Functional Approach to Treating High-Level Executive Function Deficits
Presented by: Michelle Hoefnagel,M.S., CCC-SLP; BC-ANCDS
🗓️ August 6th, 2025 | 8:30 – 9:30 PM EST
After this course, you will be able to…
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Describe executive function deficits and their impact on a patient’s abilities at home, work, school, and in the community.
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Demonstrate how to educate patient about various areas involved in executive function.
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Integrate therapeutic tasks to treat high-level executive function deficits by being able to approximating communication and reasoning requirements of daily life.
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Analyze patient performance on task and document outcomes.
COURSE CONTENT
LIVE AGENDA:
8:30-8:40 Introduce topic and brief review of executive function
8:40-8:45 Share visual aid to support patient psychoeducation and serve as a framework for treatment
8:45-9:00 Demonstrate treatment techniques integrating reasoning, thought production, problem solving, social comprehension and judgement
9:00-9:10 Describe scoring and documentation
9:10-9:30 Discuss and address questions
SPEAKER INFORMATION & DISCLOSURES
Michelle Hoefnagel has over 17 years of clinical expertise as a speech language pathologist. She works at the UF Health Jacksonville Leon L. Haley Jr., M.D., Brain Wellness Program in Florida where she collaborates with an extensive interdisciplinary team in evaluating and treating military veterans and first responders who have experienced a mild-moderate traumatic brain injury. This program is one of 6 academic sites nationwide participating as a part of the Avalon Action Alliance. She is honored to provide care within her role to give back to this incredible population to improve their cognitive-communication and quality of life. She completed her Bachelors of Science degree in Theoretical Linguistics with a Minor in French giving her a unique and skilled perspective on language. She then went on to receive her Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology at the University of Utah. Michelle has extensive experience across the continuum of healthcare providing skilled services to people with various difficulties including swallow, voice, speech, language, pragmatics, communication, and cognition. She has been a primary investigator in research in collaboration with Georgia Tech. She spent five years as a member of a multidisciplinary head and neck cancer team at the Wilmot Cancer Center in Rochester, NY. She is pleased to have earned her ANCDS Board Certification in 2024.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES:
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UFHealth Jacksonville – Salary; Medical SLP Collective – Honoraria
NON-FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES:
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Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences – Member
ADDITIONAL FAQS
Can I get ASHA CEUS for this Course?
To successfully complete this course, participants must submit a reflective statement (150-250 words in length) within 14 days of taking the course addressing the following: Identify one key concept, technique, or insight you learned during the course and describe how you plan to apply this learning in your clinical practice.
What is the Refund/Cancellation Policy?
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What can I do if I have a complaint?
Please contact us at info@medslpcollective.com
Who is this webinar appropriate for?
The target audience for this content is licensed speech-language pathologists. There are no prerequisite skills or knowledge needed beyond the basic speech-language pathology training and licensing.
What if I need special accommodations?
If you require accommodations to access these materials due to a disability, please email us at info@medslpcollective.com