Live Chats at Dysphagia Management: Strengthening Skills, Overcoming Obstacles

June 10–29, 2026 | Online Conference

At online conferences, you get the convenience of at-home learning combined with real-time access to speakers. Add these dates and times to your schedule!

All times listed are Eastern time.

This online conference will utilize live video chats, where presenters will address your questions. We encourage you to attend live if at all possible, but if you have a schedule conflict, you can watch a recording of the chat on demand before the last day of the conference. You may report for CE credit for either the live chat or the recording, but not both.

Monday, June 15, 2026
10 a.m. – 11 a.m. ET	Ashwini Namasivayam-MacDonald, PhD, CCC-SLP, SLP(C), and Aaron Padilla, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S Topics: From Symptom to System: Addressing Dysphagia-Related Risk Through Holistic Prevention and Preventing Dysphagia-Related Illness: Addressing Individualized Risk Factors
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
2 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET	Michelle S. Troche, PhD, CCC-SLP Topic: Exercise-Based Treatment for Dysphagia Management: Principles and Evidence
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
1 p.m. – 2 p.m. ET	Bonnie Martin-Harris, PhD, CCC-SLP, and Justine Dallal-York, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S Topics: Adult and Aging Swallowing Physiology: Understanding Normal Variation and An Evidence-Based Approach to Triaging Risk for Swallowing Impairment: Critical Steps Before the Clinical Swallow Exam
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. ET	Kendrea Garand, PhD, CScD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, and Nancy Swigert, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S Topics: The Clinical Swallow Examination: Step-by-Step Guidance for Immediate Clinical Translation and Enhancing the Impact of Instrumental Assessments for Managing Dysphagia in Adults
Thursday, June 18, 2026
2 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET	Debra Suiter, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S Topic: Measuring What Matters: Progress Monitoring and Discharge Decisions in Dysphagia Management
Monday, June 22, 2026
4 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET	Amanda Stead, PhD, CCC-SLP, CHSE Topic: Dysphagia, Ethics, and Tough Conversations: Counseling Strategies for Balancing Risk and Patient Choice
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
1 p.m. – 2 p.m. ET	Brittany Horvath, SLPD, CCC-SLP, and Marissa James, EdD, CScD, CCC-SLP Topic: Honoring the Individual: Supporting Dignity and Quality of Life in End-of-Life Care
Thursday, June 25, 2026
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET	Marilouise E. Nichols, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, and Catriona M. Steele, PhD, CCC-SLP, S-LP(C), Reg. CASLPO, F-ESSD Topics: From Consultation to Collaboration: An Interdisciplinary Approach for Diet Modifications for Patients With Dysphagia and To Thicken or Not to Thicken? Review of the Evidence on Diet Texture Modification
Friday, June 26, 2026
1 p.m. – 2 p.m. ET	Jennifer Hanners Gutierrez, PhD, CCC-SLP, and Raele Donetha Loy, PhD, CCC-SLP Topics: Making the Patient the Core of the Decision-Making Process and More than the Medical Record: The Role of Lived Experience in Dysphagia Care

"I really liked that I could chat with the presenters after I watched the lecture. This is something you might not even be able to do at [in-person] conferences."
Past ASHA Professional Development online conference participant

"The chats are wonderful!! You not only get to have your questions answered but you get to see others' questions and follow their line of thinking!"
Past ASHA Professional Development online conference participant

Preparation

Live video chats last for 30 minutes or 1 hour.
Chat times are preset; clear your schedule now so you can participate in each one.
Listen to the recorded sessions before participating.
Have your questions ready so you can get the answers you need!