Description

0.2 ASHA CEUs are offered for this online speech pathology workshop.

The parameters of Speech Pathology seem to have expanded since the emergence of managed care in our hospitals and long-term care centers. Because length of stay is shorter, speech language-pathologists are being consulted earlier, often before a patient is medically stable. Consequently, the standard of care now requires that SLPs have a basic understanding of the medical considerations and implications of what they do. This e-course will provide key elements in a clinical practice and lay the groundwork for more in-depth study.

Course Format: Text - including a few picture references.

 

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 the basics of adjunctive clinical evaluation tools and their implications for the SLP.
2. Indentify the indications/contraindications and procedural knowledge for selected swallowing diagnostic tools and therapy techniques.
3. Acquire reference materials for more in-depth study.

 

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

Author Profile

Mary Brawley, MA, CCC-SLP, is a Speech-Language Pathologist with 25 years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of neurogenic speech/language disorders and swallowing impairments in a number of diverse settings. She is an endoscopist and has lectured on FEES and swallowing disorders to SLPs, nursing students, and graduate students. Mary is a strong proponent of continuing education, and has developed this course as a means of sharing information accumulated through literature review and attendance at conferences, conventions, and workshops (both within and outside the field of Speech Pathology). Mary is currently in private practice in Burlington, Wisconsin and is consulting in the Chicago area.

Location & Lodging

 

Intended Audience

• SLP

Accreditation

This program is offered for .2 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.