New!
Event Dates:9/18/2024-9/30/2024
Format(s):
Online Conference
This online conference provides information on several rare diseases and disorders, focusing on the speech, language, hearing, feeding, and swallowing implications, so SLPs can feel prepared when you encounter a child or adolescent with one of these conditions.
New!
Event Date: 9/19/2024
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar explores ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) in infants, focusing on its impact on feeding, speech, and overall oral function. The presenter discusses the anatomy and physiology of ankyloglossia, evidence-based clinical assessment methods, as well as current trends and controversies surrounding its management. The course emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment, including the decision-making process for surgical intervention and post-operative care.
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Event Date: 10/9/2024
Format(s):
Live Webinar
Individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) have specific communication needs relevant to accessing mental health care. This live webinar (October 9, 2024, 3-5 p.m. ET) will delve into this vital area of care, providing actionable strategies and next steps to SLPs who work with AAC users, regardless of your familiarity with the arena of mental health access.
New!
Event Date: 10/11/2024
Format(s):
Live Webinar
Under ideal conditions, children with hearing loss receive services from both a clinical audiologist and an educational audiologist to support their unique needs. Collaboration between these professionals is critical to the success of these children, and this live webinar (October 11, 2024, 3-4 p.m. ET) will discuss overcoming obstacles that may interfere with this partnership. The presenters will explore barriers and practical solutions to collaboration challenges such as difficulties with cross-professional communication, staffing concerns in schools, and more.
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Event Dates:10/16/2024-10/28/2024
Format(s):
Online Conference
This online conference focuses on leveraging your strengths as an SLP along with the unique strengths of your students. Gain practical insights and strategies that you can implement right away to boost student engagement, foster collaborative relationships, and enhance overall student success.
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Event Date: 10/22/2024
Format(s):
Live Webinar
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common and pervasive virus, and undiagnosed cases can have a range of impacts on children. This live webinar (October 22, 1-2 p.m. ET) will discuss the myths and facts about congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) and the key role educational audiologists play in recognizing the connections between student challenges and cCMV. The presenter will also discuss the modes of transmission of CMV and necessary precautions.
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Event Date: 10/23/2024
Format(s):
Live Webinar
If you are an SLP who works with middle- and high-school-age students with developmental language disorder (DLD), you might have questions like: What is my role? Where do I start? Should I be targeting written language? How do I support comprehension? This live webinar (October 23, 2024, 1-3 p.m. ET) will address these questions and more.
New!
Event Date: 10/30/2024
Format(s):
Live Webinar
This live webinar (October 30, 2024, 1-3 p.m. ET) will provide audiologists and SLPs with an overview of trauma-informed care, culturally responsive teaching practices, and tips for engaging adolescents. The presenters will discuss evidence-based strategies for meeting young adults where they are and supporting their social-emotional needs.
New!
Event Date: 11/6/2024
Format(s):
Live Webinar
Inclusion and reporting of clinical research participants from all backgrounds is the cornerstone to developing representative screening, assessment, and treatment models. One way to address the challenges of including a diverse group of participants is by developing community-based research partnerships. This live webinar (November 6, 2024, 1-2 p.m. ET) will discuss the importance of such partnerships as well as strategies to develop and maintain them.
Event Dates:11/6/2024-11/18/2024
Format(s):
Online Conference
This 13-day online conference provides essential information about whole body systems and the impacts of airway disease and associated medical interventions on communication and swallowing.
New!
Event Date: 11/13/2024
Format(s):
Live Webinar
This live webinar (November 13, 2024, 2-4 p.m. ET) will discuss ways that SLPs can incorporate mindfulness in a variety of treatment contexts with patients to improve voice, fluency, speech, cognition, and communication. The presentation will include case studies as well as a short mindfulness practice opportunity.
New!
Event Date: 11/14/2024
Format(s):
Live Webinar
Would you like to provide educational audiology services in a school setting but are unsure where to start? This live webinar (November 14, 2024, 2-3 p.m. ET) will share essential information for audiologists considering this type of service provision. The speakers will outline key considerations and steps to create an effective, efficient, and self-sustaining program.
New!
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
If you are an SLP who works with middle- and high-school-age students with developmental language disorder (DLD), you might have questions like: What is my role? Where do I start? Should I be targeting written language? How do I support comprehension? This on demand webinar (available beginning October 25, 2024) will address these questions and more.
New!
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar (available beginning November 1, 2024) will provide audiologists and SLPs with an overview of trauma-informed care, culturally responsive teaching practices, and tips for engaging adolescents. The presenters will discuss evidence-based strategies for meeting young adults where they are and supporting their social-emotional needs.
New!
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar (available beginning November 15, 2024) will discuss ways that SLPs can incorporate mindfulness in a variety of treatment contexts with patients to improve voice, fluency, speech, cognition, and communication. The presentation will include case studies as well as a short mindfulness practice opportunity.
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This collection of SIG 15 Perspectives articles involves a myriad of contemporary issues related to the professions, including the impact of retirement on mental health; gender differences in self-reported oral health-related quality of life; and the relationship between social networks and poststroke communication outcomes.
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 11 Perspectives course addresses the necessity of a community-informed, strengths-based approach to health care service provision for individuals with communication disorders, and the impact of relationally focused reflections on improving conflict-handling skills in graduate speech-language pathology students.
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
The three articles included in this SIG 18 Perspectives course represent the diverse work settings and populations served through telepractice. The first article evaluates an in-person and telepractice-delivered parent-mediated intervention for autistic children. The second article investigates the administration of an assessment for auditory processing disorders via in-person and telepractice delivery. The third article describes a systematic problem-solving approach for conducting aphasia assessments via telepractice.
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
Although there are extensive resources in ways to assess hearing loss and outcomes of
hearing intervention in children and adults, research is needed to be more innovative to
assess hearing health care in a multifaceted way. The first article in this SIG 7 activity
includes information about a new pediatric speech in noise screener Hearing
Assessment in Response to Noise Screener (HeARS) that can be used as an app.
School-age children spend a significant amount of time in noisy listening environments
and research has demonstrated that background noise can have a detrimental effect on
speech-language as well as academic performance. This is even more prominent in
children with hearing loss. Having said that, there are not many ways to evaluate speech
understanding in noise performance for these children. This article discusses the
preliminary results of using this app on children aged 4 to 14 years. The test allows
assessing children’s ability to understand speech in presence of noise in varying signal
to noise ratios (SNR) conditions. Their study concludes that this test is acceptable to use
in children and can accurately demonstrate increasing difficulty in speech understanding
with decreasing SNR. This test has the potential to be used by clinicians in making
audiology assessment more accessible. Next, the second article includes information on
quality-of-life outcomes after cochlear implantation. Although cochlear implants have
been shown to improve quality of life, these quality-of-life changes can be perceived
differently by the implant recipient and their communication partners. This article
discusses the preliminary results of a case study that explored general and hearing related
quality of life changes after implantation, as perceived by the recipients and their
frequent communication partners. Their study concludes that although results for both
groups were comparable, there was low agreement in the disease-specific quality of life
change ratings. This suggests the importance of better communication between
recipients and their partners and the importance of including communication partners in
hearing health care.
