Counseling CEU Courses Video for SLPs

The COVID-19 pandemic augmented both the challenges and awareness of social isolation and loneliness for healthcare professionals, families, & at-risk individuals. This course differentiates social isolation and loneliness, describes risk factors and signs of these conditions, and identifies effective ways to reduce their occurrence while promoting improved mental and physical health outcomes for clients and professionals.

An introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a modern evidence-based counseling approach, is provided in this course. Research support for ACT is discussed, and case studies to illustrate how ACT techniques can help patients and their families with the psychosocial consequences of living with communication disorders are presented.

The neurobiology of trauma, the impacts of toxic stress and trauma on young children's brains and behavior, and the science of resilience and neuroplasticity are described in this course. Trauma-responsive strategies that can help build resilience are also discussed.

This course provides an overview of the psychosocial impact of aphasia, with particular attention to depression and anxiety as well as barriers to accessing mental health services. The importance of interdisciplinary collaboration between speech-language pathologists and mental health providers, and of supports such as stepped psychological care, peer befriending, support groups, and communication partner training, is also discussed.

This course is the second in a 3-part series that addresses diversity, equity, & inclusion in healthcare. It focuses on disabilities and the impact of implicit bias on service delivery, and discusses the importance of the representation of people with disabilities as health care professionals and how this affects the quality of patient care. In addition, tools for facilitating and implementing effective diversity and inclusion initiatives are provided.

This course is the first in a 3-part series that addresses diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare. This course focuses on mental health care and the impact of implicit bias in service delivery. In addition, tools for facilitating and implementing effective diversity and inclusion initiatives are discussed, along with their challenges and positive effects on outcomes.

This Back to Basics course focuses on the preventative aspect of improving brain health with adult patients, with emphasis on elements that SLPs can target during instruction or counseling aspects of patient treatment and caregiver support. Additional information is provided on advocacy for these services and community outreach to organizations working with older adults.

This course explores emotional intelligence (EQ) and how to "plug in" and use it in situations that go awry with parents of clients. Specific strategies for handling difficult situations and de-escalating arguments are discussed.

Critically ill individuals are often unable to participate actively in clinical-decision making, and the responsibility for this often falls to the caregiver. This course addresses caregiver and clinician roles and challenges, as well as factors to consider when counseling individuals caring for patients with swallowing disorders. The Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act and its applications are also discussed.

The sudden loss of intimacy post-stroke can have a dramatic change on satisfaction in a relationship, and this added cost to caregiving is often not addressed in rehabilitation. This course discusses the evidence related to changes in intimacy when an individual has aphasia, outcomes from a community program targeting intimate reconnection, and ways speech-language pathologists can support the reclaiming of these important relationships.