Certifications
Masterclass on Echolalia Certification
The Master Class on Echolalia helped me better understand echolalia as a meaningful form of communication and provided strategies for supporting individuals in expanding their language and communicative intent.
SPEAK OUT! Student Certification
The Speak Out! program taught me strategies to support individuals with Parkinson’s disease by focusing on intentional speech to improve vocal loudness, clarity, and overall communication effectiveness.
DTTC Certification
DTTC taught me how to support individuals with motor speech disorders, particularly childhood apraxia of speech, by using structured cueing, repetition, and motor-based learning principles to improve speech production.
Lingraphica Student Certification
The Linguagraphic Student Certification taught me how to provide clients with communication tools that support their ability to express their unique voice, perspectives, and ideas.
Trach Mangament - Case Study
This course taught me about the unique considerations involved in managing swallowing for adults with tracheostomies, including airway protection, cuff status, speaking valves, and strategies to support safe oral intake.
How you Breathe Matters: Certification
“How Your Breath Matters” educated me on how speech-language pathologists can support respiratory function and breathing coordination to promote safer swallowing.
Cranial Nerve Exam Certification
The Cranial Nerve Exam course walks through an in-depth explanation of each component of the exam and how cranial nerve function relates to the physiological processes involved in swallowing and communication.
FEES Overview Certification
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This FEES course provided a thorough introduction to what clinicians should observe during instrumental swallowing evaluations and why these observations are clinically meaningful for assessing swallow safety and physiology.
MoCA Certification
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The MoCA certification educated me on how to administer and score a valuable cognitive screening tool used to understand a patient’s cognitive abilities and their capacity to participate in therapy.
MBSimP Student Certification
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The MBSImP is a useful tool for beginning to understand VFSS interpretation. It broke down and outlined what to observe during the swallow. It provided a structured framework for evaluating swallow physiology.
NIH Stroke Scale Certification
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The NIH Stroke Scale will help me assess a patient’s progress to clinically determine whether measurable functional changes have occurred.