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Dive Deep Into The Issues That Speech-Language Pathologists Face When Working With Patients With Swallowing Disorders.
We’ll discuss many controversial topics in order to provide the LATEST evidence-based treatment strategies, and create a community of dysphagia clinicians who want to consume incredibly valuable insight and information.
Our goal is to allow you to #swallowyourpride, and be open and willing to try the latest in evidence based treatment approaches by learning from experts and researchers in our field in order to create the best outcomes for our patients who need it most!
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297 – The Tongueometer: We’ve got updates!
Why rely on tongue depressors when you can give your patients a portable workout device that comes with an app to track their tongue strength, endurance, and exercise results? That device exists! And it’s improved… Elizabeth Daly and Ed Steger are back on the Swallow...
296 – A Caregiver and Her Cookbook: How one woman’s caregiving journey inspired a cookbook for dysphagia care
“It flipped the whole household upside down. None of our meal times are quote unquote normal...it's totally dysfunctional chaos.” This is the real and raw experience shared during this interview with host Theresa Richard and Diane Wolff, dysphagia cookbook author and...
295 – The First Multidisciplinary Dysphagia Clinic in New York City: A discussion with the MD who started it all
Did you know there’s a team of clinicians who come together each day in New York City to conquer dysphagia? In this episode of the Swallow Your Pride Podcast, Theresa Richard interviews Dr. Anaïs Rameau, laryngologist and trailblazer of New York City’s first...
294 – SLPs and Cancer: What’s our role?
The word “cancer” is often cloaked in feelings of uncertainty and fear - understandably so. But what can a medical SLP do to help? What’s our role in the world of oncology? In this podcast episode, host Theresa Richard interviews Heather George about her...
293 – The Esophagus Has Entered the Chat: Understanding and Addressing Esophageal Dysphagia with Dr. Watts
So a patient walks into a fluoroscopy suite, points to their throat, and says “I have trouble swallowing.” You do the VFSS, and their oropharynx looks…okay! Maybe even within normal limits! Now what? *The esophagus has entered the chat* In this podcast episode,...
292 – How We Practice and What We Consider: A Discussion on Clinical Experience and Evidence with Gavin Levy
Exploring diet consistencies (including the great bread debate)... Identifying barriers of modified barium swallow studies (and what to do about them)... Encountering tough pills to swallow (literally)… ☝️ These are just three of the topics Theresa...
291 – Oral Dysfunction Can Lead to That? Discussions with an Orofacial Functional Specialist.
“Every unique symptom is a call to explore beyond the known territories of our field.” -Autumn Henning, MS, CCC-SLP, COM, IBCLC ☝️Who can argue with that? In this podcast episode, Theresa welcomes Autumn Henning as her guest, who specializes in infant...
290 – Understanding Pediatric Feeding Disorders: Insights from Feeding Matters CEO Jaclyn Pederson
Pediatric feeding difficulties aren’t just physical…they can be traumatic, too. While everyone can agree that caring for and nourishing our little ones is a top priority, access to the research and knowledge on pediatric feeding disorders remains elusive. Why? What...
289 – Tracheostomy Care Isn’t What It Used to Be: Insights from an SLP and a Surgeon
How confident are you in your trach and vent knowledge? What about the interprofessional collaboration, patient advocacy, and therapeutic techniques we should be fighting for with this population? In this episode of the Swallow Your Pride Podcast, Rachael Silveira, a...
288 – Disarming SLPs and Unleashing Potential: From Supporting through Sticky Situations to Celebrating Successes, They’ve seen it all.
Disarming SLPs… Guiding SLPs… Standing by SLP… ☝️These are just three powerful purposes of mentorship in our field. And in part 2 of our mentors episode, MedSLP Ed Mentors Isabel, George, Jessica, and Lori continue to share their humanizing insights...
287 – Med SLP Mentorship: The What, Who, How, and Why…
Four med SLPs come together and spill the beans on how SLPs can grow their careers and confidence like never before. It all boils down to one simple word… Mentorship. In this episode of the Swallow Your Pride podcast, host Theresa Richard and a group of med SLP...
286 – When an SLP and PT Start a Business Together: Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of Multidisciplinary Practice
While most people associate PT with OT (sometimes as if they’re just one person, even!), there’s some serious magic that can come out of the SLP and PT partnership… And that’s exactly what we dive into in this week’s episode of the Swallow Your Pride Podcast! In this...
285 – Medically Complex Children and SLPs: How Many Cooks Should be in the Kitchen?
Calling all peds med SLPs! Are you and the pediatricians who serve your young clients BFFs? No? Then this episode is for you! In the latest episode of the Swallow Your Pride Podcast, Michelle Dawson, MS CCC-SLP, CLC and Tessa Gonzalez, MD discuss the importance of...
284 – How Mental Health Professionals and SLPs Collaborate to Support Patients with Aphasia
Imagine walking into a patient’s room - but before you can introduce yourself, they burst into tears. Your patient has aphasia and can’t communicate what’s running through their head - at least not in the way they used to be able to. You try your best to ask...
283 – Thickening Up Your Cooking Game: An IDDSI-Compliant Cookbook with John Holahan
In this episode of the Swallow Your Pride Podcast, John Holahan, founder of SimplyThick®, joins me to discuss his new book, "Modern Dysphagia Cooking." The cookbook provides guidance on how to make dysphagia-compliant dishes at home, and John shares the inspiration...
282 – Finding Purpose After Diagnosis: A Patient's HNC Triumph – Yvonne McClaren WOMT
What do your HNC patients *really* want you to know? My guest this week is spilling the tea from her own personal triumph over HNC... Yvonne McClaren has faced the unthinkable - from a tonsil cancer diagnosis to a partial glossectomy (and tonsillectomy and...
281 – The Voice – Pelvic Floor Connection – Sara Sohn DPT, PT, WCS and Ashley Michaelis MS, CCC-SLP
What in the health does your pelvic floor have to do with your voice? More than one might think... SLPs work from the diaphragm to the glottis, and pelvic health PTs work from the diaphragm to the pelvic floor. It would only make sense that we collaborate because,...
280 – Patience and Play in Peds: Meaning-Making Makes the Difference
Have you harnessed the truly transformative power of patience and play for peds clients? We’re talking world-shifting, life-changing, tear-jerking, heart-string-tugging growth here! Erin Forward (SLP) and Karen McWaters (OT) use creative activities, sensory...
279 – Algorithms Aren't Just for Social Media: Getting to the Bottom of Legal and Ethical Productivity – Lysa Johnson MAS, CCC-SLP
If you've never looked forward to a conversation about productivity, and maybe even cringe every time you hear that word, my guest in this episode is about to change your mind! Lysa Johnson, MS, CCC-SLP is the go-to gal for discussions on productivity, and she brings...
278 – Taking Charge: Discussing SLPs and Leadership Roles in the Med SLP World: Part 2 – Edgar Vince Clark, M. Ed., CCC/SLP
Speech-Language Pathologists often express that opportunities available to other therapy disciplines or other medical professionals appear to be closed off to them. Their reasoning is that the perception of what speech-language pathologists do and the nature of our...