If you’re interested in helping adults who have difficulty with swallowing, communication, or cognition, you’re in the right place.
I’m a medical speech-language pathologist, writing for my colleagues as well as the general public.
Disclaimer: I’m providing the information on this website for educational purposes only. Information you find here is not intended as medical advice. If you have concerns about your health, report it to your physician. In case of emergency, dial 911 or your equivalent emergency number.
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With over a hundred articles and counting, it’s hard to pick out a few to highlight! You’ll find many more articles to browse through.
Eat
- How to make pureed food taste good.
- 10 factors that increase risk of aspiration pneumonia.
- 9 free swallow assessment tools.
- The SLP’s quick guide to dysphagia in COPD.
Speak
- Free low-tech AAC for adults.
- Articulation therapy for dysarthria: Part 1.
- How intensive home exercise helped my patient talk again.
- Communicate better in Lewy body dementia.
Think
- 35+ free cognitive tests, screeners, and questionnaires.
- Learn how to improve your short-term memory.
- 10 practical cognitive therapy activities.
- Write better cognitive goals with 54 daily activities.
- Useful tools to help people with cognitive impairment.
Being an SLP
- 50 questions to ask in a home health SLP interview.
- 17 tips for the new home health SLP.
- Best gear for home health therapists and nurses.
- 5 ways I improved work-life balance as a home health SLP.
- 51 podcasts for medical SLPs
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Who am I?
I’ve worked as a licensed speech-language pathologist since 2008. You can learn more about me, but the highlights are that I love learning and sharing, I’m writing my first novel, and I love to hike, climb, and cook.
I’m writing this blog to help myself as much as I’m doing it to help my readers. They say the best way to learn something is to teach it. My goal is to stay current and use what I’m learning. Writing this blog helps.
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Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns! If I don’t know the answer, I’ll try to find out or at least point you in the right direction. I’m truly interested in your ideas, so please share!
Thank you for reading Eat, Speak, & Think!
Lisa A Young, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist