Dysphagia Care Plan, Education, and Best Practices for Your Staff, 2nd – HomeCEU
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Instructional Level: Beginner

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Denise Dougherty, MA, CCC-SLP

Dysphagia Care Plan, Education, and Best Practices for Your Staff, 2nd Edition - Friday, May 8th, 2026, 4:00pm - 8:00pm ET

Dysphagia Care Plan, Education, and Best Practices for Your Staff, 2nd Edition - Friday, May 8th, 2026, 4:00pm - 8:00pm ET

4 Hours Instructional Level: Beginner
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Description:

Course Overview

Staff education on feeding, thickening liquids, strategies, and precautions is part of our job as speech pathologists or occupational therapists. If we don’t provide this information, the lack of staff education and knowledge may result in choking, aspiration events, or worse. Studies document staff education is often nonexistent or very general. This seminar will identify specific recommendations and rationale for their use. These strategies are critical for staff and families to follow during meals. If there’s a lack of understanding or follow-through, the patient can be at risk. The resource handout provides useful information to construct patient-specific care plans for use in your facility, outpatient, or home health settings to maintain adequate nutrition and hydration and improve patient safety with oral intake.

Full Course Description
Course OverviewStaff education on feeding, thickening liquids, strategies, and precautions is part of our job as speech pathologists or occupational therapists. If we don’t provide this information, the lack of staff education and knowledge may result in choking, aspiration events, or worse. Studies document staff education is often nonexistent or very general. This seminar will identify specific recommendations and rationale for their use. These strategies are critical for staff and families to follow during meals....

Goals & Objectives:

Course Overview

Staff education on feeding, thickening liquids, strategies, and precautions is part of our job as speech pathologists or occupational therapists. If we don’t provide this information, the lack of staff education and knowledge may result in choking, aspiration events, or worse. Studies document staff education is often nonexistent or very general. This seminar will identify specific recommendations and rationale for their use. These strategies are critical for staff and families to follow during meals. If there’s a lack of understanding or follow-through, the patient can be at risk. The resource handout provides useful information to construct patient-specific care plans for use in your facility, outpatient, or home health settings to maintain adequate nutrition and hydration and improve patient safety with oral intake.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing this course, the learner should be able to:

  • Discuss three factors that negatively impact a resident’s nutrition and hydration 
  • Describe the importance of adding an individualized mouthcare protocol to a resident’s care plan 
  • State the mealtime problems interfering with a resident’s oral intake 
  • Describe characteristics of a patient’s IDDSI diet level to prevent diet errors 
  • Explain the testing method to verify correct liquid consistency 
  • Explain the impact of foods used to administer crushed medications 

Goals & Objectives:

Course Overview

Staff education on feeding, thickening liquids, strategies, and precautions is part of our job as speech pathologists or occupational therapists. If we don’t provide this information, the lack of staff education and knowledge may result in choking, aspiration events, or worse. Studies document staff education is often nonexistent or very general. This seminar will identify specific recommendations and rationale for their use. These strategies are critical for staff and families to follow during meals. If there’s a lack of understanding or follow-through, the patient can be at risk. The resource handout provides useful information to construct patient-specific care plans for use in your facility, outpatient, or home health settings to maintain adequate nutrition and hydration and improve patient safety with oral intake.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing this course, the learner should be able to:

  • Discuss three factors that negatively impact a resident’s nutrition and hydration 
  • Describe the importance of adding an individualized mouthcare protocol to a resident’s care plan 
  • State the mealtime problems interfering with a resident’s oral intake 
  • Describe characteristics of a patient’s IDDSI diet level to prevent diet errors 
  • Explain the testing method to verify correct liquid consistency 
  • Explain the impact of foods used to administer crushed medications 

Disclosures:

Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology


AOTA logoColibri Healthcare, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 12007. This Distance Learning-Interactive course is offered at 0.4 CEUs, Introductory, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.


Contact Hours
Upon sucessful completion of this course, you will be awarded the following contact hours (based on profession):
Occupational Therapy: 4
Speech-Language Pathology: 4

If you require special accommodations, please contact Colibri Healthcare Support by clicking here: Contact Us or by using the chat functionality.

ACHA CE Approved Provider 

This course is offered for 0.40 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level, Professional area).

Please note - ASHA reporting closes at the end of each month, with completions reported around or after the 15th of the following month.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.

Disclosures:

Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology


AOTA logoColibri Healthcare, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID# 12007. This Distance Learning-Interactive course is offered at 0.4 CEUs, Introductory, OT Service Delivery, Foundational Knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.


Contact Hours
Upon sucessful completion of this course, you will be awarded the following contact hours (based on profession):
Occupational Therapy: 4
Speech-Language Pathology: 4

If you require special accommodations, please contact Colibri Healthcare Support by clicking here: Contact Us or by using the chat functionality.

ACHA CE Approved Provider 

This course is offered for 0.40 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level, Professional area).

Please note - ASHA reporting closes at the end of each month, with completions reported around or after the 15th of the following month.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.

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