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Completing a clinical swallowing evaluation may lead to the implementation of brief treatment and the further need for instrumental assessment. When determining the needs of a patient in acute care, rehab, outpatient, or homecare, goal-setting can be synonymous with treatment planning. Concise and well-constructed goals serve an avenue to communicating the objectives of treatment as well as an indication of skills and prognosis. This course will discuss the elements of swallowing disorders assessment in the consideration of treatment planning and goal setting. Topics include (but are not limited to) (1) components of a dysphagia evaluation, (2) purpose of goal setting, (3) components of a skilled treatment goal, and (4) examples of dysphagia goals across settings.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
MA, CCC-SLP
Leigh Ann Porter earned her master’s in Communication Sciences from the University of Central Florida in 2013, and has enjoyed being an SLP ever since. While at UCF, Leigh Ann was part of a grant to prepare SLPs to work with English Language Learners, earning a graduate certificate of TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Leigh Ann now resides in Kansas City where she divides her time working across outpatient, acute, and inpatient rehab settings. She has presented courses registered for ASHA CEUs to regional SLPs on topics such as how the respiratory system and cough influence dysphagia, a review of the literature on dysphagia exercises, and generating measurable dysphagia goals. For multidisciplinary continuing education with PTs and OTs, Leigh Ann has presented on topics such as Cognitive Retraining with an emphasis on memory strategies, and the SLP’s scope of practice & making appropriate patient referrals to the SLP.
MS, CCC-SLP
Elizabeth Wikane is a medical speech-language pathologist in the Hudson Valley in New York State who works in a community hospital within a larger hospital system. She covers acute care, inpatient rehab, critical and intensive care units, outpatient services, and homecare services. She has a specialty in dysphagia including FEES, is an Ace-award recipient, and is a Certified Brain Injury Specialist. She is passionate about her patients, their families, and educating the hospital team on all things related to communication disorders and life after trauma. She especially enjoys supervising graduate students whom she’s had the honor of working with over the past several years and is a guest lecturer in dysphagia at the graduate level. She is pursuing further advanced education towards dysphagia practice and is involved in medical device innovation.
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures.
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| 10 min: Introduction |
| 35 min: The importance of goals |
| 20 min: What led you here? Do you need goals? What are they going to reflect? |
| 10 min: Long term versus short term goals |
| 15 min How-to – “wording” your goals or writing them clearly |
| 20 min: Dysphagia goals across settings and disorders |
| 10 min: Questions & Answers |
| Financial | Leigh Ann Porter is the host for Speech Uncensored Podcast and receives compensation from Speechtherapypd.com. |
| Nonfinancial | No relevant non-financial relationships exist. |
| Financial | Elizabeth Wikane received compensation for this presentation from SpeechTherapyPD.com. |
| Nonfinancial | No relevant non-financial relationships exist. |