Workplace Skills and Professional Issues in Speech-Language Pathology

Description

Designed for SLPs in the workplace, this eminently practical book covers material often lacking in clinical preparation, including a review of the ASHA Code of Ethics and its relationship to various workplace settings; interpersonal skills including teamwork, time and stress management, conflict resolution, and burnout; supervision; personal liability; clinical decision making, legislation affecting service delivery, and client advocacy. Also included is a chapter on business practices.

Table of contents

Introduction

Section 1: Getting the Job

· Chapter 1: Resume Preparation and Interviewing

Section 2: Things You Should Know

· Chapter 2: Information to Know
· Chapter 3: Universal Precautions Against Bloodborne Pathogens and Other Potentially Infections Material
· Chapter 4: Case Law
· Chapter 5: Legislation Related to the Profession of Speech-Language Pathology
· Chapter 6: Ethics in Speech-Language Pathology
· Chapter 7: Professional Standards

Section 3: Work-Place Skills

· Chapter 8: Clinical Decision-Making
· Chapter 9: Goal Setting
· Chapter 10: Counseling Patients and Caregivers Living with a Communication Disorder
· Chapter 11: The Supervisory Process
· Chapter 12: Leadership
· Chapter 13: Time Management
· Chapter 14: Group Dynamics
· Chapter 15: Professionalism and Conflict of Interest
· Chapter 16: Conflict Resolution
· Chapter 17: Stress and Burn-out: How to Recognize It and How to Tackle It