Online Continuing Education Courses

Adult Neurologic Disorders

• Explain why is it important to possess a basic understanding of the nervous system to clinically manage swallowing disorders resulting from neurologic disease
• Name some of the sensorimotor characteristics associated with impairments at different levels of the nervous system
• Identify some of the dysphagia characteristics that might be seen in diseases affecting various levels of the nervous system
• Describe some of the dysphagia-related problems that might be seen in patients with neurologic disease
• Describe some aspects of change in dysphagia over time in neurologic diseases
• Identify some of the more common treatment issues, decisions, options, and/or practices in different forms of neurogenic dysphagia