Description

1.5 ASHA CEUs are offered for this online speech therapy course.

This Audio CD was recorded in front of a live audience
in September 2008 in Atlanta, GA.

 

***PLEASE NOTE: This course is in the process of being renewed for ASHA credit.  We have submitted the appropriate paperwork weeks ago, but ASHA is currently experiencing a major backlog of work with several of their employees being out on extended leave.  We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause you, and we are equally as hopeful as you are that they will process our forms for this course's renewal any day.  :) ***

The diagnosis of swallowing disorders can be difficult. Yet, understanding the nature of the patient's swallowing disorder is the foundation for treatment. Selecting the wrong treatment because of a lack of understanding of the patient's swallowing problem(s), can limit the patient's chances of returning safely to oral intake.   Featuring internationally recognized experts in the field, this CD offers a can't miss opportunity to learn more about a variety of diagnostic tests, what each test indicates, what it doesn't indicate, and which patients can be best assessed using each technique.  Also included is information on ethics, esophageal dysphagia, respiratory function during swallow, swallowing considerations for patients on trachs/vents and pharmacology related to dysphagia.

FACULTY:

• Jeri Logemann, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S
• Donna S. Lundy, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S
• Roxann Diez Gross, PhD, CCC-SLP
• Susan Langmore, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S
• JoAnne Robbins, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S
• Ikuo Hirano, M.D., Gastroenterologist
• James F. Naas, PhD, CCC-SLP

 

COURSE FORMAT: Audio (Online). To enroll in this e-course, click Register on this page. When you access this course from your account on our website, the course will contain:

 

• 15-hour Online Audio
•      Modified Barium Swallow (Track 1)
•      Swallowing Parameters (Track 2)
•      FEES (Track 3)
•      Assessing Complex Patients (Track 4)
•      Esophageal Considerations (Track 5)
•      Respiratory Testing (Track 6)
•      Case Studies (Track 7)
•      Trach/Vent Patients (Track 8)
•      Bedside Evaluation (Track 9)
•      Pharmacology and Dysphagia (Track 10)

• 152-page course handout  (*to be downloaded from the initial instruction page*) 
  
• 2-page Learning Assessment (*also to be downloaded from the initial instruction page*)

 

 

 

**TO RECEIVE CEUs** For this eCourse, we recommend that you complete the enclosed Learning Assessment as you go. Once you have finished listening to the audio while following along in the downloaded handout, click TAKE TEST. Use your completed Learning Assessment to transfer your answers to the online post test. After the test is passed with at least 80% accuracy, a certificate of completion showing 1.5 CEUs will be available to print.

 

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. 

 

Purchase orders are accepted when registering for this eCourse.  However, they do not constitute as payment, so you will not be able to access the eCourse until we have received payment in the form of a check or credit card information.  

Course Objectives

At conclusion of this audio CD, participants will be able to:

1. Explain how the use of FEES during the evaluation process can be beneficial for treatment planning.
2. Discuss how appropriate use of positioning strategies for a patient with unilateral pharyngeal paralysis can result in a safer and more efficient swallow and eliminate the need for non-oral feedings.
3. Explain how the modified barium swallow x-ray study is both a diagnostic and treatment protocol.
4. State how what occurs in the esophagus can influence what occurs in the pharynx during the swallow.
5. State the relationship between lung volume and subglottic pressure and how this relationship affects swallowing.
6. Explain how implementing a tongue exercise program can result in greater pressure on the bolus and a safer and more efficient swallow.
7. Discuss the influence of medications on the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems and how this influences the swallow.

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.

 

JoAnne Robbins, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, is an internationally known researcher, lecturer, author and inventor.  She is a Professor in the Department of Medicine in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and she also serves as Associate Director of Research for the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital.  Dr. Robbins has over 20 years of experience in treating dysphagic patients.   Her work is known worldwide and published in numerous international and national peer-reviewed journals. She is also coauthor of the Easy-To-Swallow, Easy-To-Chew Cookbook.

Roxann Diez Gross, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a leading expert, accomplished researcher, and frequently invited international lecturer on tracheostomy-dependent patients. Prior to becoming the Research Manager at The Children's Institute, she was the Director of the Swallowing Disorders Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as well as an Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology in the School of Medicine. She is now an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh. She has published several scientific papers and clinical book chapters. Her primary area of research examines interactions between breathing and swallowing in individuals with indwelling tracheostomy tubes, neurologic impairments and respiratory disease.

James F. Naas, PhD, CCC-SLP, lectures nationally to Speech-Language Pathologists on pharmacology and the geriatric population. He holds practice privileges in Medical Speech Pathology at Owensboro Medical Health System in Owensboro, Kentucky, where he serves on the Stroke Team and the Allied Health Credentials Committee. Dr. Naas also teaches in the undergraduate Speech Pathology and Audiology program at Brescia University in Owensboro.

Donna S. Lundy, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, is an Adjunct Associate Professor and the Co-Director of the Vocal Disorders Laboratory within the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, FL. Her clinical practice is focused on the management of individuals with head & neck cancer, swallowing disorders and voice disorders. Dr. Lundy has published more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored numerous book chapters. She is involved in a number of multi-institutional research grants investigating swallowing difficulties in head & neck cancer patients. On a national level, Dr. Lundy is on the review board for ASHA Publications/Materials and serves on the Neurolaryngology Subcommittee for the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery. 

Susan E. Langmore, PhD, CCC-SLP, BRS-S, is an internationally known researcher and lecturer in the areas of dysphagia, aspiration pneumonia, and voice disorders.  Dr. Langmore is developer of the FEES procedure.  Additionally, her “Predictors of Aspiration Pneumonia” research is frequently cited by SLPs in determining which patients should and should not eat by mouth.  Dr. Langmore is a Professor in both the Departments of Otolaryngology and Speech and Hearing Sciences at Boston University Medical Center in Boston, MA.

Ikuo Hirano, M.D., Gastroenterologist, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Fellowship Program Director in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.

Location & Lodging

 

Intended Audience

• SLP

Accreditation

This program is offered for 1.5 CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area).