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Articles for SLP CEUs
ALS: Medications and Oral Care
June 6, 2019
ALS is one of the progressive, debilitating neurodegenerative diseases, so it’s important to know what is available as far as medications and complementary alternative medications. Many times, patie... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
ALS: Advantages and Disadvantages of Exercise
June 4, 2019
In this Part 2 course, we will be looking at exercise with the ALS population. Part 3 will cover the impact of nutrition. I will discuss diet recommendations and pros and cons of PEG tube usage for in... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
20Q: Speech Sound Disorders in Children: What's New?
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May 30, 2019
The vast majority of pediatric speech-language pathologists (SLPs) evaluate and treat speech sound disorders (SSDs). For these SLPs to ensure that they are providing evidence-based practice, they shou... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
SIMQ: Common Misconceptions About Simulations
May 25, 2019
This SimQ article addresses some of the common misconceptions surrounding the use of simulations. Read More
Simulations
Aspiration Pneumonia: It's Not Just Aspiration
May 8, 2019
I would like to start with defining pneumonia. Pneumonia is a lung infection with a number of different potential causes. It can be caused by a virus, bacteria, or less commonly, a fungal agent. The s... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Pearson's EBP Briefs: Effects of stuttering treatment: A systematic review of single-subject experimental design studies
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May 1, 2019
Malia has been a speech-language pathologist for 20 years and has worked in a variety of settings with individuals of all ages. Five years ago, Malia joined a private practice specializing in fluency.... Read More
Stuttering
Entrepreneurship for the SLP Professional, Part 1
April 22, 2019
This is a two-part series, and in Part 1 we will define the roles between a tradesperson and business owner, look at various legal structures and weigh the pros and cons of cash versus insurance based... Read More
Private Practice Professional Issues
20Q: Language Development and Its Clinical Applications
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April 15, 2019
If you are a pediatric speech-language pathologist or if you are a parent or a grandparent of an infant or toddler, you will be particularly interested in this 20Q article entitled Language Developmen... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Early Intervention Language Disorder(s)
Delivering Culturally Competent Care: Strategies for Clinicians
April 4, 2019
During this course, we are going to define cultural and linguistic competency. I will shorten that to “cultural competency” throughout the rest of the session rather than saying the longer full ph... Read More
Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Early Intervention Professional Issues Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
20Q: Counseling Families of Children with Communication Disorders
April 4, 2019
The field of speech-language pathology is very broad. Some of us work with infants, some work with school-aged children, and others work with adults. Most of us tend to specialize, or at least focus,... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Counseling
Health Literacy: Effective Client Communication and Education
March 26, 2019
Health literacy is the ability to read, compute, understand, and act on health information, to make informed decisions. Low health literacy is a serious threat to the wellbeing of persons seeking medi... Read More
Professional Issues
Research Watch Report: "Intensive" Evidence-Based Aphasia Interventions
March 12, 2019
According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD, 2015), about 1 million people in the United States are currently living with aphasia. ASHA’s (2017) data sug... Read More
Aphasia Research Watch Report Telehealth and Telepractice
Increasing Student Participation in the IEP Process
March 8, 2019
The concept of student-driven IEPs has been growing. In the last decade, there's been a lot of increased discussion amongst educators about including students and increasing their participation in the... Read More
School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
How to Advocate for Students with IEPs through Professional Role Empowerment Strategies
February 27, 2019
This text is a transcript of the webinar, How to Advocate for Students with IEPs through Professional Role Empowerment Strategies, presented by Lara L. Wakefield, PhD, CCC-SLP.Learning OutcomesAfter t... Read More
School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
Increasing Student Self-Determination
February 25, 2019
Self-determination has several definitions in the literature. Field, Marlin, Miller, Ward, and Wehmeyer (1998) define self-determination as a “combination of skills, knowledge, and beliefs that enab... Read More
School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
Pharmacology and Swallowing
February 19, 2019
I am going to spend some time talking about pharmacology and swallowing. I am a speech pathologist in a hospital setting and work in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Those of you who do inpatie... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
20Q: Speech Sound Disorders: "Old" and "New" Tools
February 18, 2019
Understanding the basis of speech sound disorders and choosing appropriate interventions for treatment can be very challenging for pediatric speech-language pathologists. Therefore, I am delighted tha... Read More
20Q with Ann Kummer Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
Skilled Nursing Facility State Survey Process - Providing Person-Centered Care
February 11, 2019
I began, and have continued my career in skilled nursing facilities, and can say that over the past 13 years there have been some really positive changes in the culture in long-term care facilities. B... Read More
Differential Diagnosis of the Dysarthrias: An Innovative Case Analysis Approach
February 4, 2019
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the process of differential diagnosis of the dysarthrias using an innovative case analysis approach. Using a simple acronym, the clinician integrates the ava... Read More
Dysarthria
SIMQ: Telesupervision
January 28, 2019
In this SimQ article, we will focus on the impact of this change and offer ways to assure that students are obtaining clinical clock hours in a manner that complies with the standard. Read More
Simulations