Over the last three years, the ANCDS Certification Board has engaged in a range of activities to encourage SLPs to apply for board certification. These activities have included poster sessions and talks at state and national conventions, podcasts, and various forms of personal outreach.  One of the things that became evident from these different attempts was that many SLPs were aware that ANCDS offered board certification and aspired to such recognition of their clinical expertise, but they lacked the confidence that they could complete the process successfully. Most SLPs have never submitted a written or oral case study that would be subjected to peer review. 

ANCDS Support for Black Lives

Written By: Jenny Fortin, MFA, MS, CF-SLP

Written By: Megan Schliep, MA, CCC-SLP, MPH

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the Certification Board committee will be hosting biweekly group mentoring sessions for those interested in pursuing ANCDS Board Certification.  These mentoring sessions will be led by Michael Biel, with other certified committee members who are experts in the area of neurologic communication disorders, joining him each session.

The ANCDS Certification Board is pleased to announce that sample case studies have been posted to the ANCDS website to assist individuals interested in pursuing certification.  These are case studies written by two members who have completed the certification process.  The intent is to give people a sense of the type of writing that is expected for the case studies and the general nature of feedback given by reviewers during the process.

Dafne Abur
Doctoral Student
Boston University
Mentor: Edy Strand

The focus of this ANCDS presentation was to propose new ideas for providing meaningful and effective treatment for individuals with cognitive-communication disorders.  The recent explosion of ‘person-centered’-ness is changing the ways we think about the services we deliver to our clients. Clinicians' frustration, and the dissatisfaction of our clients, with the effects of current treatment practices compels us to seek out some new and different treatment approaches.

Early registration for the 2019 ANCDS Annual Meeting ends 11/6!
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Hyatt Regency Orlando | Orlando, FL

Functional Treatment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders - Fueling the Future

Natalie Douglas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Central Michigan University.  Her research aims to advance best, person-centered practices in communication and quality of life interventions for people with dementia, aphasia, and other acquired communication disorders in adults.  She additionally works to empower local healthcare teams to support quality improvement initiatives and person-centered care through applying principles of implementation science.

Register for the 2019 ANCDS Annual Meeting!
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Hyatt Regency Orlando | Orlando, FL

Functional Treatment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders - Fueling the Future

Register for the 2019 ANCDS Annual Meeting!
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Hyatt Regency Orlando | Orlando, FL

Functional Treatment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders - Fueling the Future

Dr. Hinckley has research and clinical interests in neurologic communication disorders, specifically aphasia and cognition.  She is Board Certified in Neurogenic Communication Disorders by ANCDS and has served as an Executive and Advisory Board member of the National Aphasia Association.  Her particular areas of interest include aphasia treatment research, qualitative methods and approaches, and implementation science.  Currently, she is Co-PI for Project BRIDGE: Building Research Initiatives by Developing Group Effort, funded by the Patient-Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) (2017-2019).  She is the author of two books, Narrative-Based Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, and What Is It Like to Have a Communication Impairment? Simulations for Family, Friends, and Caregivers.  She has served on the Editorial Board of Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation and Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders.  She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters.  She enjoys the opportunities she has to present at national and international conferences and is particularly proud of her former Ph.D. students, who are out changing the world.

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