We’re excited to announce the launch of Elevate, CAPCSD’s new and improved Learning Management System! Designed with you in mind, Elevate offers a modern, user-friendly interface and enhanced features to support your professional development.
What’s New?
- When you register for courses or webinars, you'll receive direct access through your personal account dashboard.
- The system automatically generates a secure link that connects you directly to Zoom sessions - no more searching through emails for meeting links or worrying about losing access information.
- Simply log into your CAPCSD Elevate account and click to join your registered sessions directly from the platform
- Your account serves as a comprehensive hub for all your professional development activities including tracking of CEU and certificates.
All CEUs earned through webinars or virtual conferences in our previous LMS have been transferred to Elevate and will appear on your updated transcript.
Getting Started with CAPCSD Elevate:
Step 1:
CAPCSD Members: Log in with your CAPCSD credentials (top right corner of Elevate).
CAPCSD Non Members: Click the "Start Here" in the red box (center of the page of Elevate).
Step 2: Set Up Your Learning Profile Once registered, visit your Profile section to customize your learning experience by selecting your Interest Categories and update your profile.
Step 3: Explore and Enroll The link to register directly for webinars are outlined below.
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
.10 ASHA CEUs
Speaker:
Radhika Aravamudhan, PhD., EdD, CCC-A
Beyond the Bot: Educating Students for Thoughtful AI Use
If you are an academic and struggling to find ways to foster and limit use of AI in academic settings, this webinar is for you. Whether you're an AI enthusiast or just beginning to explore its implications, this session will equip you with the language, perspective, and strategies to help students become more reflective and responsible users of generative AI.
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
1:00pm - 2:30pm ET
.15 ASHA CEUs
Speaker:
Travis T. Threats, Ph.D., ASHA Honors
"The Persons" In Person-Centered Cares: Use of Narratives
To help speech-language pathologists understand it is not simply the matter of the "right" or "wrong" words that interfere with culturally responsive services. The way to get to know about fellow members of the interdisciplinary teams and with our clients and their families is best done through narratives spoken in what is a safe and brave environment.
ETS Praxis Exam Preparation
Speaker:
Jason Dietrich
Director, Educational Partnerships
Educational Testing Service
Are your students apprehensive about taking the Praxis exams? CAPCSD is pleased to present a new exam preparation opportunity for your students!
In this recorded webinar, students will hear directly from Educational Testing Service (ETS) Director of Education Partnerships, Jason Dietrich, a comprehensive overview of the Praxis Audiology Exam and Speech-Language Pathology Praxis Exam. From the development of the Praxis exams through receiving official score reports, ETS will explain the process, registration, tips for success, resources, and delivery. During the live webinar, participants will have an opportunity to get questions asked and addressed. Through the visual, audio, and interactive elements of this live webinar, students will be well-informed and assured that they have the latest exam preparation information available.
This webinar was recorded on February 19, 2025, and is not eligible for CEU credit.
How SLPs Get Paid
Speaker:
Rebecca Bowen, M.A., CCC-SLP, PNAP, CAE
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
This introductory level presentation will cover basic principles of health care payment, including working with payers (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, private/commercial insurers), reviewing fee schedules and insurance contracts, and understanding coding systems (e.g., Current Procedural Terminology and International Classification of Diseases), as well as provide guidance for efficient and compliant billing and documentation. This course is specifically designed for graduate students and practicing clinicians with little to no experience in real-world billing and payment across settings.
This webinar was recorded on February 14, 2025, and is not eligible for CEU credit.
How Audiologists Get Paid
Speaker:
Rebecca Bowen, M.A., CCC-SLP, PNAP, CAE
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
This introductory level presentation will cover basic principles of health care payment, including working with payers (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, private/commercial insurers), reviewing fee schedules and contracts, and understanding coding systems (e.g., Current Procedural Terminology and International Classification of Diseases), as well as provide guidance for efficient and compliant billing and documentation. This course is specifically designed for graduate students and practicing clinicians with little to no experience in real-world billing and payment across settings.
This webinar was recorded on February 11, 2025, and is not eligible for CEU credit.
Student Diversity and Faculty Sufficiency in CSD Academic Programs: Next Steps
Speakers:
Judy Blackburn, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Christie A. Needham, M.A., CCC-SLP, & Loretta M. Nunez, M.A., Au.D., CCC-A/SLP
This webinar can help faculty, program directors, and department chairs in CSD programs identify trends in academic programs related to student diversity and faculty sufficiency, as well as identify programs and strategies to support increased diversity and faculty retention.
This webinar was recorded on May 7, 2024, and is not eligible for CEU credit.
OSEP Personnel Prep Grants: How to Support Student Training in Your Program
Speakers:
Teresa Girolamo, Ph.D. San Diego State University, Matt Gillispie, Ph.D., CCC-SLP University of Kansas, Jane Wegner, Ph.D., CCC-SLP University of Kansas, Sara Kover, Ph.D. University of Washington, Laura Hall, Ph.D., BCBA-D San Diego State University, Sarah Allen Department of Education
This webinar will focus on OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs) personnel prep grants, which aim to support programs in providing high-impact, evidence-based personnel preparation in special education and related disciplines for speech-language pathology. Attendees will hear a broad overview of these grants, including where to find resources (e.g., grant webinars and webpages). Sample panel topics include: a) scope of each funded project; b) who awardees collaborated with (i.e., within CSD or other disciplines, like special education); c) factors in evaluation and preparing the application.
This webinar was recorded on January 8, 2024, and is not eligible for CEU credit.