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Jodie graduated from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL with a Master of Science degree in Communication Disorders. She has been a practicing speech language pathologist since 1995 with extensive experience in the private sector, school settings and clinical experience in hospital settings which include long term care and outpatient rehab. Jodie became a VitalStim® Provider in 2005. Since then she has utilized this modality in the treatment of dysphagia with both her pediatric and adult patients. Jodie is also a licensed NOMAS® practitioner and certified in NDC (NMES for Dysphagia), MDTP (McNeil Dysphagia Therapy Program) and Myofascial Release. She has presented locally and nationally on various topics such as Best Practices, The Benefits of Oral Motor/Feeding Therapy on Articulation/Speech Clarity amongst others. Currently, Jodie serves the Speech Language Pathology profession as a therapist at Val Verde Regional Hospital in TX and as a certified instructor of the VitalStim® Therapy and DINES Specialty Certificate Program for CIAO Seminars.
Financial Disclosure: Jodie receives honoraria from CIAO Seminars for the presentation of this course. She also receives royalties for the purchase of her recorded course(s)
Non-Financial Disclosure: Jodie uses VitalStim Therapy in her practice.
CIAO is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). CIAO complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, CIAO is accredited to issue the IACET CEU.
Introductory Level
0.1 ASHA CEUs
"good course"
- Sioux City, IA / May 2022
"thank you"
- Ripley, MS / Mar 2022
"Great work!"
- Clinton , MS / Feb 2022
"Very Informative!"
- DILLON, SC / Dec 2020
"Great presentation. I liked the way the presenter broke up the lecture. Great content!"
- Batesville, MS / Dec 2020
"I have practiced for over 7 years and hadn't seen a presentation like this. I think all entry level SLPs working in acute or nursing home setting should take this course. "
- Chillicothe, OH / Dec 2020
"Very helpful. Will help me to counsel patients, families and fellow professionals much more effectively "
- Hereford, AZ / Sep 2019
"good information, succinctly provided"
- Brick, NJ / Jul 2019
"This course is wonderful. Thank you so much for reassuring the decision made last week to respect a patient's request to stop HTL in order to increase his quality at the end of his life. I am so thankful that gone are the days when the end-of-life patient is forced to have ANH or, if they choose not to have ANH, be told they can longer stay at the skilled nursing facility. Thank you."
- Conover, NC / Jul 2018
"Awesome course!! Extremely informative!"
- Houston, TX / May 2018
"Maybe use more case studies and have the participants think about what they would decide in that situation and compare to what really took place with that particular patient."
- Roslyn, NY / May 2018
"I really enjoyed listening to this presenter. I appreciated that she closely followed the PowerPoint and then provided additional relevant information as she went through. "
- Edgewater, FL / Sep 2017
"Great course which provided lots of ideas to consider as we approach decision making with our clients."
- Verona, WI / Dec 2015
"Excellent presentation"
- Tampa, FL / Nov 2013
