CEU Courses for SLPs

Improving intelligibility is the main goal of dysarthria intervention, and assessing intelligibility is critical for monitoring treatment success. This course discusses recent evidence on estimating intelligibility to determine best practices for assessing this crucial outcome in speakers with dysarthria.

Developmental language disorder (DLD) – a neurodiversity that occurs in 10% of the population and that makes learning vocabulary and grammar difficult - is the most commonly co-occurring learning disability associated with dyslexia, a word reading difficulty. DLD and dyslexia are described in this course with a focus on how they are the same and different. Actionable, practice solutions for improving educational outcomes for those with DLD and dyslexia through response to intervention and implementation science are discussed.

This is Part 2 of a two-part course. How to identify the impact of semantic reasoning on word retrieval and independent word-learning is discussed in this course. How to develop an intervention plan for language and executive functioning intervention is also described.

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 importance of differential diagnosis of speech sound disorders is discussed in this course. How to integrate case history, oral mech, phonetic inventory, and error analysis to determine a speech sound disorder profile is described.

How current technologies can extend the reach of speech-language pathology to aid adults with executive functioning challenges is discussed in this course. Specific apps, software, strategies, and systems to lower stress and enhance clients' autonomy and productivity are described.

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

Adolescents possess a unique set of needs as they transition from structured, school-based settings to independent daily life. This course focuses on writing goals for adolescents that embody a transdisciplinary approach and support the transfer of skills to a student’s real-world functioning.

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.

An introduction to aquatic therapy designed specifically for the SLP. Precautions to immersion, reasons for choosing aquatic therapy over land, and tips on positioning patients in water for speech and language are addressed in this course.