CEUs for SLPs

High Impact Issues in SLP Master Course: ADHD, SPD, APD and the Law

Master Class Series, 13.5-hours

Course Description

Legally Defensible IEPs
This session presented the basis and components for an approach that enables SLPs to become highly credible when reporting their findings and recommendations during individualized education plan meetings. Components of legally defensible documentation and report writing was addressed.
ADHD
Inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and impulsivity are the most common presenting behavioral manifestations in at-risk school-aged children.  This presentation discusses the causes of hyperactivity, overactivity, and inattentiveness in children beyond the ADHD diagnosis.  It addresses a select variety of conditions which may mimic symptoms, including medical diagnoses, traumatic brain injury, language and literacy disorders, acquired genetic disorders, as well as psychiatric disorders with similar symptomology. Recommendations related to which standardized and clinical assessment batteries can be used for determination of language related-deficits are presented.  Finally, treatment options, accommodations, modifications and compensatory strategies to improve affected performance in social and academic settings, are also provided.
Central Auditory Processing
This course presented an overview of assessment and management of central auditory processing disorders  in children. Interdisciplinary aspects of working with school-age children was highlighted.
Sensory Processing Disorder
Treatment of sensory integration is widely used but recommendation though research is limited.  This presentation will focus on the current evidence that is available, discuss the need for additional research, and explain how to cautiously apply the current evidence to practice.

CEUs/Hours Offered

ASHA: 1.35 ASHA CEUs, Intermediate 
CA SLPAHB: 13.5 hrs
CMH: 13.5 hrs

About the Presenters

Learning Outcomes

who is a credible expert

Explain characteristics and report components of a credible expert.

components of a forensic report

Define and explain components of a forensic report

credibility pitfalls

Identify credibility pitfalls.

core symptoms of ADHD

List core symptoms of ADHD as listed in DSM-5 and interpret them through the differential diagnostic lens

SLP standardized and clinical assessment batteries for students with ADHD

Identify select standardized and clinical assessment batteries useful for students with ADHD

EBP treatment approaches

Review select EBP treatment approaches and describe their utility

central auditory processing assessments

Analyze data related to central auditory processing assessments and generate appropriate treatment recommendations

Analyze data related to sensory integration activities that also compare it to other clinical dimensions (i.e. attention, escape from work).

Satisfactory Course Completion Requirements

This course must be watched in its entirety. In order to receive the CMH or the CEU certificate, a quiz is required to be completed with 80% success.

Agenda

Part 1 by Tatyana Elleseff - ADHD

5 mins – Disclosures, Introduction

60 mins – Discuss core symptoms of ADHD as listed in DSM-5 and interpret them through the differential diagnostic lens.

30 mins – Describe which disorders have similar symptoms as ADHD

30 mins – Identify select standardized and clinical assessment batteries useful for students with ADHD

60 mins – Review select EBP treatment approaches and describe their utility

60 mins – List compensatory strategies for intervention purposes

30 mins – List useful accommodations and environmental modifications for students with ADHD to improve focus in therapy sessions

10 mins – Special considerations

15 mins – Q&A

Part 2 by Dr. Vermiglio - APD

5 mins – Disclosures, Introduction

25 mins – Review of popular therapeutic approaches

50 mins – Methodology

  1. Discuss central auditory processing disorder as a theoretical and clinical diagnosis.
  2. Evaluate research related to central auditory processing processing disorder according to acceptable levels of evidence and discuss clinical applications
  3. Analyze data related to central auditory processing assessments and generate appropriate treatment recommendations

30 mins – Results and Recommendations

10 mins – Q&A

Part 3 by Jacqueline Dobres - SPD

5 mins – Disclosures, Introduction

50 mins – Literature Review and Methodology

    1. discuss sensory processing disorder as a theoretical and clinical diagnosis.
    1. evaluate research related to sensory processing disorder according to acceptable levels of evidence and discuss clinical applications
    1. analyze data related to sensory integration activities that also compare it to other clinical dimensions (i.e. attention, escape from work).

55 mins – Results and Recommendations

10 mins – Q&A

Part 4 by Lenore Boyarin, Esq. - Legally Defensible IEPs

5 mins – Disclosures, Introduction

25 mins – Objectives:
1. To understand IDEA and its impact on conducting
speech/language evaluations and resulting IEP
recommendations.
2. To understand the process of conducting a legally
defensible speech/language evaluation.
3. To understand the components of a legally defensible
speech/language evaluation.
4. To understand the considerations to be included in
assessments for specific populations.
5. To write a legally defensible speech/language evaluation
report.

50 mins – Methodology: assessment requirements per IDEA, written report requirements per Educational Code, components of a legally defensible assessment report (e.g., case history, testing observations, previous assessments, classroom observations)

30 mins – Recommendations: use of validity statements, importance of informal observations, considerations for special populations, adverse impact on education

10 mins – Q&A

Part 5 by Tatyana Elleseff - APD

5 mins – Disclosures, Introduction

25 mins -address objectives:

  1. Discuss central auditory processing disorder as a theoretical and clinical diagnosis.
  2. Evaluate research related to central auditory processing processing disorder according to acceptable levels of evidence and discuss clinical applications
  3. Analyze data related to central auditory processing assessments and generate appropriate treatment recommendations

20 mins – Methodology: evidence-based procedures, assessment methods and implications on language development and literacy

30 mins – Recommendations:  considerations for special populations, adverse impact on education

10 mins – Q&A

Part 6 by Tatyana Elleseff - Neuropsychological or Language/Literacy Assessment

5 mins – Disclosures, Introduction

25 mins – Discussion of the purpose for each type of assessment

30 mins: comparative analysis of neuropsychological vs. language/literacy assessment batterie45 mins

25 min: Discussion about  assessment components relevant to intervention provision 

5 mins: Q&A

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