The 2026 Medical Speech Pathology: Best Practices will be held Friday and Saturday, February 20-21, 2026 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
COST: $325 individual registration; $295 per person for those registering as a group of 2 or more
Course Overview
Presenters will discuss best practices in the diagnosis and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders for adults with a variety of medical diagnoses. This conference will focus on practical approaches to managing these patients and will emphasize evidence-based techniques that can be implemented in daily evaluation and treatment. One hour of the conference will be dedicated to ethical considerations when using AI in a clinical setting, meeting the ethics CEU requirement by ASHA for a three-year period. Carly Barbon, Ph.D, CCC-SLP, will teach on the topic of head and neck cancer rehabilitation
Course Topics
Failure to Thrive and Refeeding Syndrome
Dysphagia Management in Individuals with ALS
AI and Clinical Care: Ethical and Organizational Considerations (fulfills ASHA Ethics requirement)
AAC in the Hospital Setting
Behavioral Assessment of Patients with Disorders of Consciousness
Diet Modification and What the Research Says
Beyond the Swallow in Head and Neck Cancer Rehabilitation
Learning Objectives and Disclosures coming soon