, causes, symptoms, and consequences of compassion fatigue and chronic stress. It also introduces tools for assessing levels of stress and strategies for preventing/minimizing the development of compassion fatigue in the work setting.

Clinicians juggle many processes and relationships to balance high-quality services. Stages of grief and the possible physical and psychological impacts that may be experienced by parents of children with special needs are described in this course. Relevant research and ways to better support parents are also discussed.

Burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary trauma in the helping professions are discussed in this course. Protective factors and self-care strategies that can reduce stress and allow healing are described, along with the role of managers and organizations in promoting resilience.

The neurobiology of trauma, the impacts of toxic stress and trauma on young children's brains and behavior, and the science of resilience and neuroplasticity are described in this course. Trauma-responsive strategies that can help build resilience are also discussed.