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Concerned About My Toddler's Vocabulary

Cheryl Stewart Speech-Language Pathologist

October 16, 2006

My 16-1/2 month old daughter has a vocabulary of one word. She uses this one word for everything and repeats it throughout the day. She seems to hear normally and point at objects she wants or looks t...   Read More

 


Transitioning with Severe Apraxia to Public Schools

Carol Grasha, M.A.,CCC

October 9, 2006

We are working with a child, now 9 years old, who is severely apraxic in speech as well as in fine and gross motor skills. The child has been enrolled in a highly specialized intensive full day progra...   Read More

   


Dysphagia and Patients with Alzheimer's

David Stein, Ph.D

October 2, 2006

Could you please describe the methods involved with spoon feeding a patient with Alzheimer's disease who has a hyperactive gag reflex?   Read More

 


Promoting Speech Production in a Functional Communication Framework

Margaret Fish, MS, CCC-SLP

September 25, 2006

For nine months, I have been working with a nonverbal nine year old child with Down Syndrome in a self contained-collaborative classroom. Though I can see where the student makes attempts to imitate,...   Read More

   


Generalizing Target Sounds Into Conversation

Linda Wellman, Ph.D,CCC-SLP

September 18, 2006

I have 2 students with a lateral lisp. Both are able to stretch a /t/ and use a straw to direct airflow for a correct /s/ sound. The HS student is also able to say words, phrases and sentences monitor...   Read More


Severe Pharyngeal Dysphagia and Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction

Donna Scarborough, Ph.D

September 11, 2006

I have a patient with severe pharyngeal dysphagia including complete dysfunction of the cricopharyngeus muscle. He was referred to a GI doctor for dilation, but this did not help at all. The only way...   Read More


Managing Populations that are Culturally Linguistically Diverse

Dr. Elena Zaretsky, Ph.D,CCC-SLP

September 4, 2006

I am in the process of evaluating a Spanish-speaking preschool student. No English is spoken in the home. I have used an interpreter to complete the testing and am now determining eligibility for serv...   Read More

 


The Role of the Educational Audiologist

Jeanane Ferre -a, Ph.D,CCC

August 28, 2006

What is the job of an educational audiologist? What do they do?   Read More

 


Cluttering Defined

Charlie Osborne, M.A.,CCC-SLP

August 14, 2006

I have a student diagnosed with cluttering. However her dysfluency is only in oral reading, not in conversation. Her 2 sisters, however, do what she does only in conversation. They do not speak rapidl...   Read More

 


Transdiciplinary Service Model for Early Intervention

Cheryl Stewart, M.A.,CCC-SLP

August 7, 2006

Are there guidelines for or questions an IFSP (Individualized Family Service Plan) team should ask themselves when deciding whether an infant or toddler with developmental delays or disabilities, unde...   Read More

  


Tongue Position for /s/ with Open Bite

Dee Lance, Ph.D,CCC-SLP

August 7, 2006

How do you teach proper tongue placement to a child with an anterior open bite for the /s/ sound who has a frontal lisp? Secondly, Does a tongue thrust swallow always coexist with an interdental lisp?   Read More


The Mendelsohn Maneuver for Dysphagia

Amy Ogburn Yeager, Ph.D

July 31, 2006

I am currently a Graduate Student who is working on a report concerning the efficacy of the Mendelsohn Maneuver. I have found a few articles about this topic, but I am interested in hearing first-hand...   Read More


Highly Unintelligible Third Grader

Nancy Creaghead, Ph.D,CCC-SLP

July 24, 2006

I was wondering what therapy approach or technique I should use with a client who is in 3rd grade and is highly unintelligible.   Read More

  


Dysphagia, Dysarthria, and Dysphonia with ALS

Richard Adler ., Ph.D,CCC-SLP

July 17, 2006

I have 77 year old patient who had a post-operative onset of dysphagia, dysarthria and dysphonia following anterior cervical spine surgery. Laryngoscopy revealed a unilateral vocal cord paralysis. The...   Read More

 


Using a Rake to Treat Tongue Thrust

Lesley Mangus, Ph.D

July 10, 2006

I have a 9 year old child at school who is on his Second Rake for his tongue thrust. He demonstrates a resting position of the lower lip under his upper teeth (f) placement when he is at rest. Mom is...   Read More

 


Hypersensitive Gag Reflex with /k/ and /g/

Lauren Nelson, Ph.D

July 3, 2006

I am currently working on /k/ and /g/ with a 4   Read More

 


Echolalia and Autism

Lillian Stiegler, Ph.D

June 26, 2006

I am currently working with a 5 year old child who is certified as having Autism Spectrum Disorder through the school system. What advice should I offer the parents regarding how to deal with and appr...   Read More


Pre-Reading Speech and Language Disorders and Dyslexia

Karen Fallon, Ph.D

June 19, 2006

Is there any relationship between pre-reading speech and language disorder and dyslexia?   Read More

  


Cerebellar Lesions and Dysphagia

Sue Curfman, M.A.,CCC

June 12, 2006

In our facility we have a 50 year old patient suffering from dysphagia as a result of a cerebellar stroke. He has been in the facility for 2 weeks on a kaofeed but has shown no real progress with his...   Read More


Age Appropriateness of Drinking From a Straw

Marybeth Trapani-Hanasewych, M.S.

June 5, 2006

Is it age appropriate for a 12 month old child to be able to drink from a straw but then spit out the liquid? If this is not appropriate are there any techniques to work on for the child to hold the l...   Read More

 


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