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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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Healthy Coping: Brief Behavioral Strategies for Clinicians and Patients

February 2, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Clinicians and patients equally struggle with stress and anxiety (among other mental health symptoms) that can impact energy, motivation, and, ultimately, therapeutic outcomes. There are several brief behavioral health interventions that actively target physiological and psychological symptoms of stress and anxiety that are simple, effective, straightforward to use, and easy to teach.
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Speech Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Integrative Review of Auditory Neurophysiology Findings (2021)

February 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.
A key characteristic in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is social communication deficits, with approximately 60% of children with autism being diagnosed with a language disorder and 30% with minimal or no spoken language at all. The root cause of these language deficits is still unknown. The goal of this review article is to summarize the […]
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Decoding Skills for Reading

February 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Decoding is essential to establishing effective reading skills. This resource includes activities that utilize Orton-Gillingham methods to help your client develop their reading skills.
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Literacy Pack: The Wonky Donkey

February 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This book activities pack targets literacy skills, including print motivation and awareness, letter knowledge, vocabulary, phonological awareness, and narrative skills.
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Oral-Pharyngeal Dysphagia: Advancing from Purees to Solids

February 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Introduction and advancement to solids can be a tricky process for some little ones. Variation with developmental milestones and food preferences can make the transition even more difficult. This resource provides quick tricks and tips to help your child advance from purees to solids.
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Dysphagia: What Have We Learned So Far and What Do We Still Need to Investigate? (2021)

January 31, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a serious respiratory disorder that causes persistent airflow obstruction, inflammatory response, and systemic manifestation. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, COPD was projected to be the third leading cause of death internationally by 2021. This article reviewed various clinical questions about dysphagia and COPD with current research available. The team wanted to […]
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Counseling and Care Partner Training in Primary Progressive Aphasia (2021)

January 31, 2022 by Megan Berg.
There are three variants of primary progressive aphasia, and the SLP may be a part of the diagnosis process with the physician. The three variants include semantic (difficulties with confrontational naming and single-word comprehension), logopenic (impairment with word retrieval and phrase/sentence repetition), and nonfluent/agrammatic (agrammatism and/or apraxia of speech causing speech disfluencies.) Knowing the variant […]
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