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ForwardDisability Types - Speech Disabilities
This self-paced online training equips healthcare professionals with essential knowledge and practical strategies to recognize, accommodate, and communicate effectively with patients who have speech disabilities. Learners will explore clinical signs, care planning, legal compliance, and interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance patient-centered care and improve communication access across diverse healthcare settings.
Target Audience
This course is designed for nurse practitioners, nurses, and other health care professionals who seek improved quality of care for the patients.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Define the concept and scope of speech disabilities within clinical contexts.
- Recognize common symptoms and indicators associated with speech disabilities.
- Locate and evaluate accommodation tools and approaches used to support patients with speech disabilities.
- Analyze the impact of speech disabilities on healthcare delivery and patient-provider interactions.
- Differentiate and implement effective communication strategies tailored to patients with speech disabilities.
- Access and utilize the Effective Communication Toolkit and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) resources.
- Explain the role of speech-language pathologists in facilitating communication access and patient care.
- Integrate acquired knowledge into clinical decision-making and care scenarios involving patients with speech disabilities.
Planning Committee:
Matthew S. Berwick, ADAC - Senior Program Manager, Disability Accomidations for Clinical Services, Disabilities Resource Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Course Directors:
Kaitlin A Kerr, RN, MSN - Clinical Educator for Disability Awareness - Disabilities Resources Center at UPMC
Conflict of Interest Disclosure:
No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT
The information presented at this CME program represents the views and opinions of the individual presenters, and does not constitute the opinion or endorsement of, or promotion by, the UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, UPMC / University of Pittsburgh Medical Center or Affiliates and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Reasonable efforts have been taken intending for educational subject matter to be presented in a balanced, unbiased fashion and in compliance with regulatory requirements. However, each program attendee must always use his/her own personal and professional judgment when considering further application of this information, particularly as it may relate to patient diagnostic or treatment decisions including, without limitation, FDA-approved uses and any off-label uses.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 0.75 contact hours.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 0.75 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 0.75 Attendance