Handout: What is Parkinson’s Disease?

Educate students, staff, patients and caregivers with a brochure that includes:

WHAT DOES A MEDICAL SPEECH THERAPIST DO?

Speech therapists assess, diagnose, and treat speech
and language, cognitive-communication, and
swallowing disorders in various health-care settings.

Settings
✓ Acute Hospitals
✓ Rehabilitation Centers
✓ Skilled Nursing Facilities
✓ Assisted Living Facilities
✓ Long Term Care
✓ Outpatient Rehabilitation
✓ Home Health Care

Specialties
✓ Aphasia
✓ Apraxia of Speech
✓ Cognitive Communication
✓ Dysphagia
✓ Dysarthria
✓ Speech and Language
✓ Voice and Fluency

Education and Training
✓ Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders or related field
✓ Pass national board examination (PRAXIS)
✓ Completion of clinical fellowship year (CFY)

Medical Conditions that may warrant a speech or
swallowing evaluation
✓ Stroke
✓ Dementia
✓ ALS and MS
✓ Brain tumors
✓ Cerebral Palsy
✓ Parkinson’s disease
✓ Myasthenia Gravis
✓ Alzheimer’s disease
✓ Huntington’s disease
✓ Traumatic brain injury
✓ Head and neck cancers