Helping to rehabilitate someone with dysphagia so the person can eat and drink safely and in the most effective means can be quite a rewarding experience.When choosing the most appropriate exercise routine or plan of…
What would you say if your patient told you that speech therapy is “boring” and “holds no value”?I had a home health patient tell me that years ago, and his words were motivating enough for…
You’ve probably heard the buzz around “tossing the workbooks” and “closing the game closet” in speech therapy. And it may seem like an abrupt change from our hierarchical worksheet flow of traditional speech therapy tasks.You’re right…
One of the tenets of family-centered intervention is this: Intervention that supports a family system is associated with positive reactions from parents, which in turn relates to positive gains in their child’s development.1…
“What does this have to do with anything?”Any SLP in the medical setting has likely heard these words from a patient after completing the standardized testing tasks we have traditionally used. And this question isn’t…
