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Behavioral Strategies and Considerations for Working with Children and Adolescents with Emotional Behavioral Difficulties and Psychiatric Illnesses
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November 7, 2016
First, I wanted to start with a meta-analysis that was conducted in 2014. This examined 22 studies of children, ages five through 13, with an emotional-behavioral diagnosis, without any history of dev... Read More
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Language Disorder(s) School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
ALS: A Clinical Population with Unique Communication Management and AAC Needs - Part 1
October 31, 2016
In terms of ALS epidemiology, ALS is fairly rare compared to other disorders and diagnoses that we might encounter in our clinical experiences. On average, there are about two out of 100,000 individua... Read More
AAC - Technology Dysarthria Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
How Do I Know Private Practice is for Me?
October 11, 2016
I think a lot of us dream about private practice, and envision what it might be like to have our own business. That is something that I really enjoy doing. You need to think about your motivation. Why... Read More
Private Practice
What Does Speech-Language Pathology Have to do with Mental Health? Considerations for SLPs Working with Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
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October 6, 2016
To begin, I want to talk about our background and our perspective. We work at CCHMC, in the Division of Psychiatry. We work with children ranging in age from 2 to 18 years old. Our setting includes in... Read More
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Language Disorder(s) School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
Part 4: Emerging Treatments for Swallowing Disorders: Where We Are Headed
September 28, 2016
Let's begin by talking about traditional treatment and newly emerging treatments. Those of you who participated yesterday heard my colleague Tammy review some information on currently available treatm... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Vanderbilt SLP Journal Club: Seizure Disorders and the Effects of Antiepileptic Medications on Cognitive-Communicative Functions
September 26, 2016
Why Should SLPs Care About this Topic?We tend to work with neurogenic populations. Any kind of neurological damage increases a patient’s risk for seizures. Currently, the standard is that a person w... Read More
Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
The Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist in Preventing Medical Errors
September 14, 2016
How Frequently do Medical Errors Occur?I would like to start by talking about how frequently medical errors occur. What truly are we up against? Unfortunately, going to the hospital is more risky than... Read More
Prevention of Medical Errors Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Part 5: Ethical Considerations for Management of Swallowing Disorders
September 12, 2016
Speech pathologists, like other medical professionals, are credentialed by professional organizations at the national level, and frequently at the state level. Most of us have our ASHA Certification w... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Ethics Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Pearson's EBP Briefs: The Effectiveness of Academic Accommodations for School-Age Students with Traumatic Brain Injury
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September 9, 2016
Kelly has worked as a speech-language pathologist for three years in a rural school district. Her caseload includes kindergarten through high school students. One of Kelly’s colleagues, Mrs. Altig,... Read More
School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
Non-Instrumental Assessments of Swallowing: Do we know what we think we know?
August 25, 2016
To begin, we know that clinical swallow evaluations are sometimes all that clinicians have available to them in their facilities. Certainly, there are issues surrounding clinical swallow evaluations t... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Traditional Treatments for Swallowing Disorders: What We Know; What We Don't
August 23, 2016
Today, we're going to discuss traditional treatments for swallowing disorders, what we know, and what we don't. In spite of improved understanding of swallowing and swallowing dysfunction, treatment s... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Pearson's EBP Briefs: Telepractice vs. On-Site Treatment: Are Outcomes Equivalent for School-Age Children?
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August 18, 2016
Denise, a certified speech-language pathologist (SLP), has worked full-time as an SLP in her local independent school district for the past five years. Toward the end of the school year, her director... Read More
AAC - Technology Language Disorder(s) Telehealth and Telepractice
Pediatric Processing Disorders: Interdisciplinary Roles and Assessment, presented in partnership with Cincinnati Children's
August 16, 2016
I am going to be sharing with you our experience at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the way in which we approach processing disorders. We are very fortunate in that, in the last five years, we ha... Read More
Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)
Mandated Reporting for SLPs
July 29, 2016
Thanks to everyone for gathering with me today to talk about the topic of Mandated Reporting for SLPs. The course objectives are that you will be able to explain the differences between child abuse/ne... Read More
Documentation and Reimbursement Professional Issues
Children and Feeding Tubes
July 27, 2016
Let's review some of the types of feeding tubes that we might come across working with pediatric patients.Central Line/TPNThe first one is TPN, total parenteral nutrition, or also called a central lin... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
Pearson's EBP Briefs: Comparing the Effects of Working Memory-Based Interventions for Children with Language Impairment
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July 26, 2016
Katie is a school-based speech-language pathologist (SLP) in an elementary school that serves students in kindergarten through grade 6. She has a large and diverse caseload of children with speech and... Read More
Language Disorder(s)
Pearson's EBP Briefs: Comparing Evidence-Based Interventions for Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders
July 26, 2016
Kathy is a seasoned speech-language pathologist who has worked extensively with preschool and school-age children who have autism spectrum disorders (ASD). She recently moved into a new position in wh... Read More
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Early Intervention
Navigating the Requirements of Special Education Eligibility
July 20, 2016
I had an opportunity to write an article for the ASHA Leader a few years ago, which stemmed from my work at the Department of Education. While there, I provided technical assistance on the issue of ch... Read More
School Intervention and Collaboration in Schools
Navigating the Money Maze: How SLP Services are Reimbursed in Different Settings
May 27, 2016
We are going to talk about the money maze. For clinicians, sometimes the whole concept of where money comes from is a bit removed from the fact that where the money comes from can determine what is on... Read More
Aphasia Documentation and Reimbursement Dysarthria Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Supervision: Feedback, Criticism and Expectations
May 23, 2016
Supervision is often compared to parenting. When reading the literature, you may think to yourself that it sounds like instruction on how to be a good parent. Similarly, we enter supervision having li... Read More
Supervision