SLP Learning Series: Recent Episodes
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The SLP Learning Series, presented by SpeechTherapyPD.com, explores various topics of speech-language pathology. Each 'season' dives deep into an area from a variety of guests who are leaders in the field. Some topics include stuttering, AAC, sports concussion, teletherapy, ethics, and more.
Guests: Sheree Brisbane, Hayley Hobson & Christa Wessels - In the third episode of Ease into AAC, Kate speaks with three Speech Pathologists about the different aspects of implementing AAC with clients. From getting familiar with AAC through speech therapy sessions to using it at home and in life, speech pathologists need to know how to best support their clients in using it every day. Kate, Christa, Hayley, and Sheree share their experiences implementing AAC with clients and what they’ve found to be most effective in the clinic and the community.
In the second episode of Ease into AAC, Kate Thomson dives deep into the different assessment considerations for Speech Pathologists to identify their client’s AAC needs. Assessment is one of the most critical aspects of client care as a speech pathologist, so it makes sense to dedicate an entire episode of this series to explore this topic in depth. Discover how to determine which AAC method will best support your clients in achieving their communication goals.
In the first episode of the 6-part Ease into AAC Podcast mini-series, Kate Thomson explores the foundations of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and what makes this communication method so essential and valuable. During this episode, Kate introduces you to the differences between low-tech and high-tech AAC options and lifts the lid on common misconceptions about using AAC. This episode provides a depth of understanding that benefits both Allied Health Professionals and families alike.
Guest: Melissa Jakubowitz, MA, CCC-SLP - This course will introduce listeners to the required ethical considerations in developing and establishing a telepractice, requirements for selecting telepractice platforms, the confidentiality of client information, licensure for international telepractice services, client safety during telepractice sessions, and ASHA Code of Ethics principles and rules that are related to the ethical conduct of telepractice.
Guest: Theresa Rodgers, MA, CCC-SLP, ASHA-F, EdS (LD) - This course introduces listeners to scenarios that explore ethical violations that can occur in school practice related to overly large caseloads, student confidentiality issues, telepractice, client abandonment, ethical issues that can arise when a school clinician has a private practice and issues related to clinicians’ lack of understanding of school district requirements for their positions.
This podcast provides listeners with scenarios and answers to questions about ethical issues related to initiation and termination of supervision, the ethics requirements for supervisor client/clinical fellow communication, financial compensation for supervisors, and the principals and rules in ASHA’s Code of Ethics that provide guidance on the conduct of clinical supervision.