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Event Date: 9/19/2024
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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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SIG Perspectives
The theme for this SIG 14 activity is a review of cultural considerations specific to
the assessment of speech disorders in individuals who speak Greek, Mandarin
and Anguillian Eastern Caribbean English, and both speech and language
assessment in Farsi. Topics include: (a) salient characteristics of each
phonological system and (b) assessment considerations for speech-language
pathologists when assessing the speech skills of individuals who may speak the
aforementioned languages.
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Journal (Print)
This journal self-study course addresses the effectiveness of various aphasia treatments, a topic that many researchers explored at the 51st Clinical Aphasiology Conference (CAC) in North Carolina. Published in a special issue of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, these
articles examine specific interventions for particular patient populations,
including individuals with stroke-induced aphasia, those with acquired apraxia
of speech, those with anomia, and those with Alzheimer's dementia.
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SIG Perspectives
This SIG 14 activity is a review of considerations for assessment of language disorders
in individuals who speak Urdu, Turkish, Pidgin (Hawai?i Creole), and Bahamian Creole.
Topics include (a) salient characteristics of each language presented and (b) an
assessment tutorial for speech-language pathologists when assessing individuals who
may speak the aforementioned languages.
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SIG Perspectives
A patient’s culture, beliefs, and values must be considered when assessing and treating
voice disorders. This SIG 3 forum explores justice, equity, diversity and inclusion
initiatives, discusses considerations for providing gender-affirming and neuro-affirming
voice therapy, and proposes applications of the Self-Determination Theory as a
framework to guide culturally responsive voice care.
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SIG Perspectives
In this SIG 2 activity, articles explore treatment approaches for neurogenic
communication disorders. The first article includes a meta-analysis of the effects of
cognitive rehabilitation on pragmatic language after traumatic brain injury. The second
article describes steps for improving palliative, person-centered speech-language
pathology services for individuals with primary progressive aphasia. The third article
describes implementing shared decision making with individuals with amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis related to dysarthria and dysphagia treatment.
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On Demand Webinar
As an SLP who works with multilingual students, you might have questions like: What are the best tools for evaluating multilingual children? How do I assess a child whose language I do not speak? What role does translanguaging play in intervention? This on demand webinar reexamines codeswitching through a translanguaging lens, offering practical strategies for delivering more equitable services and making accurate diagnoses in multilingual settings.
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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 will address these questions and more.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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SIG Perspectives
This SIG 7 Perspectives course includes two articles. The first article examines a new pediatric speech in noise screener that can be used as an app, and the second article looks at quality-of-life outcomes after cochlear implantation.
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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.
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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 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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SIG Perspectives
This SIG 19 Perspectives course includes articles on a variety of topics in speech science and speech-language pathology, including intelligibility testing, telepractice-based intervention for residual speech disorder affecting /?/, and assessment of bilingual and multilingual children.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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 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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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 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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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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SIG Perspectives
The auditory brainstem response (ABR) can be elicited by broadband stimuli such as the
click and chirp. Differences in the click- and chirp-evoked ABR have been extensively
described using subjective analyses. The aim of the current research included in this
SIG 6 activity is to determine if subjectively observed differences between the click- and
chirp-evoked ABR are also represented in objective signal-to-noise ratio measurements
obtained from these responses at different stimulus intensities and sweep counts.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar 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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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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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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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.
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On Demand Webinar
This on demand webinar 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.
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