Getting Started: Funding A Speech Device with AbleNet
Our goal is to ensure every SLP has the tools and support they need to help an individual obtain a high-tech speech device using their medical insurance. Join us for a short webinar to learn how to simplify speech device funding by using resources and tools available to you to maximize your success and get speech devices into your students and clients hands as quickly as possible.
Presented by
Tarren DePelsMaeker received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Michigan State University in 2018. In 2020, she earned a Master of Arts degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Michigan State University. She also holds a Professional License as a Speech-Language Pathologist and a certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA). Her professional career as a Speech-Language Pathologist includes experience in Schools Districts, Clinics, Outpatient Services, and Acute Care. Tarren has provided Speech and Language Therapy services to children, adolescents, and adults with Sound-System Disorders, Apraxia of Speech, Dysarthria, Dysphagia, Language Impairments, Fluency Disorders, Voice Disorders, Developmental Delays, Social Communication Disorders, Language Literacy Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Intellectual Disabilities, and Autism. Her role at AbleNet is to share information regarding Augmentative and Alternative Communication with Speech-Language Pathologists and others to support children, adolescents, and adults.
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Who this course is for
Every minute is written for working clinicians, educators, and families. You walk away with real-world tools to try with your next learner, not abstract theory.
Speech-Language Pathologists
AAC Evaluators
AT Specialists
Practice Managers
After this course
What you’ll walk away with.
You leave with concrete skills and frameworks you can apply in your next session, classroom, or family visit, not just ideas to think about later.
Earn your CEUs
Attend the full course and pass the post-session assessment at 80% or higher. Your 0.05 ASHA CEUs are reported to ASHA when you opt in on the assessment.
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You’ll be able to
Identify benefits of providing high-tech AAC to clients and students.
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You’ll be able to
Identify steps needed to fund a device use a student/client's insurance.
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You’ll be able to
Identify solutions for challenges post- AAC delivery.
The full 30 minutes
Your learning path.
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Introduction
3 minutes - 2
Challenges funding AAC devices for individuals
9 minutes - 3
Funding an AAC device through insurance
17 minutes - 4
Recap
1 minute
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Complete the short post-course assessment with 80% or higher to confirm mastery.
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