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 12 activity offers opportunities to extend augmentative and alternative
communication (AAC) clinical practice through the inclusion of critical topic areas. The
first article describes survey results and offers recommendations on parent perspectives
regarding AAC assessments, barriers, and supports. Then, the second article focuses
on the perceptions of Latina mothers of young children in early intervention settings,
highlighting the need for culturally responsive communication and family centered
support. As a part of a review of the existing literature, the third article uncovers needs
for family centered, multilingual, and multicultural practice and calls for more quantitative
research in multilingualism and AAC.
New!
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) have specific communication needs relevant to accessing mental health care. This on demand webinar (available beginning October 11, 2024) will delve into this vital area of care, providing actionable strategies and next steps to SLPs who work with AAC users, regardless of your familiarity with the arena of mental health access.
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
In this SIG 2 activity, participants explore the needs of people with aphasia and other cognitive-communication impairments as they interact with the legal system. The first article is a systematic review that reviews the historic accommodations that have been made to support people with aphasia during court proceedings. Using these, the article provides proactive recommendations for the support of people with aphasia who are involved with legal proceedings. The second article discusses the etiologies and prevalence of cognitive-communication disorders in people who are involved in the criminal justice system. Recommendations are provided for SLPs to participate as a part of the interdisciplinary team working with these youth and adults.
New!
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Would you like to provide educational audiology services in a school setting but are unsure where to start? This on demand webinar (available beginning November 16, 2024) will share essential information for audiologists considering this type of service provision. The speakers will outline key considerations and steps to create an effective, efficient, and self-sustaining program.
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
Case study is a valuable instructional tool for advancing knowledge and skills in clinical practice. In this SIG 4 Perspectives activity, learners will read three peer-reviewed case study presentations emphasizing unique aspects of stuttering treatment in preschool children and adults.
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 8 activity summarizes the existing knowledge regarding auditory and
nonauditory health outcomes of roadway traffic noise. Sources of roadway noise,
theorized impacts on the auditory system, systems of measurement, and proposed
policy and public health solutions are reviewed. The authors describe how audiologists
fit within broader public health efforts to address noise exposure in the population.
New!
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Under ideal conditions, children with hearing loss receive services from both a clinical audiologist and an educational audiologist to support their unique needs. Collaboration between these professionals is critical to the success of these children, and this on demand webinar (available beginning October 13, 2024) will discuss overcoming obstacles that may interfere with this partnership. The presenters will explore barriers and practical solutions to collaboration challenges such as difficulties with cross-professional communication, staffing concerns in schools, and more.
New!
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common and pervasive virus, and undiagnosed cases can have a range of impacts on children. This on demand webinar (available beginning October 24, 2024) will discuss the myths and facts about congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) and the key role educational audiologists play in recognizing the connections between student challenges and cCMV. The presenter will also discuss the modes of transmission of CMV and necessary precautions.
New!
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
When working with children who are deaf/hard of hearing, including those from diverse backgrounds, SLPs need to focus not only on skill development but also on the cultural context in which literacy skills and practices are cultivated. This on demand webinar will discuss a culturally responsive framework and interactive, multimodal approach to support literacy development in young children.
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 5 Perspectives course contains articles that discuss the psychosocial impacts of craniofacial care on patients and their caregivers. The articles include a literature review highlighting pediatric medical traumatic stress (PMTS) and findings of a survey examining how psychosocial barriers impact patient and family compliance with home exercise programs (HEPs).
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
In this SIG 2 article series, participants explore innovative approaches for supporting the mental health and functional communication of people with chronic aphasia. The first article describes how speech-language pathologists can work collaboratively with other professionals to support the mental health of people with aphasia by outlining multiple evidence-based approaches and interventions. The second article describes a single- subject research study in which script training was employed with a person with chronic nonfluent aphasia to improve his functional communication over two to three therapy sessions with three different scripts. The third article explores the use of co-constructed storytelling to support life participation and identity reconstruction in people with chronic aphasia.
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
In this article, authors explored how online program management companies
(OPMs) are utilized by institutions in higher education to build programs or expand them
into online learning environments. Authors provided an overview of the benefits,
disadvantages, and prevalence of OPM usage.
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 10 activity explores the use of simulation and artificial intelligence (AI) in communication sciences and disorders (CSD) programs. Articles focus on the importance of debriefing during simulated clinical experiences; students’ self-efficacy ratings for aphasia assessment and treatment after participation in a simulated aphasia escape room; and the use of ChatGPT to teach plain language writing to graduate students in CSD.
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Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar will explore right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) and the speech-language services that people with RHD may need to address cognitive-communication impairments. The webinar will address overcoming barriers to individuals with RHD receiving SLP services, evidence-based practices and tools for assessing and treating RHD, and ideas for improving assessment and treatment across the continuum of care.
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Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Audiology and speech-language pathology clinicians and students with disabilities have lived experiences that shape their perspectives as current and future professionals. Part of the role of the supervisor/clinical educator is to learn, listen, and empower. This on demand webinar will explore how supervisors/clinical educators can recognize the individual needs of clinicians/students with disabilities and create an affirming and productive clinical/educational environment.
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Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar (available beginning August 9, 2024) will discuss evaluating children with voice disorders, including determining the appropriate clinical path to a comprehensive voice evaluation. The speaker will present strategies and techniques for collecting and evaluating voice samples; highlight no-tech and low-tech assessment methods; and discuss the importance of identifying children with dysphonic voices from an educational and social-emotional perspective. This presentation will be relevant for SLPs across practice settings who see children of all ages with voice disorders.
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 16 activity includes recent research that focuses on providing SLPs with strategies to implement research-based and evidence-based interventions in schools. Articles examine training in research-based behavioral interventions and their implementation; the shift from a reactive, practitioner-based model of support in assistive technology to a proactive, team-based coaching model for students with complex communication needs; and the challenges and opportunities school-based SLPs face regarding the implementation of research-based interventions within multitiered systems of support (MTSS).
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 10 CE activity focuses on three articles related to rare competencies in
communication sciences and disorders. The first article reveals a rationale for including
traumatic brain injury content in audiology programs in order to provide quality care for
patients with posttraumatic audiovestibular disturbances. The second article describes
the perceived effectiveness of a dedicated counseling course for early career speechlanguage
pathologists and graduate students. The final article explores how speech-language
pathology graduate students and preservice teachers for deaf and hard of
hearing students can learn to effectively collaborate to support the children they serve.
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Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 1 activity focuses on how speech sound disorders (SSDs) can have an
impact on children’s literacy skills and development.
The first article describes the phonological awareness (PA) skills of children with
SSDs and compares the relationships between types of speech errors to strengths and
weaknesses in their phonological awareness abilities.
The second article is a tutorial that aims to provide evidence that supports the
use of print and print referencing in speech therapy sessions with children who have
SSDs.
The third article examines the available evidence for intervention frameworks that
support literacy skill development, specifically within the context of SSD intervention.
The fourth article reviews why SSDs put children at risk for word reading
difficulties and how speech-language pathologists can integrate foundational skills to
reduce this risk.
New!
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar (available beginning September 27, 2024) can help new and experienced school-based SLPs expand their impact on the way language and literacy intervention is done in their school buildings. This webinar will give SLPs practical solutions for breaking down silos within their schools; infusing their expertise into their schools' culture and climate; and emerging as a leader in their schools and/or districts.
New!
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Inclusion and reporting of clinical research participants from all backgrounds is the cornerstone to developing representative screening, assessment, and treatment models. One way to address the challenges of including a diverse group of participants is by developing community-based research partnerships. This on demand webinar (available beginning November 8, 2024) will discuss the importance of such partnerships as well as strategies to develop and maintain them.
