CEU Courses for SLPs

An introduction to the vital knowledge and skills speech-language pathologists need to transition from clinical practice to successful business ownership. Key considerations for starting a private practice, alternative business opportunities, and strategies for developing a strong business model are discussed.

Practical strategies to cultivate resilience in children are discussed in this course. Effective techniques for teaching children resilience-building skills while exploring supportive adult-child interactions that foster resilience are also described.

This course reviews the incidence and prevalence of hearing loss in older adults. It also describes resources and strategies for assessment and evidence-based interventions and discusses practical strategies for application, documentation, and goal writing.

Have you told your students to just memorize words like “one,” “two,” and “does”? In addition to phonology, would you like to be able to explain the linguistic influences of morphology, orthography, and etymology on spelling patterns? This course describes how to help students investigate words so that spelling makes sense.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Diagnostic criteria for recommending stuttering treatment is reviewed in this course. The importance of treatment in an age of greater acceptance is also discussed.

The use of counseling strategies in stuttering treatment is described in this course. Focus is placed on targeting negative reactions to stuttering.

People with aphasia need motivating ways to fight social isolation and improve communication. Therapeutic aphasia games can address these needs by making practice more fun and engaging, especially in group contexts. This course reviews existing early-stage aphasia games research. It also describes aphasia rehabilitation and game design principles SLPs can use to develop and adapt their own therapeutic games.

Spelling is a language-based skill that falls under the scope of a speech-language pathologist (SLP); however, most SLPs lack confidence to assess spelling. How to identify the linguistic features of morphology, phonology, etymology, and orthography in a student’s writing sample and create goals to address the linguistic defects that negatively impact spelling are described in this course.

Normal anatomy and physiology of swallowing versus changes following radiation to the head and neck are described in this course. A model to manage the patients before, during, and after radiation treatment to maximize the patient’s long-term swallowing outcomes is provided, and swallowing exercises and therapy techniques are discussed.

The impact of intergenerational trauma on child language development and related areas are examined in this course, highlighting the importance of recognizing these effects. Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health - Children & Youth Version (ICF-CY) framework, evidence-based strategies for creating supportive, inclusive environments and delivering holistic treatment for affected children while considering specific cultural contexts are described.