ASHA Learning Pass

Increasingly, SLPs are serving individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). This session focuses on the various diseases associated with MCI, their hallmark cognitive-linguistic deficits, and best practice guidelines for MCI assessment and intervention.

This session was recorded at the 2024 ASHA Convention in Seattle (session 1001).

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• Identify the various etiologies associated with MCI
• Differentiate the early cognitive-linguistic deficits associated with the different dementia-producing diseases
• Summarize the best practices associated with MCI assessment and intervention

Presenter Information

Kathryn Bayles, is Professor Emerita at the University of Arizona and an internationally known expert on MCI and dementia. Her research has received support from the National Institutes on Aging, Mental Health, Deafness and Other Communication Disorders; Robert Woods Johnson Foundation; and the Alzheimer's Association. She is a Past President of the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences, an ASHA Fellow, and ASHA Honors recipient.

Disclosures:

• Royalties from ProEd Inc. for the Arizona Battery for Cognitive Communication Disorders, from Plural Publishing for Cognitive-Communication Disorders of MCI and Dementia, and from Northern Speech Services (NSS)

Kim McCullough, PhD, CCC-SLP (presenting author) is the Graduate Program Director and a professor at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. Her teaching, clinical activities, and research focus on interprofessional practice and education, aging, mild cognitive impairment, dementia, and interventions for sustaining brain function.

Disclosures:

• Royalties from a textbook 
• Funding from Appalachian State University to attend ASHA Convention

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete the learning assessment by 11:59 p.m. ET on the end date below.

Program History and CE Information

Content origination date: December 2024
End date: July 17, 2030.

This course is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level, Professional area).