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Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar will define and discuss developmental language disorder (DLD) as it relates to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) regulations. The speaker will explore curriculum-based language assessment methods aligned to grade-level academic standards and share evidence-based interventions to treat DLD in early childhood and elementary school settings.
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Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
In this on demand webinar (available beginning October 5, 2024), two members of the ASHA Board of Ethics will provide an overview of the ASHA Code of Ethics and adjudication process as well as highlight commonly asked questions about ethical issues surrounding audiology practice. The speakers will discuss case scenarios and answer participants' questions. The webinar will be applicable to audiologists at any career stage as well as audiologists in training.
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Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar will discuss foundations for clinical supervision in audiology settings. The course is designed for audiology clinical instructors and preceptors with any level of supervisory experience and who work in any audiology setting. The speaker will provide suggestions for structuring successful clinical learning opportunities as well as recommendations for supervisors in outplacements as well as academic settings.
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Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar will equip SLPs who provide early intervention services with the knowledge and skills necessary to maximize progress through family-centered intervention. Using case studies and strategy examples, the speaker will discuss how to coach caregivers—with a particular focus on multilingual families, children with multiple disabilities, and/or families experiencing trauma or adversity.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar will cover what audiologists and SLPs need to understand about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Speakers will identify who is subject to these laws as well as their regulatory and other compliance requirements. Learners will gain insights into the basic principles of both laws as well as potential pitfalls. Case studies will explore practical scenarios illustrating compliance challenges and strategies.
Format(s):
Journal (Online)
This course is composed of a journal article that discusses person-centered assessment methods and tools for primary progressive aphasia (PPA). Using case studies, the authors define and present components of person-centered assessment, outline the R.A.I.S.E. assessment framework, and discuss its practical applications for assessment and treatment of individuals with PPA as well as for working with their care partners.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This webinar will explore alternative access methods in early childhood along with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), with a focus on switch access. The speaker will discuss a total access approach assigning meaning to all communication attempts, increasing social interactions and acceptance, and presuming competence for the youngest learners. The webinar will share examples of play-based learning activities that SLPs can customize to meet a child's unique interests and passions while focusing on alternative access methods.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This webinar will provide information to help SLPs feel more confident during the challenging process of assessing and diagnosing children with developmental language disorder (DLD). The webinar will define, compare, and contrast the features associated with various assessment tools and discuss the rationale for different assessments. The speaker will address how to select the best assessment instrument for the particular child and how to utilize information gained to inform clinical decisions.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar features a discussion among five authors of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology article "'Please Don't Assess Him to Destruction': The R.A.I.S.E. Assessment Framework for Primary Progressive Aphasia." The authors discussed the R.A.I.S.E. assessment framework and its clinical applications and future directions.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar explores the special education process from referral to dismissal under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) as it relates to students with speech-language disorders. The speaker discusses the role of the SLP, response to intervention (RTI) strategies, and the development of IEPs with specific goals to meet the individual needs of students. The webinar discusses principles and rules from the ASHA Code of Ethics that support ethical decision-making throughout the process.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection ranks among the leading causes of hearing loss in children. This on demand webinar will explore the characteristics of cCMV and how it affects hearing, cognition, and movement as well as strategies for clinical care, advocacy, and public health as it relates to cCMV.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
When providing services for elementary students with speech sound disorders, you might ask: Is pull-out the best service delivery model for this student? How can I collaborate with teachers to promote generalization? Would classroom-based services be appropriate? This on demand webinar will review models of co-teaching and apply them to specific students and situations, explore practical resources to enhance collaboration, and guide you through developing a plan to increase effective collaboration in your work environment.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
TMPRSS3 is a genetic variant associated with either progressive or congenital bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Through case studies, this on demand webinar will address multidisciplinary management spanning from diagnosis of hearing loss to cochlear implantation. The presenters will share relevant education for professionals working with children with hearing loss.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
SLPs are often underutilized in home health (HH) care settings despite the value they bring to patient care and outcomes. With the recent expansion of Medicare's home health value-based purchasing (HHVBP) model, the need for SLPs will only increase. This on demand webinar will discuss the critical role SLPs play in the reimbursement structure of HH, in achieving the objectives of HHVBP, and as part of the interprofessional care team.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
SLPs who work in home health care settings face many unique challenges, especially when their patients are medically complex. This on demand webinar will examine the multi-faceted role of the SLP when treating these patients. The speaker will discuss special considerations and barriers, including dysphagia management, in this unique practice environment.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
SLPs who work in home health care have the unique opportunity to practice person-centered and culturally responsive care in the most functional setting possible: the patient's home. This on demand webinar will explore what person-centered and culturally responsive care looks like, why it matters, and how to do it. The course will highlight practical takeaways, including how to increase self-awareness and practice mindfulness even when you're busy.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Early childhood is a critical period for auditory, language, and cognitive development, and early identification of permanent hearing loss provides the opportunity for children to receive appropriate and timely intervention and educational services. When children are identified late, they are at increased risk of permanent speech, language, and educational delays. This on demand webinar will discuss the prevalence of late-identified hearing loss in young children, opportunities to identify hearing problems, and stakeholder actions needed to support child development.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This introductory-level course will provide an overview of working with adult patients in the home health care setting. The speaker will share the basics of SLP reimbursement and regulation in this unique care setting, along with recommendations for assessment and treatment with a functional focus. The on demand webinar (available beginning May 3, 2024) will discuss clinical decision-making strategies and suggestions for documentation as well as special considerations for SLPs in the home health care setting, such as safety, counseling, and self-care.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar (available beginning April 27, 2024) will highlight the behaviors and characteristics typically associated with hearing loss and those typically associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children from birth to age 10. The speakers will emphasize the unique characteristics that contribute to the dual diagnosis of both ASD and hearing loss. The course will explain the impacts of social determinants of health as they relate to the diagnosis of and intervention for children with ASD and hearing loss.
Format(s):
Micro Course
While clinicians may know the fundamentals of evidence-based practice (EBP), many struggle to implement EBP in real-world situations with their clients. Often, this is due to limited research, a lack of high-quality research, or the absence of a clear takeaway from external scientific literature. In this course, participants will learn more about these obstacles and strategies to overcome them. Learning how to navigate these barriers will assist clinicians in making patient-centered and evidence-based clinical decisions.
This course is the third in a series of micro courses on Evidence-Based Decision-Making, which use clinical scenario activities to help you to sharpen your EBP skills.
Format(s):
Micro Course
SLPs and audiologists alike may struggle to implement evidence-based practice (EBP) into their daily practice because they simply don’t have the time or resources to keep up with a rapidly growing research base. ASHA’s Evidence Maps serve as a time-saving, free, online tool that provides clinicians with a quick synopsis of synthesized research related to clinical practice. New and experienced users of the Evidence Maps will learn the ins and outs of features and navigation via a case study and guided practice to better locate and assess relevant research evidence to integrate into clinical decision-making.
