Online Courses

This online course highlights functional AAC assessment and intervention strategies that have been found to be highly useful in fostering communication, educational, and related skills in individuals with severe disabilities, including those described as beginning communicators....more+

This course will aid participants in the decision-making process for selecting an augmentative communication system, including five critical components to consider. Both high- and low-tech options are examined, including...more+

Most professionals and parents involved in ASD education and intervention are familiar with the latest empirical research.  But, what’s next? What is our game plan? This Learning Style Profile (LSP) Advanced Training Course focuses on training professionals and parents...more+

This course covers evaluation and treatment of apraxia of speech in adults.  The emphasis throughout is on practice. The first section covers evaluation with a focus on the perceptual ...more+

This course addresses 10 naturalistic developmental-behavioral intervention components that represent the greatest challenges for professionals and families as they establish and facilitate the necessary foundations for conversational skills in young children with ASD. Participants will be introduced to Dr. Patrick Rydell’s Learning Style Profile (LSP)...more+

This course outlines how to implement early intervention in the telepractice setting. It will cover issues related to the research supporting telepractice for early intervention, identifying appropriate models of intervention for EI telepractice, and discuss potential ...more+

A hyper-responsive gag reflex can be very limiting to a child’s overall well-being.  It can interfere with many different aspects of life.  When a speech-language pathologist is treating a child who...more+

Let’s Talk Today! is a practical resource SLPs can use to engage parents in their child’s language development or improvement. It is appropriate for children ages 3 to 7 who are achieving typical language milestones or struggling due to a speech and language impairment. Over 400...more+

This course focuses on a consultative model of intervention examining social and emotional concerns when providing services virtually. This course also includes functional speech and language strategies and is...more+

The purpose of this course is to encourage SLPs who work with children ages 3 to 12 to effectively promote speech sound carryover.  Principles of using a child’s daily environment and routines for speech sound carryover is compared to developing a child’s language skills through...more+

We spend more time hearing than talking, yet we don't remember the majority of what we hear.  This becomes especially relevant as many SLPs and audiologists move to telepractice, telesupervision, and tele-education. In this online seminar come and learn to truly listen as we explore types of listening and obstacles to listening well in the online classroom or therapy room....more+

This course connects our treatment with curriculum-related goals the child is learning in the classroom. This session covers from early science vocabulary (kindergarten) through adolescents. Learn evidence-based intervention strategies for...more+

Limited verb lexicon is a characteristic of children with specific language impairment (SLI). Learn how SLPs can foster the development of verbs by increasing frequency input and verb diversity. Strategies will be provided for children with SLI to learn curriculum verbs. Grade-level verbs, high-incidence academic verbs, and verbs critical for academic success will be covered....more+

This course will review new research on Social Emotional Learning (SEL), self-regulation, motivation and academic confidence.  The content will include brain research on how regulatory skills mature in children and adolescents to enable purposeful, goal-oriented behavior for academic success.  Research on best practices for...more+

This course reviews current neuroscience research on mechanisms of neuroplasticity and is applicable to all age ranges. The specific emphasis is on cognitive-communication therapeutic drivers that positively affect brain maturation, reorganization, and recovery after injury. The course provides a practical comprehensive overview of treatment methodology (the ‘How’ of therapy) and,...more+

This course instructs participants in the applied learning theory that focuses on histology, anatomy and physiology of the major organ systems found in the human body. This foundation will then facilitate the knowledge behind clinical skill sets and techniques needed to efficiently understand and treat the head and neck cancer population. ...more+

This course is intended for speech-language pathologists who work with children who may have adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). It will address the effects...more+

Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder which profoundly affects social/pragmatic language skills and falls under the speech-language pathologist’s scope of practice. This presentation will provide assessment strategies, review important factors to consider in planning treatment, and provide practical suggestions of activities to use in therapy sessions....more+

This course is designed to teach and review infection control practices, as required throughout all healthcare settings and...more+

The course will cover issues related to choosing treatment materials for telepractice, including document cameras, iPad mirroring, and online resources, as well as a review of recent telepractice literature and considerations for...more+

Early identification is vital to delay or prevent progression to dementia, and diagnostic criteria and test performance cutoffs are now available. Language performance deficits are early indicators of MCI and Speech-Language Pathologists are uniquely qualified to...more+

This course is intended for SLPs who are interested in developing their teaching abilities prior to taking on their first student. Participants will be introduced to terminology, supports available for novice supervisors, and common models of supervision and feedback.  Most importantly,...more+

This course is intended for speech-language pathologists who work with children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH). It will address language deprivation in the...more+

This course examines the relationship between excessive screen time and language development, and offers suggestions for helping families understand screen time. Specific methods and strategies for incorporating the screen time discussion into...more+

