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The Virtual Clinician
Providing online voice assessment and treatment
Providing online voice assessment and treatment
Overview
Curriculum
Instructor
Disclosures
Overview
Course ID: ABLO0154
Subject: Speech Pathology
Course Code: P
Instructional Level: Introductory
Needs Assessment
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of teletherapy has surged in popularity among clinicians. Clinicians need resources to develop knowledge and skills for successfully providing telehealth services for voice disorders with low- or no-cost tools.
Learning Outcomes
- The learner will be able to optimize the audio/visual settings within their telepractice platform.
- The learner will be able to perform good quality online acoustic assessment of voice.
- The learner will be able to discuss the ethics in providing online voice service delivery.
- The learner will be able to provide services to specialty voice populations including pediatric, singing and gender-diverse clients.
- The learner will be able to discuss billing and claim submission guidelines for successful reimbursement.
Instructional Design
Course Type: asynchronous
Where: On-demand, online viewing
Instructional Methodologies: video learning modules
Cultural/Accessibility Considerations: visual demonstrations and on-video text is present
Course Structure – 0.5 ASHA CEUs or 5 hours
Part 1: Optimizing the Online Voice Clinic (Part 1, 50:21 and Part 2, 22:00)
Part 2: Performing Quality Online Acoustic Testing (Part 3, 51:16 and Part 4, 18:09)
Part 3: Ethics in Online Voice Service Delivery (Part 5, 25:38)
Part 4: Supporting Online Pediatric and Singing Clients (Part 6, 32:21 and Part 7, 40:44)
Part 5: Reimbursement for Online Voice Services (Part 8, 37:56)
Part 6: Masterclass: Online Voice Training (Part 9, 14:40 and Part 10, 36:22)
Audience Information
The target audience for this course is speech-language pathologists to provide online voice assessment and treatment.
There is no required prerequisite learning for this course.
This course will be available for ASHA CEUs starting on April 15, 2023.
By default all ASHA members will have their course credits submitted for ASHA credit unless you specifically request to not have this submitted. You can make this request via email at join@confidentclinican.com
Required material and supplies include a computer with an internet connection.
Offering is provided on www.confidentclinician.com via video learning modules within the
website. Access is anytime after purchase up to 1 year.
Completion Requirements
What do I need to do to complete requirements and obtain a certificate of completion? To obtain a certificate of completion, you must:
■ watch the entire on-demand webinar modules
■ complete the graded content quiz assessment (with at least 100% passing score)
■ complete the learning assessment
■ complete the program evaluation
Curriculum
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Section 1
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Section 2
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Section 3
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Section 4
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Section 5
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Section 6
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Section 7
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Instructor
Kristie Knickerbocker
Kristie is a speech-language pathologist who is driven to break down barriers to learning about voice science. She runs a private practice voice clinic in Fort Worth, Texas where she provides videostroboscopy exams and specialized voice care. She wanted to start the Confident Clinician Cooperative because as a former patient herself, she understands the need for experience to improve patient outcomes, and she wants to empower clinicians to take charge of their skill set and feel confident in voice therapy and beyond.
- Financial Disclosures
- Founding Member of The Confident Clinician Cooperative, LP
- Owner ATEMPO Voice Center, LLC
- Non-Financial Disclosures
- none
Cara Bryan
Cara is a speech-language pathologist who has specialized in voice rehabilitation. She runs a private practice in Tampa, Florida where she provides both comprehensive endoscopic voice and swallow assessments and treatment. She has extensive acute care and outpatient hospital experience, in addition to being a classically trained soprano. Recognizing a paucity of in-depth graduate level voice coursework, Cara cofounded the Confident Clinician Cooperative to assist future and practicing clinicians in accessing voice-specific continuing education for confident clinical practice.
- Financial Disclosures
- Founding Member of The Confident Clinician Cooperative, LP
- Owner South Tampa Voice Therapy, LLC
- Non-Financial Disclosures
- none
Dr. Aaron Ziegler
Aaron is a voice-specialized speech-language pathologist who has devoted his career to developing effective and efficient physiologic voice therapy. He has a private practice in Portland, Oregon where he provides in-person and online habilitation and rehabilitation services for voice. He co-founded the Confident Clinician Cooperative because he wanted clinicians to feel confident in their knowledge and skills to support patients with voice differences and voice disorders. Aaron draws from his background in theater, singing, and languages in addition to his experience in clinic, research, and education as he helps clinicians achieve effective and efficient outcomes with their patients.
- Financial Disclosures
- Founding Member of The Confident Clinician Cooperative, LP
- Owner Wellness Group for Voice and Speech, LLC
- Co-owner PhoRTE, LLC
- Non-Financial Disclosures
- co-developer of PhoRTE
Melanie Tapson
Melanie Tapson is the owner and speech pathologist at Melanie Tapson Voice Care. As a professional singer, she loves helping keep performers in top form, and she takes great pride in serving the LGBTQ2S+ community with a range of voice and communication services to those in need. She also teaches voice and voice rehabilitation in person and online to clients and colleagues internationally
- Financial Disclosures
- The Confident Clinician Cooperative compensated Ms. Tapson for her presentation.
- Non-Financial Disclosures
- None
Disclosures
Disclosure Information
Disclosures protect viewers of our content at www.confidentclinician.com and we feel strongly about remaining transparent about financial and non-financial relationships.
Content Disclosure
We at The Confident Clinician Cooperative are not endorsing any materials or equipment
shown in this continuing education offering.
Financial/In-Kind Disclosures
We at The Confident Clinician Cooperative received free materials from the following companies to share with random attendees of this live event (these giveaways are NOT included in the asynchronous course).
- HiTalk
- Voice EvalU8
- Oovo Straw
- Phonanium
- PhoRTE
FAQs
Is partial credit available for your courses?
No. Partial credit is not available for any of our courses.
I need accommodations. Who can I talk to about that?
- To request accommodations for self study and on-demand content please email us at
join@confidentclinician.com. Please know that it may take us up to 14 days to provide
accommodations. - To request accommodations for live courses, please email us at join@confidentclinician.com.
Please know that it may take us up to 14 days to provide accommodations.
I need to cancel my attendance. What do I do?
- To cancel attendance to a live course that has not yet occurred, we allow cancellations up to 48
hours prior to the course. Please email us at join@confidentclinician.com to cancel, and allow
30 days for us to process the full refund. - To cancel attendance to a pre-recorded and on-demand course, due to the nature of online
administration, we do not offer refunds - To cancel attendance to a mentorship session, please inform us at least 48 hours prior to the
scheduled date/time. We will gladly reschedule your date/time. Cancellation requests that do
not comply with this will not be honored. Refunds are not offered. If you have not scheduled
your meeting with us within 1 year of mentorship purchase, it will be cancelled with no refund.
What if the live course is cancelled. When can I expect a refund?
- If a live course that has not yet occurred is cancelled for any reason by us, we will inform you
as soon as possible and provide full refunds to each participant within 30 days. - If we as the provider need to cancel and reschedule a mentorship session, we reserve the
right to complete that task at any time.
How can I file a complaint?
If you feel you need to file a complaint with us, please email us within 1 week of attendance to a
program we offer at join@confidentclinician.com. We take complaints very seriously and will
respond to you as soon as possible to remedy the situation.
Price: $
99
This course includes
- Full course videos
- Full 1-year access
- Accessible on mobile devices
- Certificate of Completion
- Introductory Level 0.5 ASHA CEUs