Format(s):
Micro Course
Audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and assistants strive to provide client-centered, evidence-based care, but they may have questions: What is considered evidence-based practice (EBP)? How do I make an evidence-based clinical decision? Are there tools for simplifying the EBP process? This course illuminates EBP concepts and guides you through clinical scenario activities while highlighting free, time-saving ASHA EBP resources and tools, such as ASHA's EBP Toolkit. Learn new strategies and bolster your evidence-based decision-making skills.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) can demonstrate a range of characteristics and challenges, which can appear not only in their language abilities but also in their cognitive and motor abilities. This on demand webinar (available beginning May 2, 2024) will give SLPs a deeper understanding of the common characteristics associated with DLD as well as individual differences among children with the disorder. The webinar will share examples of how to tailor vocabulary and reading interventions for children with DLD.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 9 Perspectives course includes three articles from a forum on pediatric hearing health care disparities. The articles discuss barriers to follow-up in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) programs; systematic evaluation of family barriers to care; and the principles and implementation of trauma-informed care in pediatric hearing health care.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar (available beginning March 30, 2024) will guide SLPs in knowing what to listen for in the speech and resonance of children with cleft palate, cleft lip and palate, and/or velopharyngeal dysfunction and will discuss how to differentiate active, passive, and adaptive articulations. The speaker will address how to decide what to treat with speech interventions vs. what requires treatment from the medical team and will review evidence-based intervention techniques.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Many SLPs who provide early intervention (EI) services are aware of the neurodiversity paradigm and neurodiversity-affirming practices but still have questions about incorporating these practices into their services. In this on demand webinar (available beginning April 6, 2024), the presenter will review practical resources and evidence-based practices for implementing neurodiversity-affirming care in the EI setting, including practical strategies for assessment, goal writing, parent coaching, and intervention.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
The three articles in this SIG 9 Perspectives course focus on parent-reported ADHD behaviors, fatigue, and language in children who are deaf and hard of hearing; physical activity in children with hearing loss; and massive open online courses for critical medical education related to children with hearing loss.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Are you curious about opening or growing a private practice that goes beyond hearing aid sales and service? How do you develop a knowledge base on practice management topics rarely covered in our specialized graduate education? This on demand webinar (available beginning September 6, 2024) will explore a range of considerations for audiology private practice, including tips for business management and administration, working with insurance companies, considerations for staffing, and planning for growth.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Medical professionals who use hearing aids can face challenges when they need to perform auscultation (listening to sounds from various organs, most often with a stethoscope) as part of their job. While the options may not seem straightforward, audiologists can play a key role in helping these medical professionals find an amplified stethoscope solution. This on demand webinar (available beginning March 21, 2024) will discuss key considerations, potential options, and practical steps for helping medical professionals with hearing loss obtain the best solution.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
In sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF) environments, hearing aid features such as Bluetooth and bidirectional microphones—which allow seamless communication between hearing aids and communication devices—are considered security risks. This on demand webinar (available beginning March 16, 2024) will address considerations for hearing aids for patients who work in secure locations as well as share strategies currently being used by providers within the National Capital Region.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar discusses key 2024 coding and health care payment updates for SLPs. Topics include new CPT codes for caregiver training, updates to ICD-10 diagnosis codes, the 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, and common coding and billing challenges and solutions. The speakers present scenarios across a variety of settings and patient populations.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
Ototoxic medications and chemical agents in the workplace can put individuals' hearing
and vestibular health at risk for permanent injury. Proactive ototoxicity management
(OtoM) strategies aim to minimize exposure, avoid onset of symptoms, provide ongoing
monitoring, and manage auditory and vestibular changes as the clinical needs of the
patient evolve. During a 2021 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Special
Interest Groups Open House, members of the International Ototoxicity Management
Group discussed how best to integrate OtoM into routine clinical practice, what tools to
use, and what special considerations need to be understood to best support patients and
their families. Here, we have summarized their viewpoints to encourage widespread
adoption of improved OtoM services for at-risk individuals. The field of audiology needs
to move to a place where we better understand the full extent of ototoxicity and can
agree on expanding minimum guidelines that can be implemented more universally to
mitigate, detect, and manage the damage from ototoxic exposures. Only recently has
our field seen a therapeutic drug that can protect against ototoxicity; however, the
population served is restricted only to children receiving treatment for nonmetastatic
carcinoma. This is hopefully just the beginning of future therapeutic interventions to
come, but, in the meantime, ototoxicity resulting from other medications in different
patient populations and chemical agents persists.
Format(s):
eWorkshop
Many clinicians may feel they lack the time, skills, or competence to effectively address diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); it might feel like one more thing on an already-long list of considerations and requirements. But if we focus on our passion for working with people and change our perspective about providing culturally responsive services, then it's not more work, it is the work. This course discusses the value of addressing DEI as part of audiology and SLP services and provides practical ideas for doing so.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
These SIG 13 articles underscore the importance of being up to date of dysphagia
intervention as the diagnosis has many complexities in assessment and treatment.
Larsen et al. surmise that current characteristics and physiological rationale may
overestimate the skills required for gelatin-based desserts and inappropriately classify
them as nontransitional foods. Therefore, as with all products, individual gelatin-based
desserts should be tested at the time of presentation to the patient. Mancopes et al.
discuss the importance of strategies for facilitating safe and functional bottle feeding in
children with dysphagia include selecting nipples that reduce flow rate, pacing, altered
positioning, and thickening liquid consistencies. Their study aims to determine the
impact of slightly thick liquids on swallowing through retrospective review of a
convenience sample of clinical videofluoroscopies (VFSS) from 60 bottle-fed children (21
male, mean age 9.9 months) referred due to suspected aspiration. Garand et al. perform
a retrospective analysis of persons with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using modified
barium swallow studies and recommend use of functional scales to help evaluate and
treat this special population.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand conversation features Naomi Grinney, a licensed clinical social worker and infant mental health specialist, who discusses strategies for building parent capacity to support social-emotional skill development for children with both language and social-emotional delays.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This course focuses on neurodiversity-affirming practices. Five articles discuss the need for neurodiversity-affirming care; research design and reporting in autism intervention research; knowledge, experience, and training of school-based professionals and their familiarity with early communication access for autistic children; themes in spoken narratives produced by autistic adults whose genders are marginalized; and gestalt language processing.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Individuals who stutter--as well as their families--can experience a range of emotions, thoughts, and interactions around stuttering that can negatively impact quality of life. Counseling is a critical area of SLP practice to address these needs. This on demand webinar addresses the need for counseling, essentials of counseling, and principles of effective and practical counseling for individuals who stutter and their families.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Students who learn and think differently commonly struggle with academic language knowledge, and class time for single vocabulary word instruction is limited. This on demand webinar reviews key academic language components that influence literacy outcomes, outlines effective strategies to enhance elementary students' academic language performance, and delivers actionable tips for collaborating with educational personnel to support students' literacy outcomes.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar explores approaches to enhance education through classroom-based service delivery models. The presenter discusses how to integrate a variety of models into your current modes of service delivery. The webinar showcases successful case studies and best practices for fostering collaborative practices and improving student outcomes within a classroom setting. You will walk away with practical strategies and tools to transform your practices for both professional and student growth.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 1 activity focuses on evidence-based practices in literacy related to word
reading, morphology, and vocabulary. The first article highlights the relationship between
literacy and vocabulary learning and provides a tutorial on treatment options for
vocabulary-based interventions for children with identified vocabulary deficits. The
second article describes the developmental sequence of alphabet knowledge and
demonstrates how to address this knowledge within three different service delivery
modules. The third article explains the importance of targeting morphology in schoolbased
speech and language therapy to support the literacy development of students with
developmental language disorders. The final article describes the skills required for
successful word reading and outlines how a speech-language pathologist can carry out
an evidence-based approach for both assessment and intervention.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
These SIG 9 articles point to the importance of continued research in listening, literacy, and paternal linguistic input for children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH).