This course explores voice management across the gender spectrum, with a focus on methods and strategies to alter voice characteristics. Participants will learn how to approach consultation, assessment, generalization, maintenance, vocal hygiene, and...more+

This course focuses on innovative strategies and techniques for teaching grammatical morphology for children ages three through ten years of age. Children with language impairments often have difficulties in many areas of language, but...more+

This course provides essential information on managing complex patients who have multiple diagnoses impacting swallowing function. Discussed will be swallow function and treatment planning as related to body systems, the aging process, and patient diagnostic reports...more+

This course provides the practicing clinician with the most up-to-date tools and methods, starting from the initial assessment, to establishing goals, to selecting an evidence-based treatment plan. The focus throughout the course is on...more+

This course provides the critical background and foundational knowledge for developing and improving the clinical RMT programs including...more+

This course will cover issues related to choosing paper-based and digital evaluations, relevant factors that may impact assessments online for children and adults, and discuss potential solutions for common challenges in the online realm. ...more+

This course is intended to increase the participant’s ability to problem solve a range of conditions that may occur when working with patients who have indwelling tracheostomy tubes.  Each problem presented is based on...more+

Do you want to start a private SLP practice but aren’t sure where to begin? Do you wish you had a step-by-step guide to answer all of your questions? This is the course for you!  This course will guide you through...more+

In this course, you will learn the science behind stress, how it shows up in the day of an SLP, and how to manage...more+

This presentation will focus on assessment and treatment techniques to reduce aspiration risk at the breast and will highlight how to overcome obstacles to...more+

The heinous crime of human trafficking has reached epidemic levels, not just around the world but in every state in the United States. This course is intended to teach professionals how to identify and respond to human trafficking....more+

Fulfill your 2020 ASHA Mentoring and Supervisory course requirements. This 10.5 hour course includes all 10 learning modules of this course series, "Topics on Supervision for Speech-Language Pathologists". Specifically, this course will cover ...more+

Fulfill your 2020 ASHA Mentoring and Supervisory course requirements. This 2-hour course considers supervision across settings including common supervisory principles and patterns found across different settings, what the long-term supervision goal should be, and which types of interpersonal communication are most effective in each setting.  ...more+

Fulfill your 2020 ASHA Mentoring and Supervisory course requirements. This 2-hour course first discusses accountability in the supervisory process. The second portion of this course will cover supervising students with disabilities. ...more+

Fulfill your 2020 ASHA Mentoring and Supervisory course requirements. This 2-hour course will discuss the importance of teaching critical thinking and problem solving in the supervisory process, and discuss observation and data collection to help maintain integrity in supervision...more+

Fulfill your 2020 ASHA Mentoring and Supervisory course requirements. This 2-hour course discusses different approaches to developing effective communication skills between supervisor and supervisee including the process of giving feedback to and leading conferences with supervisees....more+

Fulfill your 2020 ASHA Mentoring and Supervisory course requirements. This 2-hour course will address understanding roles & communicating expectations, and also discuss individualizing styles & levels of supervision. By reviewing evidence-based research on supervision, we discovered that students’ perceptions...more+

Which is a better predictor for a person to develop pneumonia: a diagnosis of dysphagia or poor oral hygiene? The answer to this question may surprise you....more+

Healthcare reform is coming. Are you ready? The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has proposed a new reimbursement methodology for SNF inpatient services (Medicare Part A) called the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM). Final rule on PDPM is included...more+

Speech-language pathologists have been inundated with a myriad of technological choices to incorporate into their daily routines with young clients. However, there has been a lack of professional guidance in identifying technological applications that fall within the guidelines of developmentally appropriate practices, thus...more+

This course explains how to reduce or eliminate the need for constant monitoring to maintain communication and swallowing goals. At the highest level, athletes have stored procedural memories ready to use in their sport. They can adjust these movements in the context of the game with consideration of fatigue, situation, environmental conditions and opponent. Can your patients do this with more basic activities in life, such as find the right word, count, swallow,...more+

This course is intended to educate speech-language pathologists about GERD and LPR as it affects both swallowing and voice disorders in adults. The anatomy and physiology and how they relate to the genesis of reflux will be reviewed for a more complete understanding of the syndromes....more+

This course teaches clinicians effective and practical strategies to manage challenging and defiant behavior in their young clients. Children with difficult temperaments and those with developmental delays may have...more+

Sixty-four percent of shaken babies can demonstrate speech and language deficits with life-long consequencies. This course covers essential information about moderate to severe TBI in infants (e.g., shaken baby syndrome), children and adolescents that is based on the latest research from medical, rehabilitation, and speech-language pathology literature. ...more+

This is possibly the most comprehensive online training program for speech-language pathologists on the types, causes and management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) in children and adolescents.  Participants will increase their knowledge base regarding the...more+

