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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: From Identification to Intervention

February 8, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This course explored the FASD diagnostic process, including identification and evaluation. The presenter uncovered common comorbidities and misdiagnoses for children with FASD as well as common communication deficits in people with FASD and offered techniques and intervention strategies for how to promote support and success for clients with FASD.
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Palliative Care and Pediatric Feeding & Swallowing

January 22, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Palliative care often involves a multidisciplinary team of specialists who aim to assist in maintaining or enhancing quality of life for patients who may or may not be terminally ill. This course covers content for families, caregivers, and providers who are unsure of what their roles should entail when advocating for patients who wish to […]
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Ain’t Misbehavin’: Nobody Taught Me About That

January 22, 2022 by Megan Berg.
SLPs face many challenges, including unexpected behaviors and how to deal with them. This course will give information to pediatric SLPs on behaviors you might encounter in your practice and tools for responding well.
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A Call into the Wild: How Therapy Can and Should Move Outdoors

January 19, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This course will make the case for implementing traditional evidence-based language therapies within the context of nature. Reviewing his own experience developing nature-based intervention and translating nature-based pedagogy into speech-language pathology, the presenter provides recommendations for clinicians and researchers for bringing children and families we serve outdoors.
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Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: Strategies and Supports in Birth-10yo

January 19, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This course will explore the presentation of NAS in newborns all the way to school age. From feeding issues that arise soon after birth, to language delays in toddlerhood, and then behavioral challenges in a structured school setting, this population is frequently seen on a speech-language pathologist’s caseload. This course provides immediately applicable ideas and […]
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Supporting Executive Functioning Skills and Self-Advocacy in Speech Therapy

January 18, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This course will explore ways to engage students in development of self awareness related to personal executive functioning strengths and challenges in order to effect lasting therapeutic impact. Executive functioning strategies, creation of a strategy portfolio, a template for a self advocacy letter to teachers/employers, example goals and objectives, and a resource list will be […]
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Interventions Designed to Improve Narrative Language in School-Age Children: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses (2021)

January 16, 2022 by Megan Berg.
A child’s use of narrative language can indicate future academic and social success, which is why narrative language interventions are so important in the field of speech-language pathology. Narrative language refers to the ability to tell or retell a story, including use of grammar and narrative components (e.g., setting, characters, problem, solution). This review paper […]
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