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Evidence-based guides for clinical practice.

Active Listening Will Change Your Clinical Practice

7/27/2026

Clinical Practice

Whether you're building a treatment plan or trying to change the culture around you, it all starts with active listening.

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Why Clinical Skills Alone Aren’t Enough in Skilled Nursing

7/13/2026

SNF 101

The knowledge gap holding SNF SLPs back from making meaningful change

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A Practical Guide to SLP Screens

6/29/2026

Clinical Practice

When to screen vs when to evaluate

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Standardized Measures for Bedside Dysphagia Evaluations

6/22/2026

Swallow/Cough

Four dysphagia assessment tools every SLP should consider adding to their bedside evaluation

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What is the MDS? PDPM? & Section K?

6/16/2026

SNF 101

An explanation of these acronyms that are thrown around and never explained.

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Selecting Medical Diagnoses on an Evaluation

6/14/2026

Clinical Practice

Explanation of how to select and order diagnoses on your evaluations

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Selecting Rehabilitative Exercises for a Patient with Dysphagia

6/9/2026

Swallow/Cough

A step-by-step guide to identifying physiological impairments and selecting appropriate rehabilitative exercises.

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One Material, Many Goals: Playing Cards

6/8/2026

Dementia/Cognition

This series explores the multitude of ways you can use one material to target different cognitive processes.

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Ordering an MBS or FEES in a SNF

6/4/2026

SNF 101

How to obtain imaging to develop a plan of care for dysphagia treatment.

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Getting ST Paperwork from the Hospital

6/4/2026

Clinical Practice

New admission, on puree textures and nectar thick liquids, with no speech notes in the chart

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Top Continuing Education Resources for SNF SLPs

6/2/2026

Clinical Practice

All free resources

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EMST in the SNF

5/26/2026

Swallow/Cough

All about what the expiratory muscle strength is (and isn't!)

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Medicare & Insurance Basics

5/25/2026

SNF 101

Explanation of Medicare A, Medicare B, and Managed Care plans.

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