Description

This speech pathology online CEU course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs.

 

Course Format: Text.

One of the most important decisions the clinician makes when caring for a patient with dysphagia is the nature of the patient's diet—oral or non-oral, and if oral, what type of oral intake. While it is clear that usually each patient exhibits safer swallows on one or more food viscosities, identifying the best viscosities for each patient can be a challenge. This e-course discusses the factors to be considered in making the diet recommendations.

 

Please note:  This eCourse is set up to be flexible to accomodate all schedules.  You do not have to complete this program in one sitting.  You can access the course materials as many times as you need to in order to complete all the sections. 

Course Objectives

At e-course conclusion, participants will be able to:

1. Identify critical variables in deciding on best diet for a patient.
2. Identify best diet for their dysphagic patients.
3. Interact more effectively with the dysphagic patient and caregiver regarding diet changes.

  A score of 80% or better must be received on the post-test in order to
receive a certificate of completion.

Author Profile

Dr. Jeri A. Logemann, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, is the Ralph and Jean Sundin Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, and Professor of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery and Neurology at Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois. She directs the Voice, Speech and Language Service and Swallowing Center at Northwestern University Medical School/Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Logemann received all of her degrees at Northwestern, including a two-year postdoctoral appointment.

Dr. Logemann's research interests include the management of voice disorders, normal swallowing physiology, the assessment and treatment of speech and swallowing dysfunction in treated head and neck cancer patients and neurologically impaired individuals, and in the development of randomized clinical trials. She has received NIH funding for her research in the areas of normal swallowing physiology and speech and swallowing disorders for the past 25 years.

She is co-author of the Fisher-Logemann Test of Articulation Competence, and she is author of Evaluation and Treatment of Swallowing Disorders and author of the Manual for the Videofluorographic Study of Swallowing. In addition to being a Fellow of ASHA and the Chicago Medical Society, Dr. Logemann was President of ASHA in 1994 and in 2000. Dr. Logemann was also the recipient of Honors of the Association from ASHA in 2003.

 

Location & Lodging

 

Intended Audience

• SLP

Accreditation

This program is offered for .1 CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area).

 

Per our longstanding procedures with ASHA, we submit CEU information to ASHA quarterly, so your CEUs will be reflected as completed on the last day of that quarter.  For instance, if you complete a course on December 7th, 2011, it will be reported to ASHA in January 2012, and it will be reflected in your ASHA account as completed on December 31st, 2011.  However, for submitting to your state board or for your own records, you will receive a certificate of completion with the actual completion date.