This capstone session concludes the three-part clinical mentoring series by focusing on integration, reflection, and sustainable professional growth. Participants will briefly revisit the core principles of mentorship explored throughout the series and examine how mentored clinical reasoning can be carried forward into everyday practice. Using a final complex or evolving client scenario, the mentor will guide participants through advanced clinical decision-making, highlighting how experienced speech-language pathologists balance evidence, intuition, client needs, and professional judgment. Emphasis will be placed on developing a personal mentoring mindset—both as a recipient and provider of mentorship—so participants leave equipped to continue growing with confidence, curiosity, and clinical intention.

Instructor Details and Financial Disclosure 

• Vanessa Anderson-Smith

Registration Fees

• $100  0.1 ASHA CEUs, digital workbook & certificate of completion.

 

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Summarize key mentorship principles that support ongoing professional growth in speech-language pathology.
2. Integrate mentored clinical reasoning strategies into independent clinical decision-making.
3. Identify ways to seek, provide, and sustain mentorship within their professional environments.
    

 

Schedule

Timed Agenda

• 0–5 minutes
  Welcome and Series Reflection
  -Brief reflection on the mentoring journey across all three sessions

  -Reaffirmation of the purpose and value of mentorship in SLP practice

• 5–15 minutes
  From Mentored to Self-Directed Clinical Thinking
  -What mentorship looks like in day-to-day SLP practice
  -Differences between supervision, instruction, and mentoring
  -How learning through experience supports clinical confidence and growth
• 15–25 minutes
  Capstone Case Context
  -Presentation of a complex, evolving, or longitudinal client scenario
  -Focus on nuanced decision points and clinical judgment
  -Identification of competing priorities and real-world constraints

• 25–50 minutes
  Advanced Mentored Clinical Reasoning Discussion
  -Mentor-guided exploration of assessment, treatment planning, and adaptation
  -Discussion of alternative perspectives and professional reasoning
  -Modeling how experienced clinicians integrate experience, evidence, and instinct

  -Encouraging participants to articulate their own clinical thinking

• 50–60 minutes
  Closing Reflection and Mentorship Forward
  -Key insights gained from the mentoring series
  -How participants can continue reflective clinical growth
  -Strategies for engaging in mentorship as part of long-term professional practice
   

Total: 60 min 

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