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Kate Grandbois, MS, CCC-SLP, BCBA, LABA; Amy Wonkka, MA, CCC-SLP.
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    Treating Persistent Speech Sound Errors in School Aged Children

    11/05/2026 | 17 mins.
    Speech Language Pathology: Continuing Education Courses by SLP Nerdcast
    Course Title: Treating Persistent Speech Sound Errors in School Aged Children

    Get 0.05 ASHA CEUs and view the full course landing page: https://www.slpnerdcast.com/courses/treating-persistent-speech-sound-errors-in-school-aged-children-abje0176

    Earning Speech-Language Pathology CEUs Online is Simplified with SLP Nerdcast.
    On SLP Nerdcast you’ll find SLP Continuing Education Courses, Masterclasses and Clinical Resources.

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    Learning Objectives:

    Explain the use of nonwords, facilitative contexts, contrastive stress, and repetitive drills to stimulate the production of difficult speech sounds.
    Describe essential motor learning principles for speech remediation.

    References & Resources:

    SATPAC: https://satpac.com/sacks-workshops/intro-to-satpac-program-and-approach 
    Free SATPAC course: https://satpac.com/free-ceus-online-course
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    How to Provide Specialized Instruction to Students with Language Impairment

    27/04/2026 | 23 mins.
    Speech Language Pathology: Continuing Education Courses by SLP Nerdcast
    Course Title: How to Provide Specialized Instruction to Students with Language Impairment

    Get 0.05 ASHA CEUs and view the full course landing page: https://www.slpnerdcast.com/courses/how-to-provide-specialized-instruction-to-students-with-language-impairment-abje0175

    Earning Speech-Language Pathology CEUs Online is Simplified with SLP Nerdcast.
    On SLP Nerdcast you’ll find SLP Continuing Education Courses, Masterclasses and Clinical Resources.

    To learn more about our services visit ▶ https://bit.ly/SLPNERDCAST

    To learn more about our membership and save 10% on your first year of membership visit ▶ https://bit.ly/SLPNerdcastMembership use code “YouTubeNerd” to save.

    Learning Objectives:

    Describe quick and effective tools to assess children’s language abilities through language sampling and narrative contexts
    Describe components of specialized language instruction

    References & Resources:

    Grammar Fundamentals (6 videos) - https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2toYybtLe6_ptroTMsl93Hlc20tjgJgz 
     
    Advanced Grammar Fundamentals (4 videos) - https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2toYybtLe6_R-NiwMMouYIoFrT4pXK-C 

    A scalable tool for assessing children's language abilities within a narrative context: The NAP (Narrative Assessment Protocol)
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0885200609000933 

    Sampling Utterances and Grammatical Analysis Revised (SUGAR): https://www.sugarlanguage.org/ 

    Monitoring indicators of scholarly language: A progress monitoring tool for documenting changes in narrative complexity over time
    https://cehs.usu.edu/csf/israelsen-augensteinmisl-2022.pdf 

    Monitoring Indicators of Scholarly Language (MISL) Scoring Guide scoring rubric: https://cdn-links.lww.com/permalink/tld/a/tld_2015_12_07_sandra_1500023_sdc2.pdf 

    The LEADERSProject - https://www.leadersproject.org
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    Empowering Early SLP Involvement for Tracheostomy Patients

    13/04/2026 | 31 mins.
    Speech Language Pathology: Continuing Education Courses by SLP Nerdcast
    Course Title: Empowering Early SLP Involvement for Tracheostomy Patients

    Get 0.1 ASHA CEUs and view the full course landing page: https://www.slpnerdcast.com/courses/empowering-early-slp-involvement-for-tracheostomy-patients-abje0174

    Earning Speech-Language Pathology CEUs Online is Simplified with SLP Nerdcast.
    On SLP Nerdcast you’ll find SLP Continuing Education Courses, Masterclasses and Clinical Resources.

    To learn more about our services visit ▶ https://bit.ly/SLPNERDCAST

    To learn more about our membership and save 10% on your first year of membership visit ▶ https://bit.ly/SLPNerdcastMembership use code “YouTubeNerd” to save.

    Learning Objectives:

    Identify at least four research-based findings that impact the evaluation and treatment of dysphagia in tracheostomy patients
    Analyze clinical indicators impacting appropriateness for oral intake trials for tracheostomy patients
    Discuss the relevance of a decision tree in guiding the care of tracheostomy patients in current clinical practice 

    References & Resources:

    Baumgartner CA, Bewyer E, Bruner D. Management of communication and swallowing in intensive care: the role of the speech pathologist. AACN Adv Crit Care. 2008; 19(4):433–443.

    Goff D, Patterson J. Eating and drinking with an inflated tracheostomy cuff: a systematic review of the aspiration risk. Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2019;54(1):30–40.

    Leder SB, Ross DA. Investigation of the causal relationship between tracheotomy and aspiration in the acute care setting. Laryngoscope. 2000;110(4):641–644.

