Dysphagia

A speech-language pathology clinical fellowship (CF) serves as a transitional professional experience following graduate school. Successful completion is required by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to obtain a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) in Speech-Language Pathology. In addition to ASHA requirements, most states also require a clinical fellowship to obtain state licensure. Without the underlying knowledge and resources, the transition into a medical setting can be difficult.

This bundle was created as an educational guide to support new and experienced clinicians, as well as, offer functional intervention tools. This resource includes educational information on basic procedures and documentation, billing and coding, no-prep handouts and inservice templates, a comprehensive goal bank, functional therapy ideas, and much more. The included treatment activities simulate real-life skills and can be used to target functional relevant goals.

Contents:

I. Procedures and Considerations

• Documentation Procedures
• Goal Writing, Billing, and Coding
• Common Abbreviations and SLP Conditions

II. Forms and Evaluation

• Intake and Screening Forms
• Functional Case History Assessment
• Dysphagia Forms

III. Educational Handouts

• What is a Medical SLP?
• What is Dysphagia?
• Safe Swallowing Inservice
• Aphasia Differential Diagnosis
• What is Apraxia of Speech?
• What is Dysarthria?

IV. Treatment Materials
Comprehension and Expression

• Description of everyday objects
• Personal yes/no questions
• WH – questions
• AAC and gesturing
• Functional phrase completion
• Pictures and symbols of everyday objects
• Describing semantic features
• Common object cueing flash cards
• Expanding utterances
• Generative naming

Reading and Writing

• Matching everyday objects
• Functional daily reading – menus, weather, medication labels
• Biographical and functional writing

Cognition

• Memory strategies and spaced retrieval
• Everyday sequencing
• Scheduling daily routines
• Printable safety signs
• Additional therapy ideas

Dysphagia

• Safe strategies
• Swallowing exercises