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One of my favorite activities outside of work is working with my Girl Scout Troop for girls with special needs! These girls are amazing and I learn so much from them at each troop meeting. One of the mothers in my troop was kind enough to give me permission to share a special video of her daughter optimally using her AAC device in our troop meeting. This is a great example of making AAC not only functional but also personal! Have you had a parent go above and beyond to make the AAC device work for their child? What are some of your success stories? References Images For Girl Scout Law Printable. (n.d.). Retrieved February 24, 2015, from http://imgkid.com/girl-scout-law-printable.shtml

Dissertation Blog Post 2 Writing a literature review can be an overwhelming process. I have a feeling that throughout this entire dissertation process I will need to keep telling myself to “just keep swimming.” Luckily, I am working with a University that provides amazing supports such as an incredible library to access, amazing librarians and instructors to help guide you to the right resources and fantastic classmates who are 100% supportive of one another. One of the biggest challenges I had with starting my literature review was knowing actually where to begin.   I found, as recommended in my course work, that creating a literature review map was the best place to start. I had a general rough draft in mind for this map but it wasn’t until after I had a scheduled visit with a librarian from the University that I was able to create my map. After she showed me a few tips and tricks to searching for not only peer reviewed journal articles but also similar dis...

Course:  Oral Mechanism/Cranial Nerve Examination: What Every SLP Needs to Know Presented by: Dr. Kelly Dailey Hall Cost: $34 Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes Test: Must pass with 80% accuracy ASHA Approved? YES! This evening I just finished the Oral Mechanism/Cranial Nerve Examination CEU through Northern Speech Services. This course was a great review from my course work when I was earning my masters degree. The course covers function and assessment of Cranial Nerves V, VII, IX, X, XI, and XII. Dr. Hall provided wonderful pictures and videos to demonstrate the assessments. I personally love the Oral-Mechanism Examination form that you can print to use in real evaluations. I also love the examples provided at the end of the course of how to write up your findings. There were only two negative parts of this presentation. The information was presented too quickly. I frequently had to pause the course and backtrack to listen again and to be sure that I wrote all of ...

Cranial Nerves Earlier in December Dysphagia Café created a great musical video reminding all of us of our friends the 12 Cranial Nerves! I loved this video so much (shown below) that I decided to focus this blog post on the 12 Cranial Nerves! Please be sure to check out this great video and www.dysphagiacafe.com it is a fantastic website with great resources! The 12 Cranial Nerves The amazing thing about the cranial nerves is that they can be made of sensory neurons, motor neurons, or both. Each cranial nerve also has a very specific function. How oh how can we keep all of that information straight?   Well there are several helpful websites available to assist in learning the 12 Cranial Nerves. Below you will see a few charts and graphs that are incredibly helpful!   The Encyclopedia Britannica provides an amazing graphic of the 12 Cranial Nerves as well as a brief description. Within the website “almostadoctor” there is this very detailed ...