On Demand Webinar
IPC in Action: Building an Early Intervention Team as SLPs and AUDs
On-Demand Webinar Eligible for .1 ASHA CEUs, click here.
Course Description
The presenters discuss their experiences in early intervention, and their roles on early intervention teams. Michelle’s expertise in pediatric feeding and swallowing, paired with Dakota’s expertise in newborn hearing, combine for an exciting conversation that spans how clinicians can connect with other professionals to create an early intervention team and better understand their role.
Objective
By the end of this PodCourse, participants will be able to identify and describe:
- Describe the interprofessional connections and disciplines required to establish an early intervention team.
- Contrast roles that encompass an early intervention team.
- Connect the milestones for children with hearing loss and other communication disorders to roles represented in an early intervention team.
Co-Presenter
Michelle Dawson, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, Coordinator for Clinical Education and Assistant Clinical Professor with the Master of Speech-Language Pathology at Francis Marion University in Florence, SC
Michelle Dawson, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, Coordinator for Clinical Education and Assistant Clinical Professor with the Master of Speech-Language Pathology at Francis Marion University in Florence, SC, is the acclaimed host of “First Bite: Fed, Fun, Functional” a weekly Speech Therapy Podcast that addresses “all thangs” Pediatric Speech Therapy which is presented by Speechtherapypd.com. Recently, Michelle authored, “Chasing the Swallow: Truth, Science, and Hope for Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Disorders”. She is an accomplished lecturer; traveling across the nation delivering courses on best practices for evaluation and treatment of the medically complex infant, toddler, and child with respect to their pediatric oropharyngeal dysphagia, pediatric feeding disorder, as well as language acquisition within the framework of Early Intervention.
She has served as the Treasurer for the Council of State Association Presidents, is a Past President of the South Carolina Speech, Language, and Hearing Association, a 2017 graduate of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Leadership Development Program, a 2020 recipient of the Pediatric Feeding Disorder Awareness Champion from Feeding Matters, a 2021 recipient of the Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Outstanding Clinical Achievement from the South Carolina Speech, Language, and Hearing Association, and six time recipient of American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s ACE Award for continuing education.
Co-Presenter
Dakota Sharp, AuD, CCC-A
Dakota Sharp, Au.D., CCC-A is a clinical assistant professor and audiologist at the University of South Carolina Montgomery-Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic. He is originally from Virginia, and received both his bachelor’s and doctorate of audiology from James Madison University in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. He completed his clinical externship year with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, where his love for pediatric cochlear implants and hearing aids was sparked. He works with patients of all ages in the clinic at UofSC, where he recently launched their newborn ABR services and pediatric hearing aid program. When he’s not in clinic or teaching Master’s SLP students, he is spending time with his wife, dog, and his fun-loving baby boy.