WHAT IS OUR GOAL? To educate our clients and families about their diagnoses and to provide facts as well as how to be proactive in pursuing the resources needed to improve their quality of life! To make a new normal that is redefined by the client and family as they progress through the educational, learning and healing process. WHEN TO REFER TO A SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST (SLP)? If a clien
t has difficulty with any of the following:
* Speech such as intelligibility, slurring, poor breath support for conversation
* Oral motor weakness/ imprecision
* Comprehension / Communication
* Swallow function at any level from accepting food to digesting it.
* Breath support / Diaphragmatic use and control for speech and voice function
* Safety awareness / Judgment
* Sequencing / Planning / Organizing
* Initiation / Follow through / Flexibility between tasks
* Self-regulation
* Working memory
* Inhibition
* Attention
* Written, Reading, Conversation tasks
* Organizing thoughts and activities for ADL’s
* Information processing
* Safety awareness, insight, self-monitoring
