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Post-Concussive Syndrome
August 2, 2022
A description of post-concussive syndrome, including etiology, predictors, and common symptoms. Differential diagnosis and treatment considerations are addressed. Read More
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Building Your Case for Medical Necessity: The Nuts and Bolts of Skilled Therapy Documentation
December 9, 2021
This course provides participants with an understanding of documentation requirements in a post-acute setting, including Medicare regulations and guidelines. It identifies why speech therapy services... Read More
Documentation and Reimbursement Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Treatment of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
July 23, 2021
Functional treatment of common symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) across the continuum of settings, from acute care to outpatient care to return to school and work is discussed in this cou... Read More
Back to Basics Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Evaluation of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
July 1, 2021
This course focuses on functional evaluation of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) across the treatment continuum, from acute care to outpatient care to sideline assessment. Read More
Back to Basics Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Decision Making for Alternate Nutrition and Hydration - Part 1
February 24, 2021
This course reviews patient and family concerns that impact the ANH decision-making process, including religious beliefs and culture. Advance directives are discussed and resources for patients/famili... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
External Cognitive Aids for Adults with Acquired Cognitive Deficits
November 11, 2020
Editor's Note: This text is a transcript of the course, External Cognitive Aids for Adults with Acquired Cognitive Deficits, presented by Jessica Brown, PhD, CCC-SLP.Learning OutcomesAfter this co... Read More
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Adult Aural Rehabilitation: Indications and Assessment
October 7, 2020
This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Adults receiving cochlear implants require aural rehabilitation, though it is not always recommended as frequently as it is for children. This course will examine... Read More
Hearing and Hearing Loss Cochlear Implants Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Dementia Diaries Part 1: Understanding the Types of Dementia
September 24, 2020
This is the first part of a four-part series discussing the types of dementia. In this series, we are going to be looking at dementia symptoms that affect a population that we are dedicated to serving... Read More
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Dysphagia after Traumatic Brain Injury: Treatment
October 31, 2019
Traumatic brain injury is a disruption in the normal function of the brain that can be caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head, or a penetrating injury” (Marr & Coronado, 2004). Alteration of co... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
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
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
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
Palliative Care across the Health Care Continuum: The Role of the SLP in Each Setting
November 7, 2018
Thank you so much for your participation today as we discuss the role of the SLP in palliative care. In my experience, palliative care is a concept that many people are unfamiliar with and is often mi... Read More
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Discourse Intervention in Aphasia: The clinical value of stories and conversation
October 23, 2018
Before I begin, I would like to conduct some polls. The first question is, “When seeing patients, how many of you engage them in conversation?” This could be asking patients about how their day wa... Read More
Aphasia Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Dysarthria - Back to the Basics: Treatment
September 20, 2018
How do we decide who might benefit from therapy? How do we make therapeutic recommendations? I like to consider how much the dysarthria is affecting someone's activities or their participation in ever... Read More
Dysarthria Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Dysarthria - Back to the Basics: Differential Diagnosis and Assessment
September 10, 2018
Since this is a “back to basics” course, we will start with the basics. A motor speech disorder is any disorder of speech that results from a neurological impairment. That neurological impairment... Read More
Dysarthria Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Dentition: Oral Health, Hygiene and the Swallow (Part 2)
August 30, 2018
My experience in many facilities, and I hope yours is different than mine, was that mouth care was spotty at best. Many times, we really didn't have mouth care and unfortunately, that seemed to be rel... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Dentition: Oral Health, Hygiene and the Swallow (Part 1)
August 8, 2018
This course is Part 1, which will cover the information on dentition. Part 2 (Course 8412) will focus more on mouth care. The impact of dentition, or sometimes the lack of dentition, is a very importa... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Veterans Affairs (VA) courses
Parallels in Cognitive Symptoms in Psychological Health and Acquired Brain Injury Diagnosis
July 2, 2018
To begin, I wanted to talk about Phineas Gage. He was one of the first documented cases where psychological changes occurred following a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Phineas Gage was an iron worker i... Read More
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Research Watch Report: Attention and Memory in Adults with TBI
June 21, 2018
Attention may be defined as “the flexible allocation of cognitive resources toward stimuli, internal representations, and outputs that are currently most important for the accomplishment of a behavi... Read More
Research Watch Report Veterans Affairs (VA) courses