Pearson's EBP Briefs are case-based courses designed to assist with everyday decision-making in clinical practice. This case examined the question, “Do preprofessional SLPs and general-education students who have interprofessional opportunities when providing language interventions to children with language impairments show improvement in their IPEC core competencies compared to those who do not have interprofessional opportunities?” The related literature search & analysis, along with the resultant clinical decision & application to clinical practice, will also be discussed.

This is Part 2 of two-part series. Do you dream of starting your own business but don't know where to start? This Part 2 will discuss ways to enhance business management, including conducting SWOT (Strengths/Weaknesses/Opportunities/Threats) analyses, and will describe various strategies for payment collection.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Do you dream of starting your own business but don't know where to start? This Part 1 will introduce participants to different types of business structures, and roles played by the SLP as a business owner. Pros and cons of cash-based versus insurance-based practices will also be discussed.

This course defines cultural and linguistic competency and related terms, and presents factors that may affect the ability to provide culturally and linguistically competent care. This course addresses the need for self-awareness in culturally and linguistically competent medical care, the differences between disease and illness, and factors that may influence a patient's experience of illness as well as the health beliefs and practices of some cultures. An approach to eliciting a patient’s cultural health beliefs in order to aid delivery of culturally appropriate treatments will be discussed.

This course will review techniques for clear and effective communication as well as verbal and written communication with those from other cultures. This course will also discuss writing and selecting health materials and identifying assessment tools to ensure that clients understand the therapy services provided and have the skills needed to access, understand, and use health information.

The current study investigates clinical supervision, with regard to millennial student clinician expectations, needs and anxiety related to the supervisory process. It was hypothesized that millennial student learners would have greater anxiety, greater supervision expectations and supervisory needs at the outset of their graduate training.

This course will provide resources and tools for promoting effective supervision of SLPAs in a variety of settings. The program will elevate supervisory skills in an effort to maximize the effectiveness of supervisors and SLPAs, as well as evaluating the performance of SLPAs.

The course addresses the health disparities of individuals who are LGBTQ (Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender) based on the social determinants of health, including barriers to accessing care, lack of routine sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data collection, discrimination, and lack of provider knowledge about LGBTQ health.

As clinicians we must be skeptical of many therapy procedures and marketed products because they may be based on pseudoscience and quackery. Participants will learn how to evaluate claims being made about products and procedures so they can select methods that are evidence- and science-based.

This course will introduce a new tool, a communication care plan, as a person-centered approach to facilitate communication between certified nursing assistants, therapists, and residents in long-term care facilities, and enhance treatment carryover into daily care. Participants will learn how to develop a communication care plan, write treatment goals associated with the plan, and understand the importance of providing professional support for certified nursing assistants.