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
In this SIG 20 activity, Medina and Mead share a study of Hispanic/Latina SLP graduate
students’ perceptions of mindfulness. Participants in this study discuss the benefits of
mindfulness and their willingness to practice; however, stigmatizing beliefs and lack of
education about mindfulness within their cultural communities need to be addressed.
Readers of this article will gain a better understanding of how to promote mindfulness in
future speech-language pathologists.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
In this SIG 3 activity, experts in pediatric voice disorders present a series of interactive
cases to help speech-language pathologists develop their knowledge and skills
completing voice evaluation and treatment planning for children with bilateral benign
vocal fold lesions, unilateral vocal fold paralysis, and sulcus vocalis.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar discusses evaluation and treatment strategies for adults with self-perceived hearing concerns after a head injury, despite normal (or near normal) audiometric thresholds, with a focus on veterans. The webinar reviews comorbid conditions associated with self-perceived hearing difficulties and how treatment of the comorbidities can improve self-perceived hearing ability. The presenter discusses the current gaps and debates in the literature to highlight questions that need further exploration to provide the best, evidence-based hearing health care.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Audiologists play a vital role in the evaluation and management of individuals who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI). This on demand webinar discusses the special considerations for testing and managing auditory and vestibular concerns of adult patients with TBI. The speakers discuss comprehensive audiometry, auditory processing, and vestibular testing as well as share strategies for working with adults with TBI and resources you can pass on to your patients.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
What is the audiologist's role in providing care for children and adolescents who have experienced concussion/mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)? This on demand webinar discusses advanced testing of the central auditory and vestibular pathways for young people with concussion/mTBI as well as those with post-concussion syndrome. Whether you have equipment and are ready to start an mTBI protocol in your clinic or you want to learn more about the nature of the symptoms of mTBI, this course provides the tools to help you assist your pediatric patients.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Multilingual children are often over- or under-identified as having speech- and/or language-related disorders. This on demand webinar reviews the underlying causes of this disproportionality, the role that SLPs can play in prevention, and the importance of nonbiased assessment. The presenter discusses how SLPs can improve the accuracy of language-related disorder identification in schools by leveraging their unique skill set. The webinar presents a framework for disproportionality prevention as well as information about specific assessment methods.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar discusses ways to foster the development of evidence-based IEPs (individualized education programs) when targeting feeding and swallowing in the public-school setting. The speaker addresses working with related professionals and interprofessional practice opportunities within and beyond the school setting to enhance student outcomes. The speaker also provides strategies for family-centered care and culturally responsive practices.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar will discuss the M-E-T-A™ (Mindful Examination of Thinking and Awareness) intervention approach and related evidence-based strategies to help children and adults improve executive functioning and achieve positive outcomes. The presenter will share strategies that children and adults can use to enhance goal-directed planning and future-forward thinking as well as build emotional resilience, gratitude, compassion, and pride.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
As a step toward developing an electrophysiologic method for validating the speech feature discrimination benefits of amplification, the article in this SIG 6 activity evaluates the effect of stimulus level and amplification on the acoustic change complex in adults with sensorineural hearing loss.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This trio of SIG 13 articles provides information regarding managing and treating
dysphagia with adult patients. First, Abrams and co-authors underscore the importance
of hydration and discovered that individuals consuming thickened liquids are often at risk
for dehydration. Factors to increase fluid intake through different strategies are
discussed. Next, Arguello and Kerr discuss the mechanism of a facial burn injury and
how it may cause functional impairments that can be directly impacted through early
intervention utilizing speech-language pathology services. Finally, Warner and
colleagues completed a pilot study investigating the prevalence of pretreatment
dysphagia in oncologic patients and individual factors influencing post treatment
dysphagia.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
SLPs who work in secondary schools have an essential role in helping students with communication disorders develop disciplinary literacy so they can learn and communicate their knowledge in various subjects. This on demand webinar presents strategies and ideas for developing programs and engaging in evidence-based practices that leverage collaboration to help middle- and high-school students learn how to use language strategically to gain and communicate their knowledge.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Self-advocacy and self-determination skills are important for engaging in successful interactions, achieving goals, and promoting shared perspective-taking, particularly for individuals with autism and other neurodivergent individuals. This on demand webinar explores strategies SLPs can use when working with neurodivergent and autistic children and adolescents to support their self-advocacy and self-determination skills so they can effectively express their preferences and goals.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on-demand conversation features SLP Sean Sweeney, who discusses visually cued instruction, an evidence-based practice that uses photos, drawings, and other images to target a variety of client needs. This conversation is a follow-up to the webinar A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: What SLPs Can Do With Images.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
These SIG 12 Perspectives articles offer opportunities to extend augmentative and
alternative communication (AAC) clinical practice through the inclusion of critical topic
areas. They describe survey results and recommendations on disaster preparedness for
SLPs to support people who use AAC; propose strategies for clinicians to create a
“friendship mindset” in AAC assessment and implementation; offer strategies for
designing and implementing Visual Scene Displays (VSDs) as a component within AAC
systems for clients across the lifespan; and describe how perspectives of adult part-time
AAC communicators support assessment and intervention with beginning
communicators who have intermittent, unreliable, and inconsistent speech.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 11 Perspectives activity addresses the productivity impact of SLPs supervising student clinicians in medical settings and explores graduate students' perceptions of their experiences participating in simulated learning experiences during the pandemic.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This course focuses on best practices, perspectives, and challenges in the assessment and intervention of developmental language disorders in culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) populations. The articles discuss resources to interpret and use common standardized language assessments in English for CLD school-age youth; increasing Spanish-speaking caregivers’ use of language-promoting strategies in everyday activities with infants and toddlers; and treatment of bilingual children to promote progression in both languages.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
In the rising digital era, and especially since the pandemic, implementation of telehealth
and provision of auditory rehabilitation (AR) using digital platforms have notably
increased. This has changed the outlook of service provision by audiologists and
speech-language pathologists alike. Digital platforms have the potential to positively
impact AR practices by improving accessibility of rehabilitation services as well as by
facilitating a more effective way to share resources with both professionals and end
users. This SIG 7 activity includes two articles about the accessibility and effectiveness
of digital platforms to provide AR services for both adults and children with hearing
difficulties. The first article discusses the differences in the distribution strategy, users’
experience, and satisfaction for two digital platforms (a static website and an active blog)
offering AR materials for professionals. Their study concludes that social media–focused
active distribution is effective because it results in more total traffic, a greater number of
users, more frequent access, and an overall high level of satisfaction with the quality of
information and resources. The second article discusses the details of a Zoom-based
telepractice initial evaluation protocol used by speech-language pathologists serving
children who are hard of hearing and their families. This clinical protocol was designed to
synchronously share resources and questionnaires with family members of children who
are hard of hearing. Authors suggest that providing AR services through telepractice
facilitates high-quality diagnostics and counseling to the same extent as that of in-person
diagnostic sessions.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Trauma-informed care is a patient-care model that acknowledges the prevalence of trauma and its impact in our society. By incorporating trauma-informed practices, we can increase patient engagement and efficacy of care. This on demand webinar examines the basic tenets of trauma-informed care, suggests modifications audiologists can make to daily practices, and shares resources for patients and providers.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Many young adults with mild-to-moderate communication disorders struggle to achieve their postsecondary goals. This on demand webinar equips SLPs working in private practice, health care, or school settings to utilize language-based social-emotional coping strategies to help young adults with language impairments improve their self-efficacy, career readiness, and employability.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar is designed for school-based SLPs who serve children with pediatric feeding and swallowing disorders (PFD). The course will review the ASHA Code of Ethics and an ethical decision-making approach, with application for SLPs serving children with PFD. Case studies will guide discussion of resources and approaches that can help resolve ethical issues.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
SLPs charged with delivering collaborative services in elementary, middle, and high schools face a variety of considerations. You may have questions like, how do I find consensus and shared goals? How can I find time for shared planning and execution? How do I overcome barriers to collaborative practice? This introductory-level on-demand webinar reviews practical resources, strategies, and evidence-based practices for collaborative service delivery.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
In this SIG 4 activity, learners will read three peer-reviewed articles centered on cluttering in preadolescent through adult speakers. The first article is a case study of a preadolescent with cluttering. In this paper, the authors highlight brain development
during adolescence, adolescent cognitive and emotional development, and the effects of a therapy approach based on objective speech measures. The second article is a research study concerned with disfluency clusters produced by adults with cluttering in natural conversations. The authors describe how disfluency clusters are affected by the
nature of the relationship between speakers. The last article presents qualitative data
from a focus group of adults with cluttering who have emerged as community leaders. Their reflections include recommendations for listeners and support groups, self management, and their thoughts on labels and acronyms.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This course focuses on the prevalence and identification of communication disorders in Japan, Guatemala, and global contexts. The first study, conducted in Japan, examines the prediction of special educational needs in children who stutter using a screening test for three neurodevelopmental disorders. The second study explores clinical practices for speech sound disorders in Guatemala, particularly the use of nonspeech oral motor exercises. The third study provides insights into the frequency of aphasia worldwide.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 5 activity includes three articles from a forum aimed at sharing research
conducted in clinical settings around the world. Two research articles analyzed surgical
and parent-led therapy approaches for improved speech and resonance outcomes. A
third tutorial described characteristics needed in an evaluation to analyze clinically
obtained data for research purposes.
