If you’re a new home health SLP, you may be looking for some tips for adjusting to your new setting. While I love home health, it is a challenging setting…
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As a speech-language pathologist, linguist, and fiction writer, I often notice how people communicate. And I often see people getting irritated when they can’t communicate easily. You may think that’s…
Try your hand at documenting a skilled dysarthria session and compare yours to the three I wrote. I share a dysarthria therapy session that follows the principles of motor learning,…
A couple of readers recently requested information about how to help an adult with eating and drinking. One person works in a group home caring for adults with developmental disorders,…
I recently worked with a patient who could count to ten fairly well, but could only say a few other words. For each number, I chose up to ten similar…
Learn how to communicate better with people living with Lewy body dementia (LBD). LBD is the second most common progressive dementia, after Alzheimer’s disease. It’s very difficult to diagnose and…
We don’t have great data on how common it is for people to have trouble swallowing. But research suggests that between 8% and 22% of adults over 50 have trouble…
I’ve rounded up my top 11 inspirational resources that have helped me improve some aspect of my life. I’ve read and recommend all seven of the books listed below, most…
Professors McKay Moore Sohlberg and Lyn S. Turkstra share six questions to help us plan cognitive therapy, one for each of the familiar sequence of WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY,…
A home health SLP interview should be a two-way process. Just as your potential employer is interviewing you, you should interview them to determine if their company would be a…