    Leder SB, Joe JK, Ross DA, et al. Presence of a tracheotomy tube and aspiration status in early, postsurgical head and neck cancer patients. Head Neck. 2005;27(9):757–761.

    McGowan SL, Ward EC, Wall LR, et al. UK survey of clinical consistency in tracheostomy management. Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2014;49(1):127–138.

    Pryor L, Ward E, Cornwell P, et al. Patterns of return to oral intake and decannulation post-tracheostomy across clinical populations in an acute inpatient setting. Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2016;51(5):556–567.

    Speed L, Harding KE. Tracheostomy teams reduce total tracheostomy time and increase speaking valve use: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Crit Care. 2013;28(2):216 e1.

    Suiter DM, McCullough GH, Powell PW. Effects of cuff deflation and one-way tracheostomy speaking valve placement on swallow physiology. Dysphagia. 2003;18(4):284–292.

    Ward EJ, Solley C, Cornwell M. P. Clinical consistency in tracheostomy management. J Med Speech-Language Pathol. 2007;15(1):7–26.
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    Down Syndrome and AAC Generative Language Intervention

    30/03/2026 | 37 mins.
    Speech Language Pathology: Continuing Education Courses by SLP Nerdcast
    Course Title: Down Syndrome and AAC Generative Language Intervention

    Get 0.1 ASHA CEUs and view the full course landing page: https://www.slpnerdcast.com/courses/down-syndrome-and-aac-generative-language-intervention-abje0173

    Earning Speech-Language Pathology CEUs Online is Simplified with SLP Nerdcast.
    On SLP Nerdcast you’ll find SLP Continuing Education Courses, Masterclasses and Clinical Resources.

    To learn more about our services visit ▶ https://bit.ly/SLPNERDCAST

    To learn more about our membership and save 10% on your first year of membership visit ▶ https://bit.ly/SLPNerdcastMembership use code “YouTubeNerd” to save.

    Learning Objectives:

    List 2 reasons why AAC should be considered for young children with Down syndrome
    Describing the three main components of AAC Generative Language Intervention
    Describing the grammar findings from the AAC-GLI Down syndrome study

    References & Resources:

    Kent-Walsh, J., Harrington, N., Hahs-Vaughn, D., & Binger, C. (2025). Generative language intervention for young children with Down syndrome using augmentative and alternative communication: A randomized controlled trial. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 56(3), 542–564. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_LSHSS-24-00117
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    Re-Defining Effective Communication with Black, Disabled AAE-Speaking Children

    16/03/2026 | 31 mins.
    Speech Language Pathology: Continuing Education Courses by SLP Nerdcast
    Course Title: Re-Defining Effective Communication with Black, Disabled AAE-Speaking Children

    Get 0.1 ASHA CEUs and view the full course landing page: https://www.slpnerdcast.com/courses/re-defining-effective-communication-with-black-disabled-aae-speaking-children-abje0172

    Earning Speech-Language Pathology CEUs Online is Simplified with SLP Nerdcast.
    On SLP Nerdcast you’ll find SLP Continuing Education Courses, Masterclasses and Clinical Resources.

    To learn more about our services visit ▶ https://bit.ly/SLPNERDCAST

    To learn more about our membership and save 10% on your first year of membership visit ▶ https://bit.ly/SLPNerdcastMembership use code “YouTubeNerd” to save.

    Learning Objectives:

    Describe the differences between the medical, social, and critical / radical models of disability 
    Describe the difference between impairment and disability.
    Describe black disability politics and how this impacts the work of speech language pathologists

    References & Resources:

    Canagarajah, S. (2023). A decolonial crip linguistics. Applied Linguistics, 44(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amac042

    Henner, J., & Robinson, O. (2023). Unsettling languages, unruly bodyminds: A crip linguistics manifesto. Journal of Critical Study of Communication and Disability, 1(1), 7-37. DOI: 10.48516/jcscd_2023vol1iss1.4

    Toliver, S. R. (2022). Recovering Black storytelling in qualitative research: Endarkened storywork. Routledge.

    Privette, C. (2023). Embracing theory as liberatory practice: Journeying toward a critical praxis of speech, language, and hearing. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 54(3), 688–706. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_LSHSS-22-00134

    Puar, J. K. (2017). The right to maim: Debility, capacity, disability. Duke University Press.

    Withers, A. J. (2012). Disability politics and theory. Fernwood Publishing.
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SLP Nerdcast offers ASHA CEUs through podcasts and online learning. We discuss clinical issues and best practices relevant to speech and language pathologists… kind of like a conference in your car. All of our online SLP courses can be used towards earning your 30 hours of required professional development. Simply choose the episode or course of your choice and head to the corresponding short post-test to earn your certificate of attendance and ASHA CEUs. SLP Nerdcast. A great resource for SLP Continuing Education. Become a Nerdcast SLP Member and save 10% on annual membership with code PODCAST10 https://bit.ly/SLPNerdcastMembership
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