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Presenter(s): Morgean Hirt, ICE-CCP
Credit(s): PDHs: 1.0, ASHA CEUs*: 0.1
Summary: What are competencies, and why do they matter? This course explores what competencies are, how they are developed, how they are used, and how they can benefit an individual professional as well as an entire profession. This is the first of four courses in the Career Pathways: Exploring Competency Frameworks series.
Presenter(s): Terri Hinkley, EdD, MBA, BScN, RN, CAE; Amanda Eve Wildman, MS, CCC-SLP; Julie Martinez Verhoff, AuD, PhD, CCC-A
Credit(s): PDHs: 0.5, ASHA CEUs*: 0.05
Summary: In this panel discussion, an audiologist and a speech-language pathologist share how they are currently using competencies in their practices to enhance client, patient, and student care. The panelists also discuss the drivers for implementing competencies at their workplaces, their colleagues' responses to the shift to using competencies, and the benefits they have experienced at the individual and organization level. This is the last of four courses in the Career Pathways: Exploring Competency Frameworks series.
Presenter(s): Morgean Hirt, ICE-CCP
Credit(s): PDHs: 0.5, ASHA CEUs*: 0.05
Summary: This course explores specific ways that developing competencies benefits a profession. The speaker discusses and shares examples of how competencies provide training pathways, ensure well-qualified professionals, inform performance evaluations, and create a common understanding. This is the third of four courses in the Career Pathways: Exploring Competency Frameworks series.
Presenter(s): Terri Hinkley, EdD, MBA, BScN, RN, CAE
Credit(s): PDHs: 0.5, ASHA CEUs*: 0.05
Summary: This course explores why embedding competencies in practice is useful and introduces a framework for doing so. The speaker discusses using competencies as a tool for professional growth, including methods for evaluating competency and the benefits and challenges of each method. This is the second of four courses in the Career Pathways: Exploring Competency Frameworks series.
Presenter(s): Megan-Brette Hamilton, PhD, CCC-SLP
Credit(s): PDHs: 0.5, ASHA CEUs*: 0.05
Summary: Many clinicians may feel they lack the time, skills, or competence to effectively address diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); it might feel like one more thing on an already-long list of considerations and requirements. But if we focus on our passion for working with people and change our perspective about providing culturally responsive services, then it's not more work, it is the work. This course discusses the value of addressing DEI as part of audiology and SLP services and provides practical ideas for doing so.
Presenter(s): Danielle M Connor, MS, CCC-SLP; Annie Govea, MS, CCC-SLP
Credit(s): PDHs: 0.5, ASHA CEUs*: 0.05
Summary: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, access to our patients for in-person treatment may be limited and our ability to develop a relationship with patients/caregivers may have taken a toll due to facility protocols to protect against the spread of infection. As health care providers, we must reflect on our abilities to communicate with patients and their families, ensuring understanding of their deficits and treatment options even as we continue through a pandemic. This course provides the clinician with a review of holistic assessments and health literacy approaches that will empower the patient to make informed decisions. This course is a recorded session from the 2021 ASHA Convention Virtual Library (session 2140V).
Presenter(s): Jeffrey C Meeks, EdD, CCC-SLP
Credit(s): PDHs: 1.0, ASHA CEUs*: 0.0
Summary: This course provides an overview of safety precautions for speech, language, and hearing professionals in both health care and school settings. The presenter discusses safe and effective practices and reviews relevant clinical scenarios. The course satisfies the universal precautions coursework requirement for individuals seeking ASHA certification as an audiology assistant or a speech-language pathology assistant. (This course is not eligible for ASHA CEUs.)
Presenter(s): Tucker Gleason, PhD, CCC-A
Credit(s): PDHs: 1.0, ASHA CEUs*: 0.0
Summary: This course provides a review of the ASHA Assistants Code of Conduct, which provides a framework and guide to support day-to-day decision-making. The presenter describes each component of the Code of Conduct and highlights clinical scenarios that apply the Code of Conduct. The course satisfies the ethics coursework requirement for individuals seeking ASHA certification as an audiology assistant or a speech-language pathology assistant. (This course is not eligible for ASHA CEUs.)
Presenter(s): Jeffrey C Meeks, EdD, CCC-SLP
Credit(s): PDHs: 1.0, ASHA CEUs*: 0.0
Summary: This course provides an overview of privacy laws affecting speech, language, and hearing professionals. The presenter discusses privacy laws and reviews clinical scenarios in both health care and school settings. The course satisfies the patient confidentiality coursework requirement for individuals seeking ASHA certification as an audiology assistant or a speech-language pathology assistant. (This course is not eligible for ASHA CEUs.)