The first research article is based in Brazil. It demonstrates positive long-term
outcomes in children with hypernasality/velopharyngeal dysfunction using the
Sommerlad procedure of palatal re-repair to treat residual velopharyngeal insufficiency.
The reported scores were in the categories of: “hypernasality, global impression of
velopharyngeal function, and/or active speech symptoms.” Overall, this study shows
significant improvement in a large percentage of children, with less effect on older
individuals ages 17–22 years.
The second research article includes parents from a previously published twocenter
study in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The aim was to analyze parents’
experiences with parent-led articulation therapy (PLAT) following in-depth training. After
a detailed outline is provided regarding inclusion and teaching of the participants, four
main themes are identified. These include growth of parents, undertaking PLAT,
changes in children, and the future. Ultimately, the majority of parents are in favor of a
parent-led therapy approach with the caveat that in-depth training and direct supervision
from a speech-language pathologist is needed.
The third article, a tutorial, addresses the research–clinical practice gap. A
description is provided of a perceptual speech assessment protocol for cleft palate
speech, to enable clinical data to be used for research purposes. The article provides
detail related to determining the most appropriate standardized assessment tools as well
as the best ways to collect and analyze this data. Further details related to
implementation within the clinical setting are outlined. The data is easily accessible
through networking between cleft teams and Sweden’s national cleft lip and palate
registry, making retrospective research attainable in a clinical setting.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 14 activity reviews recommendations for families raising multilingual children
with autism and examines types of support received by multicultural individuals who
stutter. Topics include (a) a review of recommendations for families raising multilingual
children with autism and (b) concepts of family support in stuttering.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This course contains two articles: one that discusses health care disparities and the need for better communication access for people with hearing loss, and one that addresses the potential role of audiologists in screening for cognitive impairment.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar is intended for audiologists who are interested in how ethical practice issues relate to their work. The speaker will provide an overview of the theories of ethics, their application to the audiology profession, and sample case analyses to illustrate ethical decision-making.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
The theme for this SIG 14 activity is building cultural responsivity in speech and
language services for professionals using simulations and factors related to college
major selection in communication sciences and disorders. Topics include (a) using
simulations for professional development and (b) factors related to college major
selection in communication sciences and disorders.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
In this SIG 2 activity, participants explore innovative articles regarding a range of topics
in the assessment and treatment of motor speech disorders. The first article describes a
case of anarthria in which the speech-language pathologist thoroughly described the
patient’s motor speech presentation, thereby contributing to his overall neurologic
diagnosis. The second article examines the effects of transcranial direct current
stimulation (tDCS), a promising method of eliciting behavior change through brain
stimulation, on the speech of individuals with Parkinson’s disease. The third article
explores the speech and language profiles of children with apraxia of speech as their
primary diagnosis, as compared to children with other concomitant diagnoses.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Audiologists and SLPs who work in outpatient health care settings and supervise graduate students, clinical fellows (CFs), and assistants need to comply with payer requirements to avoid denials or unfavorable audits that could lead to recoupment and civil or criminal penalties. This on demand webinar outlines the state and federal legal supervision requirements as well as payment considerations when supervising students and support personnel.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar is a practical primer for SLPs who work with patients with dysphagia regardless of setting. The webinar explores the interrelationship between the oropharynx and the esophagus, reviews vital anatomy and physiology, discusses advocating with your interprofessional team about of the role of esophageal scans during videofluoroscopic swallow studies (VFSS), and explains what to do when you suspect esophageal involvement as part of your patient's dysphagia.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Audiologists and SLPs who work in inpatient and home health care settings and supervise graduate students, clinical fellows (CFs), and assistants need to comply with payer requirements to avoid denials or unfavorable audits that could lead to recoupment and civil or criminal penalties. This on demand webinar outlines the state and federal legal supervision requirements as well as payment considerations when supervising students and support personnel.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
In this webinar for school-based SLPs, the presenters will discuss the unique needs of middle- and high-school students with language disorders in the context of the "hidden curriculum" of the secondary classroom. The webinar will address how SLPs can empower successful language learning through contextualized language and literacy instruction.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Audiologists and SLPs who work in schools and supervise graduate students, clinical fellows (CFs), and assistants need to comply with payer requirements to avoid denials or unfavorable audits that could lead to recoupment and civil or criminal penalties. This on demand webinar will outline the state and federal legal supervision requirements as well as payment considerations when supervising students and support personnel.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
SLPs who work with individuals with development disabilities across the life span are often confronted with myths that may limit the communication of their clients, students, and patients. This on demand webinar examines some of these myths and how they affect the delivery of communication services and supports. The speakers share evidence and case examples that debunk these myths and explain strategies you may use to change perceptions.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
A focus on community re-engagement and return-to-work can provide meaningful and purpose-filled goals related to life participation for adults with acquired brain injury (ABI). This on demand webinar discusses collaborative strategies to engage clients with returning to work and overcoming barriers to community re-engagement. The presenter highlights a model of community-based, return-to-work functional rehabilitation that professionals can adapt in their own local communities.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar is for SLPs in early intervention who support families of children with both language and social-emotional delays. The webinar explores evidence-based strategies for supporting social-emotional skill development, examines the impact of grief and trauma on parent engagement and language, explains attachment styles, and shares strategies for building parent capacity.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
