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Practical and Applicable Solutions: How SLPs Benefited from ASHA Health Care Connect
SLPs came to ASHA’s Health Care Connect conference ready to learn about dysphagia, head and neck cancer, Parkinson’s disease, concussion, delirium—and much more. Across three days of sessions, SLPs heard how their unique skills and training prepared them to work as an integral part of multidisciplinary teams. Editor’s note: This is part two of a series on tips SLPs learned at ASHA Connect 2018. Read part one for insights heard from attendees of the schools’ sessions. Ruth Snyder, an SLP and solo practitioner in Jacksonville, Florida, began her Friday morning at Vivian Sisskin’s session, “Differential ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 24, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jillian Kornak Tags: Academia & Research Events Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology dementia Dysphagia Parkinson's Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs

What Your Colleagues Learned at ASHA ’s Schools Connect 2018
Apraxia of speech assessments for nonverbal students. Ready-to-implement concussion-management strategies. Modeling voice changes for students. These are just some of the take-aways participants in “Schools Connect” look forward to immediately putting into practice. Designed for speech-language pathologists who work in schools, health care and private practice, the annual ASHA Connect features hands-on, practical educational sessions that provide practical tools for attendees to use as soon as they get home. The 2018 conference, held last week in Baltimore, The Leader asked some of the Schools Connect participants abou...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 23, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Events Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Apraxia of Speech Childhood Apraxia of Speech clinical fellowship Cognitive Rehabilitation Early Intervention Professional Development Traumatic Brain Injury Voice Disorders Source Type: blogs

Resources for Treating Clients With Craniofacial Differences
July is officially Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness month, but I celebrate craniofacial awareness every month. Working with a team of more than a dozen medical and dental professionals, I follow nearly 2,000 patients with craniofacial differences through yearly evaluations, from infancy to young adulthood or beyond. After working in the profession for 28 years—when did THAT happen?!—evaluating and treating patients with craniofacial differences is second nature to me. So I sometimes forget that when these patients go home, the speech-language pathologists helping them might not know about the same strategies or resourc...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 20, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Lynn Fox Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Slider Speech-Language Pathology cleft palate craniofacial disorders Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs

7 Ways Smartphone Tools Can Target Memory
Just 13 years ago, research touted the effectiveness of using a pager to reduce memory issues in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI).  We’ve come a long way since pagers. Today, smartphones and tablets serve as powerful memory tools when treating people with TBI. Technology in your pocket means you can use programs for strategies and exercises anytime and anywhere. I find using some of these tools in sessions valuable for many of my clients working on cognitive rehabilitation. Here are my seven favorite tech tools to assist with memory goals: Reminders – Help clients remember to remember. Most smartphones and tab...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 18, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Emily Dubas Tags: Health Care Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology Cognitive Rehabilitation Traumatic Brain Injury Source Type: blogs

Oral Hygiene and Dysphagia —Care and Complications
In a recent online chat, John R. Ashford emphasized the importance of good oral hygiene to the overall health of dysphagia patients and infection control. Participant: If a participant were to remember or put into practice only one idea from your session, what would that one key takeaway be? John R. Ashford: Every patient must receive oral hygiene. Not just for social or hygiene reasons, but as a preventative for complicating illnesses. Participant: What is your recommendation on alternating solids with water (or other liquid consistency) as a means of helping oral hygiene? Ashford: Of course, rinsing after eating help...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 16, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: John Ashford Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Dysphagia oral care oral hygiene Source Type: blogs