This session reviews how to collaboratively determine educational need for voice disorder treatment within the school setting. The speaker discusses how school-based clinicians can advocate for students with voice disorders and their families by facilitating improved access to high-quality and comprehensive voice diagnostic and treatment services. The session explores practical strategies for collaboratively screening, assessing, and treating voice disorders as well as strategies for recruiting and leading a team of medical and educational professionals, school staff, student peers, and family members. Lastly, the session explores how to advocate for students with voice disorders in the classroom and how to create a school environment that supports healthy voice use.

This course is a recorded session from the 2020/2021 online conference “Practical Solutions for Elementary Assessment, Treatment, and Collaboration.”

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• explain how collaboration is essential for all parts of the screening, assessment, and treatment process for pediatric voice disorders
• identify unique contributions and strengths of the school-based SLP in the voice evaluation/treatment process, and outline responsibilities of all team members
• advocate for students using the collaborative screening and assessment process to determine true educational need, develop an effective treatment plan in the least restrictive environment, and help create an overall school environment where vocal health is encouraged and supported
• implement accessible and evidence-based clinical voice screening, assessment, and treatment techniques, and identify available resources to reinforce skills and knowledge

What is Included?

You'll get online access to all the course content, including the full video, handouts, and references so you can access it from anywhere!

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.