Course Description
Course Description:
Branching out into your own business can be a daunting task.  How do you even begin?  You have ideas and plans, but when it's time to put them on paper, you draw a blank!  It's important to have a blueprint for your practice but if you can’t write about it, how can you build it?  Your business plan helps build a solid foundation and provides you with a roadmap to collect and analyze information. It is not unusual to change or revise your vision and strategies as you put pen to paper.  This course will help clarify your ideas and develop strategies to move forward.    
Contact Hours: 3
Target Audience:
Instructional Level: BeginnerAccreditation Information:
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Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
Branching out into your own business can be a daunting task.  How do you even begin?  You have ideas and plans, but when it's time to put them on paper, you draw a blank!  It's important to have a blueprint for your practice but if you can’t write about it, how can you build it?  Your business plan helps build a solid foundation and provides you with a roadmap to collect and analyze information. It is not unusual to change or revise your vision and strategies as you put pen to paper.  This course will help clarify your ideas and develop strategies to move forward.    
Learning Outcomes:
Upon the completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Identify your motivation(s) for transitioning into your own business
- Organize an "information to-do" list for data collection
- Execute a Strengths, Weaknesses, Oppurtunites and Threats (SWOT) analysis to assist in completing your business plan
- Choose and organize an appropriate business plan
Disclosures:
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Contact Hours: 3 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).
Target Audience: Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant, Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistants, Speech Language Pathologists, Nurses.
Instructional Level: Basic.
Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 75% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 75% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved
This course is offered for 0.30 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level, Related area).
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial – Denise Dougherty, MA, CCC-SLP is employed and receives a salary. She receives payment from Colibri Healthcare, LLC for the presentation of this course.
Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service
Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.
Authors:
Denise Dougherty, MA, CCC-SLP
Denise Dougherty is a Speech-Language Pathologist who has her own private practice, where she conducts therapy with both children and adults. Ms. Dougherty received her Bachelor's degree at Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania, a Master's Degree from St. Louis University and has completed postgraduate courses at Johns Hopkins University and several doctoral courses at University of Phoenix.
She is certified in VitalStim therapy and is an instructor for VitalStim certification, is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and has received numerous ASHA ACE Awards. Ms. Dougherty has worked at United Cerebral Palsy, Easter Seals, in long-term care; is a board member of The American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology (AAPPSPA), AAPPSPA Program Chair for 2006 and 2007 Conference; is a AAPPSPA liaison for the ASHA Health Care and Economics Committee and served as secretary of CORSPAN.
Ms. Dougherty was also an adjunct faculty member at York College of Pennsylvania and Wesley College in Dover, Delaware. She is the Vice President of The American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology and received the Academy's 2007 Honors Award for achievements.
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