When working with children who have oropharyngeal dysphagia, the speech-language pathologist will need to be aware of all possible signs and symptoms of swallowing difficulties. Once a diagnosis is made, we need to develop an appropriate therapy plan that addresses...more+

Many children have difficulties with an over-reactive or under-reactive sensory system. These reactions can have a negative impact on the child's ability to manage food. Therapy techniques that are used to assist with bolus management can be developed to help children be more successful eaters. This course includes video...more+

Oral motor feeding disorders are quite common in the world of pediatric feeding disorders. It is important that the speech-language pathologist who is working with this population understand the sensory innervation and muscle movements that contribute to such areas of deficits. The exercises that we use with children to improve their overall...more+

This course includes over 80 vocabulary intervention activities, including 20 "ready-to-use" activities for preschool through adolescent students. Participants will learn two approaches for selecting vocabulary words and nine techniques for teaching vocabulary....more+

This course is designed as an introduction to teletherapy evaluation and treatment for speech-language pathologists working with either children or adults. The course will cover client factors, privacy concerns,...more+

This course explores what research says about the perceptions of children in speech therapy from the lens of administrators, teachers, other adults and peers. The impacts of these perceptions...more+

This course is designed to help speech-language pathologists work with individuals who speak with mild, moderate or severe accents and desire to sound less foreign or nonstandard. It will enable SLPs to develop...more+

This course is designed to help speech-language pathologists collaborate with classroom teachers with greater ease and effectiveness. It also provides SLPs a bridge between learning standards and language intervention goals. Key foundational language skills are...more+

This course is designed to enable SLPs to incorporate a new working knowledge as it relates to bilingualism in the assessment and treatment of CLD populations. The material presented will...more+

This course is designed to help SLPs make phonetic placement strategies accessible to students and teachers for target sounds frequently in error. The strategies are presented in a way that...more+

This course introduces and reviews the Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) as a tool for visualizing, monitoring and treating swallowing function. Guidelines for selecting FEES or videofluoroscopic instrumentation are presented with a comprehensive...more+

This course presents an overview of the specialty area of orofacial myology and its relationship to the field of speech-language pathology. Also covered are the procedures involved...more+

This course explores integrating into the clinical swallow exam the concepts of esophageal physiology evaluation as well as screening for signs and symptoms of pathology in the lower GI tract. ...more+

This course is designed to provide a wide-focus view on the various areas of Executive Functioning from age 3 to 18. It reviews all the...more+

Course presenter, Diane German, PhD, is a pioneer clinical researcher and clinical practitioner on the subject of Word Retrieval. This course will aid participants in developing a proven intervention program that addresses word retrieval and vocabulary deficits....more+

This course will review the literature and discuss evidence-based ways to incorporate mindfulness practices into speech, language, cognitive and voice therapy for the adult population. The course will also...more+

This course will cover disorders of cognition commonly associated with right hemisphere strokes in adults, including attention, executive function, awareness, and memory....more+

This presentation will provide participants with a framework for developing goals based on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and activities using children's literature as the context for intervention for students with communication impairments in Kindergarten through Fifth grades. Specific Phonemic Awareness...more+

In this course, we will review ways that dysphagia management, cognitive management, and communication enhancement differ in End of Life care in comparison to our other scope of practice. We will address early decision making and...more+

This course reviews and updates clinical research on speech sound disorders, language and reading disorders, and cognitive disorders in children. Briefly looking back at the views of significant contributors to our field, the course provides historical perspective for understanding some of the differences in...more+

This course will discuss the role of the speech-language pathologist in the evaluation and treatment of Esophageal Stage Dysphagia....more+

This session will briefly review the history of the Common Core State Standards and present a method for analysis of standards to plan for intervention for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD)....more+

In this complete therapy program, learn evaluation of stuttering and step-by-step instructions in treatment as well as specific instruction for at home carryover....more+

This fun, interactive, and evidence-based course is designed to help school-age children internalize lessons taught in speech therapy and generalize them to real-life communication situations. Includes over 40 innovative lessons!...more+

This is an introduction to the philosophy and brief history of NDT. Course includes the problem solving analysis using the International Classification of Functions that is a hallmark of NDT....more+

This presentation details goals and procedures that speech-language pathologists can use to help school-age children, adolescents, and adults overcome the burden of stuttering. Specific strategies are presented...more+

This online course will examine factors that affect communication and swallowing performance for adult patients with tracheostomy tubes with and without mechanical ventilation....more+

This is the "go to" program for /r/ remediation when auditory bombardment and tactile cues are not enough to produce positive treatment results. This course includes seven basic steps that are necessary to move clients onward toward habituation....more+

This course reinforces the support of our professional role to serve children with feeding and swallowing disorders across settings and to advocate for those children and families for best outcomes....more+

Learn how to take a comprehensive case history for PVFM and Chronic Cough, how to make a differential diagnosis of PVFM, and how to treat PVFM and Chronic Cough....more+

