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This webinar will explore right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) and the speech-language services that people with RHD may need to address cognitive-communication impairments. The webinar will address overcoming barriers to individuals with RHD receiving SLP services, evidence-based practices and tools for assessing and treating RHD, and ideas for improving assessment and treatment across the continuum of care.
Learning
Outcomes
You will
be able to:
- Describe the communication
(apragmatism) and cognitive deficits that may be seen in
RHD
- Discuss the potential impact of
cultural and linguistic differences on the assessment of communication and
cognition in people with RHD
- Describe standardized and
nonstandardized assessment methods/tools for RHD
- Describe how the evidence-based
practice diamond can be used to inform treatment for RHD
- Use Goal Attainment Scaling to
co-create goals for a person with apragmatism due to RHD
Presenter
Information
Melissa
Johnson, PhD, CCC-SLP (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor
at Nazareth College, where she teaches and provides clinical education in the
area of neurogenic communication disorders. Her current research interests are
in discourse and prosody in right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) and
music/speech therapy co-treatment of people with aphasia.
Financial
Disclosures:
- Financial compensation from ASHA
for this presentation
Nonfinancial
Disclosures:
- Co-developer of RHDBank and the
righthemisphere.org website
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 and submit the learning
assessment by the end date below.
Program
History and CE
Information
Content origination date: August 28, 2024
End date: August 30, 2029
This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
