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.
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
This course is offered for 0.7 ASHA CEUs (Introductory Level, Professional Area)
CIAO Automatically reports to CE Broker for Florida Occupational and Physical Therapists and Assistants. Florida SLPs can either use the ASHA CE Participant Form (Bubble Sheet) or self-submit through CE Broker.
CIAO is recognized on the NBCOT Provider Registry (meets PDU requirements for NBCOT)
"Overall this course was great and I am impressed with the quality of the stream. As much as the story about Daniel was interesting and informational, I do feel that reading the story in it's entirety was not needed and took time away from discussing information at the end of the course. Also, the course did seem more pediatric focused than the description stated. However, again the course was great and very informative."
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Sep 2019
"The course was highly engaging and helpful. The anecdote about transitioning to drinking via a honey bear cup was really helpful and I really liked the cookbooks mentioned. I would have liked some more information on some transitioning from g-tube complications. "
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Sep 2019
"I enjoy the CIACO courses very much they are always informative and well organized. "
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Sep 2019
"Print on manual was very small"
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Jun 2019
"I would enjoy more courses on this topic. Because I work from an educational perspective, I would like to hear more tips and strategies on how to team with medical professionals with medically complicated children as well as boundaries of what should not be done from by an SLP in the home setting. I would also like more treatment ideas for at home support strategies that focus on some safety concerns in the home environment. Thank you. I really enjoyed this workshop."
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Jun 2019
"Would have liked more videos and pictures of feeds and cases. But really loved the course. I have loved all courses presented by CIAO. "
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Jun 2019
"I really enjoyed this course! Thank you very much!!"
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Jun 2019
"All in all a good course. I would like to see/hear a bit more information regarding interactions and education with families regarding weaning/transitioning from tube to oral feeding in the adult/elderly population along with more end of life information. Very well done! Glad to be a part of the first course."
- Live Streaming or Studio Audience, FL / Jun 2019