Date

May 31, 2019 - June 1, 2019

Description

Susan L. Roberts, MDiv, OTR/L, author, educator, and occupational therapy clinician uses a body, mind, spirit approach developed over four decades of practice. Susan studied occupational therapy at Boston University, theology at Harvard, nutrition at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, and Five Element Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Tao of Healing Center in NYC. She worked in psychiatric hospitals, physical rehabilitation centers, skilled nursing facilities, schools, and home care. Her pediatric clinic, Changes Occupational Therapy, in AZ uses play as the focus for healing. Susan taught occupational therapy theory and practice at Eastern Kentucky University and New York Institute of Technology. She authored Biomechanics: Problem Solving for Occupational Therapy; Kinesiology: Movement in the Context of Activity; My Kid Eats Everything: A Journey from Picky to Adventurous Eating; and The Food Explorers Passport. She recently published Sustainable Health: Simple Habits to Transform Your Life.

Location: Salem, NH

This event is a: Conference

Contact Name: Pamela Donnelly

Contact Phone: 1-800-487-6530

Presenters: Susan L. Roberts, MDiv, OTR/L

# of CEU Credits: 13

Date

May 31, 2019 - May 31, 2020

Description

Join Michelle as she interviews Abby Bishop, MA CCC-SLP CLC, for an episode where we traipse through the tangled intersection of Speech Therapy and Lactation Counseling. Sit back in awe as she clarifies the confusion and encourages peers to join her cause of “SLPs can become CLC’s too!”

This event is a: Webinar

Contact Name: Michelle L. W. Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC

Contact Phone: (866) 275-4858

Presenters: Abby Bishop, MA CCC-SLP, Michelle Dawson, MS, CCC-SLP

# of CEU Credits: 1 Hour

Date

June 4, 2019 - June 4, 2020

Description

This course is the second in a two part series with Abby Bishop. In this course, we take a closer look at what is covered in a lactation evaluation and when/where referrals are warranted.

This event is a: Webinar

Contact Name: Michelle L. W. Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC

Contact Phone: (866) 275-4858

Presenters: Michelle Dawson, MS, CCC-SLP Abby Bishop, MA, CCC-SLP

# of CEU Credits: 1 Hour

Date

June 7, 2019 - June 9, 2019

Description

A longtime member of the Education Resources faculty and an accomplished author, Rona Alexander is a speech-language pathologist specializing in the assessment and treatment of oral motor, feeding/ swallowing, and respiratory-phonatory function in infants and children with neuromuscular involvement. Dr. Alexander is a qualified speech instructor in Neuro- Developmental Treatment, delivering expert clinical knowledge and a personable instructive style through her basic pediatric and advanced NDT courses. She is a co-author of the book, Normal Development of Functional Motor Skills: The First Year of Life, and codeveloper of The ABCs of Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing. She also has served as a member of the ASHA Steering Committee for Special Interest Division 13: Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders. Dr. Alexander maintains a private practice, provides consultation services and conducts workshops on oral motor, feeding/swallowing, and respiratory coordination development, assessment and treatment.

Location: Irvine, CA

This event is a: Conference

Contact Name: Pamela Donnelly

Contact Phone: 1-800-487-6530

Presenters: Rona Alexander, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, C/NDT

# of CEU Credits: 17.5

Date

June 7, 2019 - June 8, 2019

Description

Joan Arvedson is internationally renowned for her pioneering research, instruction, and clinical work with infants and children who have feeding/swallowing disorders. She has been Program Coordinator of Feeding and Swallowing Services at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. She is Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. She received her BS, MS, and PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was awarded Honors of the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association in 2016, ASHA’s highest distinction. Her leadership, clinical acumen, and research united therapeutic and medical/surgical disciplines. She is lead author for three reference books, three self-study publications for continuing education through ASHA Professional Development, and has more than 40 peerreviewed articles and 12 book chapters. She has given more than 100 presentations at ASHA conventions, state conventions and national conferences, as well as international lectures/seminars in 64 countries. While director of speech-language pathology and audiology at Children’s Hospital of Buffalo and as coordinator of feeding and swallowing services at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Dr. Arvedson takes a holistic, comprehensive approach to clinical and instrumental assessment and management/intervention with infants and children. Disclosure: Financial: Joan Arvedson receives a honorarium from Education Resources for this course. Non-Financial: She has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