Meta-therapy is an integral pillar of clinical practice; however, the lack of formal training in this area often makes the concept and application of meta-therapy elusive to clinicians. The goal of this SIG 3 activity is to disseminate how meta-therapy can be effectively utilized in the clinical domains of voice disorders, fluency, dysphagia, and cognitive communication and aphasia.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 19 activity bundles four articles providing perspectives on a broad variety of topics in speech-language pathology. First, Bunta and Gósy discuss how speech-language pathologists and audiologists could utilize acoustic analyses in their clinical practice. They provide specific examples ranging from aphasia to speech sound disorders and various linguistic contexts to demonstrate the utility of these tools. The authors suggest acoustic analyses can be a valued supplement in clinical evaluations. Next, Diekhoff and Lulich examine speech-language pathology students’ conceptualization and description of American rhotic Sounds. They discuss the differences in descriptions of rhotic sounds by students who had experience with those sounds compared to those who did not have experience with those sounds. The role of direct instruction regarding rhotic shapes is highlighted. Then, Gurevich and Kim discuss quantifying allophonic coverage in commonly used reading passages. In summary, they suggest a need for new speech materials that could provide allophonic coverage. Finally, Jung, Jing, and Grigos investigate the accuracy and consistency of students’ perceptions/ratings of speech errors in children. They report that student clinicians’ ratings matched with expert speech-language pathologists’ ratings with training. The importance and need for listening training in speech-language pathology programs are also discussed.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This collection of articles provides valuable information on clinical practice in the elderly, including the relationship between physical frailty and cognitive functioning in older adults, communication challenges in older adults in group care settings and the potential factors that contribute to meaningful interactions and engaged communication in these settings, and the importance of providing graduate students opportunities for skill development for end-of-life situations.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
How can I know if the hearing aid is good quality? What is the point of real-ear verification if I can't adjust the hearing aid settings? How can I know if the features in the hearing aids work? How should I counsel a patient in how to best use their devices? This on-demand webinar explores practical methods for evaluating and fitting OTC hearing aids to optimize outcomes for all patients, regardless of their technology level.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Transgender and nonbinary (TGNB) students often have to deal with negative responses that can take a serious toll on their mental health. Research shows that having just one supportive adult in the child's life can significantly reduce these harmful outcomes. This on demand webinar explores—and provides opportunities for practicing—skills for communicating with students and coworkers in gender-inclusive ways and developing a toolbox of allyship with TGNB students.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
The profession of audiology is going through a period of transition. With new disruptions such as over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids, it can be challenging to determine what service and billing model may best meet the needs of your patients and your practice. This on demand webinar explores the pros and cons of bundled and unbundled models, reviews how audiologists can evaluate their existing service delivery model, and outlines the process of transitioning to a new model.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
The dynamic profession of audiology includes unique settings and equipment, some of which introduce safety concerns, such as communication challenges specific to working in an isolated space. These challenges are important to address in view of increased violence in the health care workplace. Audiologists may lack information and resources to discuss and address their unique concerns. This on demand webinar discusses safety concerns, advocacy strategies, and resources, with a goal of identifying solutions to create a safe environment for yourself, those receiving care, and your fellow employees.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
In the evolving environment of over-the-counter hearing aids, big box stores, and changing reimbursement, should audiologists charge differently for hearing aid services? This on demand webinar explores why itemizing services or providing a hybrid model of service delivery could be beneficial, how this model was implemented at one medical center, and how to determine what to bill.
Format(s):
eWorkshop
This session is designed for school-based SLPs who support children with complex oral feeding and swallowing needs. The speaker discusses the components of a robust assessment-and how that assessment informs decisions surrounding a student's feeding needs. The session examines effective and realistic goal development to address feeding needs within an IEP.
Format(s):
eWorkshop
This session explores how school-based SLPs can provide students in remote areas with services that are of equal value and effectiveness as those they provide to students in larger population centers. Speakers share resources and service delivery options to empower SLPs to provide and promote remote service delivery.
This course is a recorded session from the 2022 ASHA Schools Connect online
conference.
Format(s):
Journal (Online)
The articles in this journal self-study explore a variety of aspects of working with adolescents who stutter. Using different research methods, the articles discuss assessment procedures, readiness for change, stuttering management, mental health, and interactions with peers, family members, and teachers.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
The three articles in this SIG 18 activity were selected to provide information on the
present and future of telepractice service delivery from the perspectives of current
speech-language pathologists and graduate student clinicians.
The first article by Page, Hughes, and Woody investigates the initial perceptions
of graduate student clinicians following the implementation of telepractice. Findings
reveal themes including comparisons between in-person services and telepractice
regarding learning technology, managing environmental distractions at home, and
caregiver involvement.
The second article by Douglass, Lowman, and Causey-Upton provides a metaanalysis study on clinicians’ perceptions of telehealth across disciplines within
rehabilitation and other allied health fields. Several themes are identified, including
acceptance, lack of telehealth training, and the flexibility of telehealth.
The third article by Edwards-Gaither, Harris, and Perry presents a viewpoint for
the future of telepractice in speech-language pathology. Challenges and opportunities
for the longevity of telepractice service delivery are discussed, including consensus on
telepractice terminology, designating a service delivery model, and exploring telepractice
occupational culture.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
This on-demand dialog features SLPs Marge Blanc, Barry Prizant, and Alexandria Zachos, who discuss a language-based approach to managing echolalia. The discussion is a follow-up to the webinars "A Language-Based Approach to Managing Echolalia" and "From Echolalia to Self-Generated Language: Case Studies in Natural Language Acquisition."
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Professionals and patients face a variety of challenges that are unique to age and health care setting and that can influence outcomes in dysphagia management. In this on-demand course, a panel of experts explores both professional- and patient-related advocacy considerations that impact evidence-based practice and dysphagia management across a variety of adult and pediatric medical settings.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
Audiologists and SLPs often face challenging ethical dilemmas related to evaluation and intervention with multicultural and multilingual populations. Interpretation and application of the revised ASHA Code of Ethics (2023) may seem daunting and leave you with questions such as, "How do these changes impact me?" and "Can I refuse to provide services if I don't feel competent to treat a non-English-speaking individual?" This on demand webinar reviews the provisions of the revised Code of Ethics related to culturally responsive intervention and shares problem-solving strategies to work through ethical dilemmas you might encounter in professional practice.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
These SIG 13 articles provide helpful information in dysphagia practice. Tasia Gibbons, Sophia Werden Abrams, Nazia Mohsin, Rebekah Guastella, Stefania Oppedisano, and Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald endeavor to validate a new device to measure lingual strengthening and swallow function. Kelsey Thompson, Cara McComish, and Suzanne Thoyre’s work aims to introduce dynamic systems theory to pediatric feeding clinicians. Margaret Wright and Justin Sleffel demonstrate the importance of a multidisciplinary team approach and the vital role of speech-language pathologists in the evaluation and treatment of dysphagia of unknown etiology. Hollie-Ann Lee Shortland, Gwendalyn Webb, Anne E. Vertigan, and Sally Hewat aim to explore the use of myofunctional devices and how speech-language pathologists gain better understanding of this modality.
