CE Credit: 8 Hours (0.8 CEUs)
Target Audience: Counseling Speech-and-Hearing
Learning Level: Intermediate
Course Abstract:
How can computers help speech-language pathologists improve intervention and assessment? Now there are practical, non-technical answers in one easy-to-follow book. You’ll learn new ways of using computers to benefit the people you serve, and you’ll discover ready-to-use strategies for making the most of computer technology. Paula Cochran, an expert in technology applications for communication disorders, guides you through key competencies that help you use computers to improve the language and literacy skills of children and adults, use computer-based materials to improve communication, generate personalized clinical materials to enhance intervention, and supplement the feedback you give individuals with computer-based visuals or audio. Brookes | 2004 | 480 pages | 33 posttest questions | Course #80-35 Learning Objectives:
1. Define clinical computing competency in relationship to computer literacy and recommended competencies for clinicians
2. Identify methods for using a computer as an instructor in clinical interactions
3. Identify clinical situations in which a computer may appropriately serve as a context for conversation
4. Identify recommended methods for using a computer to generate therapy materials
5. Describe how a computer is used as a Feedback Device in various types of speech-language therapy
6. Identify types of computer devices that are used for Internet connections in SLP education Telepractice
7. List uses of a computer as a tool for Speech-Language Pathology Diagnostics
8. Identify federal laws and issues relevant to the appropriate use of adapted access to computers for Assistive Technology
About the Author(s):
Professor Paula Cochran, PhD, CCC-SLP, joined the communication disorders faculty at Truman State in 1987. When not surfing the web or fiddling around with a new piece of software on her computer, she teaches undergraduate classes in language development and graduate level classes in research methodology, language disorders in children, and clinical applications of computers. She graduated with her Bachelor of Arts from the College of Wooster, her Master of Arts from Ohio University, a Diploma in Linguistics from the University of Cambridge and her Ph.D. in Communication Disorders from the University of Virginia. Dr. Cochran has worked as a speech-language pathologist (SLP) in many different settings including a school system, community mental health center, home care facility, rehabilitation center, and currently the university clinic. Dr. Cochran has served frequently on the program committee for the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, in the area of technology applications.
Accreditation Statement:
 This course is offered for .8 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
ASHA credit expires 4/24/2010. ASHA CEUs are awarded by the ASHA CE Registry upon receipt of the quarterly completion report from the ASHA Approved CE Provider. Please note that the completion date that appears on ASHA transcripts is the last day of the quarter regardless of when the course was completed. |