PodCourse #1: 06/14/18
So what really is in that formula…and what’s it doing to our patients? Jeremy Ponds, RD (.1 ASHA CEU) For more info, click here. Description: In this episode, join Michelle while she interviews Jeremy Ponds, RD with Path of Life Nutrition, as he delivers a candid, but occasionally comical, interview enlightening colleagues as to the makeup of the various formulas on the market and the impact they have on our pediatric patient’s bodies. Did you know there are three broad categories of infant formula types? I didn’t either till he started sharing!! Learning Outcomes: By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
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PodCourse #2: 06/19/18
You want to breastfeed, but wait, I’m the SLP?!? Part 1 Abby Bishop, MA CCC-SLP (.1 ASHA CEU) For more info, click here. Description: Join Michelle as she interviews Abby Bishop, MA CCC-SLP CLC, for an episode where we traipse through the tangled intersection of Speech Therapy and Lactation Counseling. Sit back in awe as she clarifies the confusion and encourages peers to join her cause of “SLPs can become CLC’s too!”. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
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PodCourse #3: 06/26/18
It’s NOT just a millennial “thang”, anxiety is real Stephanie Schank (.1 ASHA CEU) For more info, click here. Description: In this episode, Michelle as she has a frank conversation with Stephanie Schank regarding student clinician fears and anxiety disorders that are more than a “Millennial thang”. Discover how real life heartbreak can lead to a powerful place of healing and serve as an inspiration to clinical supervisors to educate our students with compassion and patience. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
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PodCourse #4: 07/03/18
Pediatric Dysphagia evaluation in home health….wait, what…we can do that…and bill for it? Erin Forward, MSP CF-SLP (.1 ASHA CEU) For more info, click here. Description: Every 4th episode of First Bite, Michelle is joined by the lovely Erin Forward of Rochester, NY, where they tackle hard questions facing the world of pediatric speech therapy. In this episode, the roles are reversed and Erin asks Michelle about special considerations when completing a pediatric dysphagia/feeding evaluation in the home health/natural environment setting. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
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PodCourse #5: 07/10/18
Don’t faint…your little one needs a feeding tubes…and here is why… Jeremy Ponds, RD (.1 ASHA CEU) For more info, click here. Description: In this episode, Michelle is joined again by Jeremy Ponds, RD with Path of Life Nutrition, as he tackles the nitty gritty about who is a candidate for a feeding tube, how flow rates are configured…get your calculator ready!... and the implications of TPN for the little ones we treat. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
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PodCourse #6: 07/17/18
You want to breastfeed, but wait, I’m the SLP?!? Part 2 Abby Bishop, MA CCC-SLP (.1 ASHA CEU) For more info, click here. Description: The one and only Miss Abby Bishop, MA CCC-SLP CLC, is back for her second interview with Michelle! In this episode, we take a closer look at what is covered in a lactation evaluation and when/where referrals are warranted. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
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PodCourse #7: 07/24/18
Teamwork…what? IFSP to IEP…it too can happen! Karina McCollam (.1 ASHA CEU) For more info, click here. Description: Ms. Karina McCollam, ECSE teacher, joins Michelle for this interview, where we have that crucial conversation about IFSP to IEP transitions. Do you despise that “ohhh-to-common” breakdown in communication during this critical period too? Sit back and enjoy as functional strategies are discussed to address this concern. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
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PodCourse #8: 07/31/18
So…we have that tube and now the SLP is going to get them to eat…right? Erin Forward, MSP CF-SLP (.1 ASHA CEU) For more info, click here. Description: It’s q/a time again in this episode, where Michelle is joined by the lovely Miss Erin Forward of Rochester, NY. On the menu: common terminology for our pediatric populations with feeding tubes, emphasis on quality not quantity feeds, and addressing long-term planning…stressing the motto of “fed is fed is fed” and that some of these little ones do need a feeding tube for nourishment and PO for quality of life. Learning Outcomes: By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
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PodCourse #9: 08/07/18
AAC and ECSE and Literacy…those three words can be in the same sentence fragment? Diane Postman (.1 ASHA CEU) For more info, click here. Description: In this episode, Michelle is joined by the dynamic Mrs. Diane Postman of Yorktown, VA to demystify how AAC and emergent literacy can work in an ECSE classroom with a “push-in” approach. We are not talking swapping out pictures for objects here folks, but data drive core-vocab with real-life examples! Hilarity, albeit in a geeky fashion, does occur in this most functional of discussions! Learning Outcomes: By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
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PodCourse #10: 08/14/18
Setting Supervision Straight Juliana Miller, MS CCC-SLP (.1 ASHA CEU) For more info, click here. Description: In episode 3 we talked supervision from the perspective of a student, however, in this episode Michelle is joined by the charming Mrs. Juliana Miller, from Columbia, SC…and together they address problematic practicum placements and the “do’s” vs. the “do not’s” of clinical supervision, as well as to highlight the upcoming 2020 ASHA changes to supervision…all from the perspective of a Director of External Clinical Practicums. We close with a challenge to the listeners…not yet a supervisor…join the club and pay it forward!! Learning Outcomes: By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
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