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Stressed Out? Stress, Language, and Aphasia
Speaker: Jacqueline Laures-Gore, PhD
Live Broadcast: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 12:00 pm (Central)
The archived webinar will be available soon.
Description:
This course provides an overview of stress including definitions of stress; an explanation of the mechanisms of stress; past and current research in stress, language, and aphasia; and assessment of stress in adults with aphasia.
Learner outcomes:
By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to:
- Define stress.
- Discuss the mechanisms underlying the concept of stress.
- Describe our current understanding and measuring of stress, language, and aphasia within the context of previous and current research.
Speaker:
Dr. Jacqueline Laures-Gore is an Associate Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders at Georgia State University. Her research interests include aphasia and stress, integrative health, and post-stroke depression in aphasia. She is widely published in the areas of aphasia and motor speech disorders. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, ANCDS, as well as other sources.
Cost:
ANCDS Members: No charge!
Non-Members: $50
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Laures-Gore has no relevant financial disclosures.
Non-Financial: Dr. Laures-Gore has no relevant non-financial disclosures.
ASHA CEUs:
This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area)
Live Webinar Attendees: If you would like to receive credit for attending, please complete and submit the program evaluation form by September 25, 2019.
Please note: CEU information is submitted to ASHA on a quarterly basis. Therefore, it may take several months for your course to show up on your ASHA transcript. If it has been more than 3 months since you took a course and you have not seen your course posted, please contact [email protected].
Documenting Functional Change in Complex Communicative Environments
Speaker: Louise Keegan, PhD, CCC-SLP
Live Broadcast: Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 12:00 pm (Central)
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For those unable to attend the live broadcast, an archived webinar will be made available shortly thereafter.
Description:
Documenting progress towards goals can be difficult when working with in unpredictable, naturalistic settings with individuals who experience heterogeneous social communication and cognition difficulties. This webinar outlines a group treatment program for those with chronic moderate-severe traumatic brain injury and introduces goal attainment scaling as an effective tool for documenting changes in functional communication.
Learner outcomes:
By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to:
- Describe the challenges associated with measuring functional outcomes of group treatment in contextualized settings.
- Evaluate the benefits of goal attainment scaling in developing and assessing rehabilitation goals for social communication disorders.
- Develop goal attainment scales that are ecologically valid and reliable.
Speaker:
Louise C. Keegan, PhD, CCC-SLP, is Associate Professor and Program Director of the Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology at Moravian College. Her primary research focuses on facilitating the communication of individuals with social communication and cognition difficulties after traumatic brain injury. In addition to clinical research, Dr. Keegan also conducts research in the scholarship of teaching and learning as related to the areas of experiential and problem-based learning. Dr. Keegan has numerous peer-reviewed publications and has presented her work at many national and international conferences.
Cost:
ANCDS Members: No charge!
Non-Members: $50
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Keegan has no relevant financial disclosures.
Non-Financial: Dr. Keegan has no relevant non-financial disclosures.
ASHA CEUs:
This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area)
Live Webinar Attendees: If you would like to receive credit for attending, please complete and submit the program evaluation form by October 24, 2019.
Please note: CEU information is submitted to ASHA on a quarterly basis. Therefore, it may take several months for your course to show up on your ASHA transcript. If it has been more than 3 months since you took a course and you have not seen your course posted, please contact [email protected].