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Permission to Administer Ice Chips

Gale Estes-Waddell, M.A.,CCC-SLP

October 12, 2010

If patients do not want thickened liquids with meals can they be permitted to have ice chips?   Read More


Setting Up a Home Office

Denise Dougherty Slp

October 4, 2010

If you set up an office in your home, who do you have to talk to in order to make sure it does not go against zoning?   Read More


Free Water for the Patient with a Productive Cough

Gale Estes-Waddell, M.A.,CCC-SLP

September 27, 2010

Should "free" water be discontinued for a patient who has a productive cough or who is having emesis?   Read More


Appropriate Therapies for Apraxia + VPI

Erin Redle, Ph.D,CCC-SLP

September 20, 2010

In a 4 year old child with oral motor issues as well as unexplained VPI, are oral motor exercises ever indicated?   Read More


Service Delivery Models

Judy Montgomery Slp, CCC

September 13, 2010

Do the different types of service delivery models need to be specified on a student's IEP?   Read More


Velopharyngeal Insufficiency After Tonsillectomy

Ann Kummer, Ph.D,CCC-SLP

August 30, 2010

I am currently studying Music at Rhodes University, Grahamstown South Africa. I am in my third year with Alto Saxophone as my major instrument. In December 2009 I was tested and confirmed to have glan...   Read More


Oral Motor Exercises for Pediatric Dysphagia

Donna Scarborough, Ph.D,CCC-SLP

August 23, 2010

What oral motor exercises would you recommend for pediatric dysphagia?   Read More

 


The Need for an Attorney/CPA in Private Practice

Denise Dougherty Slp

August 16, 2010

I've been doing private practice part-time for three years and never knew I needed to meet with an attorney or CPA. Is this really necessary?   Read More


Building a Good Relationship with Parents/Caregivers

Michael Flahive ., Ph.D,CCC

August 9, 2010

What can you suggest when a parent responds negatively when asked if they understood the instructions/explanation by saying something like, "You are making me feel stupid."?   Read More


Tongue Thrust Treatment for a School-age Child

Patricia Taylor M.Ed., CCC-SLP

August 5, 2010

I am wondering what to do with a third grade male student who has a tongue thrust. No other complications aside from tongue thrusting /t/, /d/, /l/, /n/ phonemes, and a reversed swallow. What would be...   Read More


A Preschooler's Disfluencies

Carole Zangari, PhD, CCC-SLP

July 26, 2010

When my son was 3-4 years old he started having a stuttering type of speech disorder. We have taken him to a speech therapist who said that he does not have a stuttering problem but needs therapy. The...   Read More


Severe Dysphagia with Loss of Sensation

Eric Blicker ., M.A.,CCC-SLP

July 19, 2010

I was working with a patient who had bypass surgery and valve replacement. Order received was for swallowing "choking on water" per staff. Per family report and review of his PMH, he has had recurrent...   Read More

 


Spaced Retrieval Technique

Megan Malone, M.A.,CCC-SLP

July 12, 2010

Can you describe what the Spaced Retrieval technique is and who would benefit from this technique?   Read More


Learning Two Languages

Elena Zaretsky, Ph.D,CCC-SLP

June 28, 2010

My son is now 15 months. I speak Arabic with him and he can say few words. We live in Germany and I have to take him to kindergarten but I'm afraid that it would be difficult for him to understand a n...   Read More

 


Effective Language Therapy for Large Caseload

Leslie Holzhauser-Peters ., M.S.,CCC

June 28, 2010

I am having a hard time feeling like the therapy I provide for my language disordered students is effective. My caseload is large (60 + students), and the teachers have been difficult to work with as...   Read More

  


Teaching Mastication to Children

Donna Scarborough, Ph.D,CCC-SLP

June 21, 2010

What are some of the recommendations for teaching mastication?   Read More


At What Age Does a Frontal Lisp Become a Concern

June 21, 2010

I have a daughter who is almost three years old who presents with a frontal lisp for the /s/ sound. At what age should I be concerned and begin working on this? I work with adults and am not even too...   Read More


Tracheostomy Tube Impact on FEEST

Eric Blicker ., M.A.,CCC-SLP

June 14, 2010

Do you find that in patients with tracheostomy tubes and decreased upper airway air passage, there is less response to stimulation during the air pulse during FEEST?   Read More

 


Montessori-Based Dementia Programming

Megan Malone, M.A.,CCC-SLP

June 14, 2010

Can you describe Montessori-Based Dementia Programming?   Read More


Oral Media and the Use of Sound Masking

Rex Crosby Otr

June 7, 2010

What can be done in the office to avoid violating oral media and have you heard of sound masking for this?   Read More


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