The Speech-Language Pathologist's Role in Fatigue After Childhood Brain Injury

Speaker:

Jessica Salley Riccardi, PhD, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
University of Maine

Live Broadcast:

Monday, July 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM CDT

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For those unable to attend the live broadcast, an archived webinar will be made available shortly thereafter.

Description:

Fatigue is one of the most persistent and negatively impactful symptoms after brain injury, with up to 60% of children experiencing fatigue chronically post-injury.  This webinar will provide an overview of fatigue and discuss and provide clinical strategies for speech-language pathology assessment and management particularly as related to cognitive and social communication.

Learner Outcomes:

The learner will be able to:

1. Describe the characteristics of fatigue after childhood brain injury.
2. Identify one assessment tool for speech-language pathologists to use related to fatigue after childhood brain injury.
3. Identify one management strategy for speech-language pathologists to use related to fatigue after childhood brain injury.

Speaker Bio:

Jessica Salley Riccardi, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Maine.  Her research focuses on long-term outcomes after childhood brain injury including those related to cognitive-communication.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial Disclosures: Dr. Riccardi receives a salary from the University of Maine.

Non-Financial Disclosures: Dr. Riccardi has no non-financial disclosures to report.

Cost:

ANCDS Members: No charge!
Non-Members: $50

ASHA CEUs:

Live Webinar Attendees:

If you would like to receive credit for attending, please complete and submit the program evaluation form after the webinar by Monday, August 5, 2024.

Please note: CEU information is submitted to ASHA on a monthly basis.  Therefore, it may take 6-8 weeks for your course to show up on your ASHA CE transcript.  If it has been more than 8 weeks since you took a course and you have not seen your course posted, please contact [email protected].

Recorded Webinar:

The recorded version of this course will be available 08/06/2024 - 12/31/2024.

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