Return to Work and TBI: How Can SLPs Help?
Presented by Sarah Baar and Peter Meulenbroek
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Audio Runtime: 50 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 35 Minutes
Dr. Peter Meulenbroek, PhD, MSCI, CCC-SLP, joins host Sarah Baar to explore how SLPs can help patients with TBI return to work. They discuss assessment, intervention, and workplace advocacy, sharing practical strategies for supporting cognitive-communication and social skills on the job. Tune in for actionable takeaways to help your clients succeed.
Learning Objectives
- Analyze the evidence around the parameters of the workplace and your client to cover before return to work
- Apply evidence-based, practical strategies to actionably address social communication, cognitive-communication, and language challenges related to workplace activities
- Solve patient case scenarios involving identifying concerns with the workplace and the social interactions within it
Meet your instructors
Sarah Baar
Sarah is a speech-language pathologist in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She has had the opportunity to work in many settings across the continuum, including acute care, acute rehab, home and community, and outpatient therapy, and has been involved in various leadership projects. In 2016, she started the Honeycomb Speech Therapy…
Peter Meulenbroek
Dr. Peter Meulenbroek is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Radford University and a licensed speech-language pathologist (SLP) specializing in cognitive-communication disorders. His research focuses on social communication and workplace reintegration for individuals with…
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