
Charity Shelton, MS, CCC-SLP, CBIST
Charity has been a speech-language pathologist at Missouri Rehabilitation Center/ University of Missouri Health Care, in Mt Vernon, MO, for over 15 years. Charity specializes in the evaluation and treatment of individuals with neurological injuries and treats communication, cognitive, and swallowing deficits in those individuals. She has written and published research studies in the Journal of Cognitive Rehabilitation and Brain Injury, and she is currently participating in research studying noninvasive brain stimulation for treatment of memory and attention disorders in adults with traumatic brain injury.
Charity is a Brain Injury Specialist and Trainer through the Brain Injury Association of Missouri and has been heavily involved in advocacy for persons with brain injuries and their families over her career, including being a member and Chair of the Missouri Brain Injury Advisory Council. Charity is an experienced presenter who has given numerous presentations at the local, state, and national levels. She regularly attends and participates in local and state continuing education events, further improving her knowledge of neuro-rehabilitation and networking and learning information from other professionals in the field.
Courses
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Family Education and Counseling in Neuro RehabFormat: Video
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Video
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Hours: 3
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From $55 / $94
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Team Approach for Maximizing NeurorehabilitationFormat: Video
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Video
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Hours: 3
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From $55 / $94
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Video
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Hours: 3
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From $55 / $94
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Webinar
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Hours: 3
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From $88
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From $106
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Family Education and Counseling in Neuro Rehab

Course Description:
The challenges experienced after acquired brain injury can often have a more significant emotional impact on families of survivors than on the survivors themselves. In order to guide families through the transition of injury, acute care, rehab, outpatient rehab, and return to home, it is important that healthcare providers counsel and educate families throughout all levels of these processes. There are...
Team Approach for Maximizing Neurorehabilitation

Course Description:
There is a significant amount of research that proves a comprehensive, holistic, and team approach to rehabilitation is best after neurological injuries. Implementing this approach to rehab may be difficult for healthcare workers who have typically used a medical model or treatment approach such as nursing, separate from therapies, and separate from physician care.
This course provides an overview of evidence-based...
Behavior Management in Adults and Adolescents with Neurological Disorders

Course Description:
One of the most difficult clinical situations experienced by members of neurorehabilitation teams is the management of rehab services for adolescents and adults with challenging behaviors. While clinicians are skilled within their discipline-specific treatment regimens, many lack the knowledge and skill to manage challenging behaviors in a manner that maximizes the patient's participation in treatment sessions at a therapeutically beneficial level....
Family Education and Counseling in Neuro Rehab - Tuesday, April 15th, 2025, 5:00pm-8:00pm ET

Course Overview
The challenges experienced after acquired brain injury can often have a more significant emotional impact on families of survivors than on the survivors themselves. In order to guide families through the transition of injury, acute care, rehab, outpatient rehab, and return to home, it is important that healthcare providers counsel and educate families throughout all levels of these processes. There are...
Behavior Management in Adults and Adolescents with Neurological Disorders - Saturday, May 24th, 2025, 10:00am-1:00pm ET

Course Overview
One of the most difficult clinical situations experienced by members of neurorehabilitation teams is the management of rehab services for adolescents and adults with challenging behaviors. While clinicians are skilled within their discipline-specific treatment regimens, many lack the knowledge and skill to manage challenging behaviors in a manner that maximizes the patient's participation in treatment sessions at a therapeutically beneficial level....