This session provides attendees with the opportunity to more deeply consider their role as advocates regarding the topic of workload/caseload for themselves and those they serve. Topics include: an overview of advocacy, our ethical obligation to engage in advocacy efforts, current workload/caseload considerations in the state of Ohio, professional burnout, solutions-focused problem solving, outcomes-oriented planning, practical strategies/tools to get started, and an interactive exchange of ideas/collaborative discussion.

• The participant will be able to explain the need for concerted advocacy efforts specific to workload/caseload issues in School settings in Ohio.
• The participant will be able to identify potential solutions to current challenges facing school-based practitioners.
• The participant will be able to enact a grass-roots approach to systems advocacy towards facilitating impactful change to the status quo (re: workload/caseload considerations).

Speaker Disclosures: Amy Tepper is employed as a full-time academic faculty member at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio. She is also co-owner of A3 for Life Consulting and ss an invited speaker, the conference registration fee was waived for this presentation.  Amy serves as the Director of Advocacy for the Ohio Speech-Language-Hearing Association and is an OSLHA member. She is also a member in good standing of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

The presentation will take attendees through four clinical case studies focusing on assessment and treatment of four different voice disorders: videostroboscopic findings, auditory-perceptual assessment, and then treatment paradigms. It will then move into two shorter segments on chronic refractory cough and gender-affirming voice.

• The participant will be able to correlate videostroboscopic findings to perceptual voice quality for voice assessment, and describe evidence-based treatment.
• The participant will be able to describe assessment and treatment of chronic refractory cough.
• The participant will be able to describe the role of the speech pathologist for gender-affirming voice care.

Speaker Disclosures: Michelle Adessa has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content. Emma Laurash has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content.

Working in Skilled Nursing Facilities, Speech-Language Pathologists and Occupational Therapists can find themselves looking to each other as resources. In this discussion we’ll explore typical roles each discipline plays in SNFs and patient care, how to collaborate, co-treat and incorporate function into engaging groups to achieve the best possible outcomes.

• The Participant will be able to demonstrate knowledge of modes of treatment, billing and documentation requirements to support medical necessity.
• The Participant will be able to describe functional application of IDT collaboration.
• The Participant will be able to identify rationale behind collaborative treatment between SLPs and OTs in the SNF setting.

Speaker Disclosures: Ashley Rediger has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content. Kellie Reno has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content.

A majority of people will experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetime. Some will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Trauma-informed care is an approach that acknowledges the need to understand a person’s life experiences in order to deliver effective care. It has the potential to improve patient/client engagement, treatment adherence, health outcomes, and provider and staff wellness. During this presentation, speech pathology and audiology professionals will be presented with definitions of trauma and PTSD, which will be distinguished from stress, and they will learn about signs of acute trauma-related distress. Language and environmental adaptations along with other considerations will be presented as tools for mitigating impacts of trauma in the work we do. The importance of collaborating with mental health colleagues and others will also be covered.

• The Participant will be able to define trauma and distinguish it from PTSD and stress.
• The Participant will be able to provide examples of how trauma can negatively impact therapy sessions and ways to mitigate this.
• The Participant will be able to state why it is important to collaborate with mental health providers in their settings and ways to strengthen relationships with these colleagues.

Speaker Disclosures: Beth LaGrange has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content.

In recent years, more professionals than ever are turning to telepractice as a way to serve their clients. In education, teachers and other school-based professionals have been integrating a range of technology into their instructional practices for years. Models from this field can be used to help SLPs and other professionals think about how they are going to utilize technology not just to replace what they would have done in person, but to reach clients and help them achieve their goals in new and innovative ways. This session will provide practical tips, examples of activities, and guide professionals to reimagine what they can do through models of telepractice service delivery.

• The participant will be able to describe three different levels of technology integration.
• The participant will be able to identify activities for a chosen speech/language treatment area in each of the three levels.
• The participant will be able to analyze whether the use of technology is enhancing the client’s learning and helping them to achieve their goals.

Speaker Disclosures: K. Todd Houston receives royalties from three books published by Plural Publishing and is the founding partner and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the 3C Digital Media Network, LLC. He also serves as cohost the Telepractice Today podcast with Kim Dutro Allen. He has no additional financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content.

Dysphagia treatment is inherently challenging in the context of multiple etiologies, prognosis, and the myriad of therapy tools at every SLP’s disposal. This course will discuss the application of the rehab treatment specification system into clinical practice and how to approach complex etiologies with carefully selected treatment targets.

• The participant will be able to list the components of the rehab treatment specification system.
• The participant will be able to state considerations for exercise based vs bolus driven driven therapy.
• The participant will be able to discuss therapy directions in relation to the dysphagia etiology.

Speaker Disclosures: Veena Kallambettu is a salaried employee at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Veena is a current member of ASHA and DRS. Margaret McGlade has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content. Brooke Bell has no relevant financial or nonfinancial disclosures to make regarding this presentation content.