ANCDS Continuing Education Webinars

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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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The Big Question on Ethics and Ethical Dilemmas

Speaker:


Reethee Antony, PhD, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor, Division of Speech and Language Pathology
Binghamton University

Live Broadcast:

Thursday, August 8, 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:

The webinar will cover information on the relevance of ethics for SLPs and describe some common ethical errors in academia, research, and clinical settings.  Disciplinary actions in case of ethical violations will be discussed.  The webinar will further describe how to self-evaluate if one is ethical in one's professional practice and provide resources to educate professionals on best practices.  Further, the webinar will cover information on how to report ethical issues to ASHA and to the state licensing board.

Learner Outcomes:

The learner will be able to:

  1. Identify at least three common errors in various work settings.
  2. Evaluate and reflect on SLP practices at one's work.
  3. Explain the concept of ethical responsibility, how to and to whom one should report ethical issues, and how to contribute towards a better SLP community.

Speaker Bio:

Reethee Antony is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Speech and Language Pathology at Binghamton University.  She holds an SLP license in New York and Pennsylvania.  She has given over 60 presentations at national, state, regional, and international conferences.  She has worked in hospital, early intervention settings, and has served as a clinical supervisor in university clinics.  She served as the Chair of the Interprofessional Education (IPE) Committee at Misericordia University and has hosted events in the area of ethics.  She taught Ethics as part of the Research Methods course for undergraduate level and graduate level students.  She is a recent recipient of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (PSHA) Leadership and Advocacy Network (PLAN) Award.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial Disclosures: Dr. Antony is a full-time salaried employee at Binghamton University.  She did not receive any speaking fee from ANCDS for this webinar.

Non-Financial Disclosures: Dr. Antony is Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (PSHA) Vice President for Public Information and Professional Communication.  She is a member of PSHA's Government Relations Committee and the Healthcare-Telepractice Committee in PSHA.  She serves on American Speech Language Hearing Association's (ASHA) Board of Ethics (BOE).  She serves on the Development Committee for the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS).  All contents in this presentation are based on her personal perspectives and are not distributed from PSHA or ASHA.  Further, no individual cases from ASHA BOE will be discussed in this webinar.

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 Thursday, August 15, 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 08/16/2024 - 12/31/2024.

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