The primary objective of this Course is to enable clinicians to successfully differentiate between the normal aging swallow (presbyphagia) and impaired swallow function (dysphagia) in older adults and to be able to utilize and apply that knowledge clinically to improve their patient’s overall quality of life....more+

This practical course will review research from the new field of educational neuroscience that applies to clinical practice with students who have speech-language and social communication disorders. It will focus on new research on the causes...more+

This course will review the current research on disorders of attention, memory, perception, executive function and social skills in school-age children. The focus is clinical application with a review...more+

This session will explain the purpose and expectations of education standards (Common Core), identify the speaking and listening expectations of the CCSS, and identify strategies for integration of core standards into interventions for students with speech sound disorders....more+

Recent evidence indicates that behavioral characteristics of ASD can be seen in some children as young as 12-15 months. Video examples of infants and toddlers with ASD will be used to illustrate what these behaviors look like in young children....more+

This new, multi-faceted course will take you from the basics of Cluttering, on to assessment and differential diagnosis, through case studies, and then into carryover techniques for treatment. All SLPs working with pediatric and adult clients will find it highly relevant and practical....more+

This program, which uses students' curricula, provides an intervention designed to help students comprehend and express themselves using exposition while participating in unique, creative, and motivating experiences that they will, upon completion, share with significant others....more+

This course instructs professionals in the treatment of children with complex feeding aversion using the techniques of Food Chaining. Participants will learn analysis of core diet, flavor mapping and flavor masking, and use of transitional flavors....more+

Participants in this course will learn how to analyze the entire phonological system as the basis for effective and efficient intervention....more+

This course distinguishes the linguistic features of AAVE, identifies important dialectal features and markers, and integrates contrastive analysis and code-switching as effective pedagogical tools to aid in the linguistic dexterity among bidialectal AAE speakers....more+

With a focus on improving the partnership between SLP and teacher, learn 10 strategies that provide a framework for classroom teachers to modify their instruction to better support children with speech and language disorders in this concise course....more+

Participants will learn strategies to help establish solid foundations for the development of normal speech and feeding behavior for young children (birth to age 2) to prevent or reduce life-long feeding, speech, and mouth development problems....more+

Apraxia expert Nancy Kaufman teaches participants techniques to help children with CAS become verbal communicators. Therapy session video clips are integrated into this course to aid participants in learning strategies for teaching children to combine consonants and vowels into words and words into functional expressive language. ...more+

Twelve master clinicians in the field of speech-language pathology team up to discuss the history of dysphagia management, how evidence-based practice has evolved over the years, and what best practice looks like today....more+

This workshop is designed to help speech-language pathologists feel more comfortable and more confident in their ability to help individuals who stutter. Presents a comprehensive model of the disorder that can be used to guide both the assessment and treatment process....more+

When striving for autonomy and the push for clinical beneficence clash, service providers need sound advice based on current best practice. Values, morals and...more+

This course will help to fill the information void on ethical decision making when working with the adult population. When striving for autonomy and the push for clinical beneficence clash, service providers need sound advice based on current best practice....more+

This course will help to fill the information void on ethical decision making in the pediatric setting. When striving for autonomy and the push for clinical beneficence clash, service providers need sound advice based on current best practice....more+

This is the sequel to the Level 1 course (see course #e82). This Level 2 course discusses treatment for children on the autism spectrum who use echolalia or who have used echolalia at an earlier stage in their language development....more+

This course is an introduction to telepractice:  how to get started, what is required from both the professional and the client, the pros and cons...more+

This online course will help speech-language pathologists and audiologists learn important counseling skills for working with clients/patients and their families during challenging interactions....more+

This course will present Formal and Informal Procedures for the diagnostic assessment of semantic and form based Word Finding (WF) error patterns....more+

This course advocates for a holistic approach to dementia care and challenges SLPs to enhance their methods of providing person-centered care for individuals who are living with dementia in any setting....more+

This program gives Speech-Language Pathologists new ideas for developing functional activities to use during therapy or as part of a maintenance program with people with dementia. Creative Connections in Dementia Care is a successful art program for people with dementia....more+

Have you ever "hit a wall" with your articulation caseload? Have you ever felt that you aren?t totally current on technology-based solutions that could help improve your clients' speech outcomes? If so, this course is designed for you....more+

Presenters will provide instructions and case studies to assist clinicians in performing, interpreting and developing a dysphagia treatment plan based on the deficits noted during the oral mechanism/cranial nerve assessment....more+

In a voice assessment, both subjective and objective measures should be captured for a comprehensive view of the client's voice problem. These measures may be captured by...more+

This comprehensive assessment course is presented by 5 leading experts in the field of speech-language pathology. Included will be both instrumental and non-instrumental diagnostic methods available when assessing a person with dysphagia....more+