Location: New Brunswick, NJ

This event is a: Conference

Contact Name: Pamela Donnelly

Contact Phone: 1-800-487-6530

Presenters: Joan Arvedson, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, ASHA Fellow

# of CEU Credits: 14

Date

June 11, 2019 - June 11, 2020

Description

In this course Michelle interviews licensed dietitian nutritionist Jeremy Ponds and he explains what types of feeding formulas are available, how each of the different types of formulas processed/utilized in the body, and what are the usual reasons why a child may be placed on one formula rather than another. 

This event is a: Webinar

Contact Name: Michelle L. W. Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC

Contact Phone: (866) 275-4858

Presenters: Michelle Dawson, MS, CCC-SLP Jeremy Ponds, RD

# of CEU Credits: 1 Hour

Date

June 14, 2019 - June 15, 2019

Description

Krisi Brackett is a Pediatric Feeding and Dysphagia Specialist with over 20 years of experience. She is currently Co-director of the UNC Pediatric Feeding Team at the NC Children’s Hospital, UNC Healthcare, Chapel hill, NC. The team consisting of pediatric GI, speech and nutrition provides multidisciplinary feeding intervention to the birth-18 population using a combined medical, nutritional, motor, and behavioral approach. . She is also an adjunct faculty member at the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, UNC– Chapel Hill. Krisi publishes the popular feeding blog, www.pediatricfeedingnews.com. Krisi is currently assisting with several pediatric feeding research projects as part of the feeding team and with the UNC research group, The Feeding Flock (http://feedingflock.web.unc.edu/). She performs MBSS and FEES in the pediatric population. She is certified in pediatric neuro- developmental training and is a member of ASHA. Krisi lectures nationally on medical management and therapeutic strategies for handling this special population. The instructor has no relevant financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.

Location: San Diego, CA

This event is a: Workshop

Contact Name: Scott Boston

Contact Phone: 1-800-791-0262 ext 1

Presenters: Krisi Brackett MS SLP/CCC

# of CEU Credits: 1.6

Date

June 18, 2019 - June 18, 2020

Description

Michelle is joined by the lovely Erin Forward of Rochester, NY, where they tackle hard questions facing the world of pediatric speech therapy. In this episode, the roles are reversed and Erin asks Michelle about special considerations when completing a pediatric dysphagia/feeding eval in the home health/natural environment setting.

This event is a: Webinar

Contact Name: Michelle L. W. Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC

Contact Phone: (866) 275-4858

Presenters: Michelle Dawson, MS, CCC-SLP Erin Forward, MSP, CF, SLP

# of CEU Credits: 1 Hour

Date

June 20, 2019 - June 23, 2019

Description

Location: New Orleans, LA

This event is a: Conference

Contact Name: Caraly Walker

Contact Phone: (303) 865-7637

Presenters: Kay A. Toomey, PhD, Lindsay Beckerman, MOT, OTR/L and Kelly Fitzpatrick, MA, CCC-SLP

# of CEU Credits: 2.85

Date

June 25, 2019 - June 25, 2019

Description

Michelle is joined again by Jeremy Ponds, RD with Path of Life Nutrition, as he tackles the nitty gritty about who is a candidate for a feeding tube, how flow rates are configured…get your calculator ready!… and the implications of TPN for the little ones we treat. 

This event is a: Webinar

Contact Name: Michelle L. W. Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC

Contact Phone: (866) 275-4858

Presenters: Michelle Dawson, MS, CCC-SLP Jeremy Ponds, RD

# of CEU Credits: 1 Hour