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
This SIG 10 activity focuses on student perceptions and experiences. In the first article, the experiences of SLP graduate students who previously worked as Speech-Language Pathology Assistants are compared with students who did not come into their programs with such experience. Implications for prospective students and program development are discussed. Next, authors investigate experiences of students and graduates of clinical doctorate programs, including the application process, their career goals and outcomes, and their general reflections on their decision to pursue the doctor of speech-language pathology degree. Third, authors present an examination of SLPs’ perceptions of graduate students in CSD who speak with vocal fry (a low-pitched, grating voice quality). Finally, in a mixed-method study, graduate and undergraduate students participate in a learning-by-teaching experience in two CSD courses. Three years of data is presented.
Format(s):
On Demand Webinar
When evaluating and treating a client, patient, or student for any type of disorder, audiologists and SLPs need to consider the individual's culture, including the language and dialect they speak. This on demand webinar discusses the acronym MIND (Minority Indigenous Nonstandardized Dialects) and explores the social stigma and unfair treatment individuals often experience due to their language or dialect (known as linguicism).
Format(s):
SIG Perspectives
These three articles center on aspects of audiology and speech-language pathology providers in pediatric hearing loss.
First, “eHealth Coaching: Counseling Characteristics of Coaches Used With Parents” centers on identifying clinician communication behaviors and missed opportunities during an eHealth intervention. Themes were identified within each category. Trends included greater use of close-ended questions over open-ended questions, frequent responses to parent emotions, and engagement in a shared process through providing information and exploring progress on parent goals. Missed opportunities occurred within each category. Coaches' communication behaviors demonstrated support for parent learning that was positively received. Joint planning to address parent challenges was a missed opportunity to support parent behavior changes regarding hearing-aid routines.
The aim of “Listening and Spoken Language Specialist Auditory–Verbal Certification: Self-Perceived Benefits and Barriers to Inform Change” was to explore the professional's viewpoint on the path to the Listening and Spoken Language Specialist (LSLS) certification. There were 295 participants from different parts of the world: certified LSLSs, mentees pursuing certification, and professionals interested in certification. The study addressed motivation, self-perceived gains, challenges, and barriers in an international cohort. The purpose of the study was to guide future changes within the certification system. Several indicators pointed to the need for more awareness of significant gains LSLS certification can bring to professionals. There is also a need to address, minimize, and overcome perceived barriers in the process. Similarly, research is warranted to explore obtaining LSLS certification outside English-speaking countries and with a larger, more population-based sample.
In the closing article, “Comfort Levels of Providers Serving Children Who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing: Discrepancies and Opportunities,” Blaiser and Mahshie discuss that while best practice outlines specific skills and expertise from highly qualified providers, in reality, many lack confidence related to hearing technology and resources related to serving children who are deaf/hard of hearing (DHH). The study surveyed 459 professionals in ASHA serving children who are DHH. The intent was to compare differences in confidence, training, and using resources between providers who have a self-selected interest in working with children who are DHH (membership in SIG 9) and those who serve children who are DHH and are not part of the hearing-related SIG. The results indicate that there is limited provider confidence in working with this population. These conclusions provide graduate training programs opportunities to explore provision of more intensive, comprehensive experience to better serve children who are DHH.
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SIG Perspectives
This SIG 10 activity includes four articles exploring mindfulness, quality of life, and the impact of COVID in CSD programs. In the first article, outcomes are studied when graduate SLP students engage in a remote synchronous mindfulness program (RSMP). In the second article, a tutorial for contemplative pedagogy in CSD classrooms is introduced. Next, the quality of life and sleep among Brazilian SLP students during the COVID-19 pandemic is explored. The last article describes an exploratory study characterizing CSD doctoral students’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SIG Perspectives
In this SIG 10 activity, Farrugia explores the preparatory experiences of SLPs working in early intervention (EI) in Michigan, as a first step toward understanding how to best prepare students for practice and on-the-job learning in EI. McDaniel, Hessling Prahl, and Schuele provide a tutorial for a PhD Student–Mediated Mentorship Model (PSMMM) used within their lab. The PS-MMM teaches PhD students to be research mentors, encourages graduate clinicians to transition to research and doctoral training, and aims to increase the research experiences available to undergraduate and graduate students. Ronney and Kirby offer a critical review regarding service-learning with audiology students and their clients/patients. They describe best practice and common challenges to inform future research. Finally, Brackenbury and Kopf describe how game-based learning can facilitate student and client instruction through increased motivation and engagement, including suggestions for implementation in classroom and clinical settings.
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eWorkshop
This session from ASHA's 2021 Schools Connect online conference provides a wealth of strategies, tips, and tools for SLPs to increase their skills in conducting group intervention sessions via telepractice. The presenter highlights evidence-based practice recommendations as well as common sense strategies for making these recommendations work in the real world.
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eWorkshop
This session from ASHA's 2021 Schools Connect online conference examines how to incorporate written language instruction to enhance language interventions for students with complex communication needs who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. The presenter discusses how writing practice using AAC fits into the context of a balanced literacy framework. The session also outlines the benefits of collaborating with occupational therapists.
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eWorkshop
Coaching communication partners to support augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is an important and effective strategy, and the increase in virtual communication over the past year has opened the door for more comprehensive and robust coaching opportunities. This session from ASHA's 2021 Schools Connect online conference examines technology tools that make the process more efficient, accessible, and effective. The presenter also discusses strategies to build relationships and create positive collaboration with families and caregivers.
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eWorkshop
Do you need a raise but don't know where to start? Do you want to improve your working conditions? Advocacy does not have to be intimidating. This session from ASHA's 2021 Schools Connect online conference shares a unique framework to guide your individual negotiations with administrators and leaves you with practical tips to build your confidence as a successful self-advocate.
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Micro Course
Cultural competence can be defined as the knowledge and skills a provider requires in order to meet the social, cultural, and linguistic needs of clients, patients, and/or students while providing impactful services. This micro course explores questions like, "What are ways I can obtain information about the cultural traditions, preferences, and experiences of a client, patient, or student?" and "How can I partner with them to gain this essential information?"
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Micro Course
Cultural humility involves orienting yourself to the cultural aspects that are most important to your client, patient, or student. It embodies an attitude of partnership that fosters curiosity and respect for the individual's cultural practices and preferences while acknowledging areas where the clinician may lack knowledge. This micro course explores questions like, "How might my personal cultural practices impact my interactions?" and "How can I develop and hone skills to recognize these situations?"
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Micro Course
Cultural responsiveness is an approach that uses both cultural knowledge/competence and cultural humility to honor a client's culture across all aspects of their treatment and learning. Cultural responsiveness is a fluid approach and requires partnership with a client as well as self-reflection. This micro course explores questions related to cultural responsiveness, like, "What does a culturally responsive interaction look and feel like?" and "How might one situation elicit many different reactions or perceptions?"
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Micro Course
A culturally responsive professional uses tools and resources to enhance their cultural competence (knowledge), develop their cultural humility to strengthen client relationships, and create interactions that value and honor the individual culture of the client, patient, or student, while working together to reach the individual's goals. This micro course explores questions related to cultural responsiveness, like, "How can I create a practice of self-reflection to enhance my interactions?" and "What are resources I can turn to when I want to develop my competence?"
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On Demand Webinar
Speech-language pathologists recognize that the students they serve have unique strengths and challenges. However, it can be difficult to use a strengths-based approach when eligibility determination and program planning usually focus on what students can't do. It is only when we acknowledge students' assets and resources that we can support them in pursuing their life aspirations. This on demand webinar explores tools for assessment, intervention, and post-secondary planning to help SLPs leverage students' strengths to support areas of need during the IEP process.
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