American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases 
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What would you say if a graduate student or clinical fellow asked you to explain the difference between a feeding/swallowing disorder and an eating disorder for pediatric patients? As a pediatric feeding and swallowing specialists, I answer this question with, “It’s complicated.”
Often, an overriding medical issue—such as gastrointestinal issues or poor oral strength and coordination due to prematurity—causes feeding and swallowing disorders. As medical issues resolve, feeding and swallowing issues can persist. And, over time, these issues could gradually change from medically based issues to increasingly behavi...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - June 3, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jennifer WIlson Tags: Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Dysphagia eating disorders Feeding Disorders Social Media Source Type: blogs
Pros and Cons of Various Screening Tools for Dementia
Working with older adults as a speech-language pathologist for a rehab company, I often assess patients on their cognitive function. I will deal more in-depth on how and why determining cognitive function helps guide my treatment strategies in an upcoming post. For this first article, however, I wanted to discuss the first steps.
The first step I take in determining a person’s cognitive status involves using a standardized screening tool. I like three tests: the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and Saint Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) exam.
Quick, easy to use, and readi...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 31, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Bonnie Slavych Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology dementia Source Type: blogs
Pros and Cons of Screening Tools for Dementia
Working with older adults as a speech-language pathologist for a rehab company, I often assess patients on their cognitive function. I will deal more in-depth on how and why determining cognitive function helps guide my treatment strategies in an upcoming post. For this first article, however, I wanted to discuss the first steps.
The first step I take in determining a person’s cognitive status involves using a standardized screening tool. I like three tests: the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and Saint Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) exam.
Quick, easy to use, and readi...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 31, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Bonnie Slavych Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology dementia Source Type: blogs
Pros and Cons of Screening Tools for Assessing Dementia
Working with older adults as a speech-language pathologist for a rehab company, I often assess patients on their cognitive function. I will deal more in-depth on how and why determining cognitive function helps guide my treatment strategies in an upcoming post. For this first article, however, I wanted to discuss the first steps.
The first step I take in determining a person’s cognitive status involves using a standardized evaluation. I like three tests: the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and Saint Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) exam.
Quick, easy to use, and readily a...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 31, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Bonnie Slavych Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology dementia Source Type: blogs
The Value of Meeting Your Clients in the Community
Think about the last location where you provided clinical services. Mine was a grocery store. The produce section is not the only place I provide services with my adult clients—I also address address speech intelligibility and social communication goals at coffee shops, money management at banks, divided attention at soup kitchens, sequencing at golf courses, and reading comprehension during book club at the library.
These locations might seem unconventional, but they represent real-life community settings in which to help my clients—who mostly have acquired brain injuries or dementia—integrate back into their comm...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 29, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: April Gibbs Scott Tags: Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology Cognitive Rehabilitation dementia Language Disorders Source Type: blogs
The Importance of Soft Skills for Professional Success
Sure, you can remediate /r/ or help move a patient off a modified diet with the best of them—but how do your clients, coworkers, supervisors, and supervisees view you? Do they trust you and seek your advice? Do they enjoy being around you? Do they see you as someone who can roll with the punches?
The point is, how are your soft skills—those interpersonal attributes that enhance your interactions, job performance, and career prospects?
Soft skills—typically a combination of interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, and personal attributes—include work ethic, professionalism, courtesy, initiative, and communicati...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 28, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Amy Shollenbarger Tags: Audiology Slider Speech-Language Pathology Professional Development Source Type: blogs
Meet Debara Tucci, Incoming Director of NIDCD
The recently appointed director of NIDCD brings an extensive research background in hearing loss, ear disease, and cochlear implantation—and an enthusiasm for addressing barriers to hearing health care.
Interview by Jillian Kornak
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently named Debara L. Tucci the next director of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), replacing acting director Judith Cooper. Tucci will leave her position as professor of surgery in the Division of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences at Duke University Medical Center, where she has served on the...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 24, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jillian Kornak Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care News Private Practice Schools Slider Aging and Hearing Loss audiologist hearing health care public health Source Type: blogs
3 Steps for Using Wait Time to Improve Treatment Outcomes
Wait … what?!
Working with children with speech and language delays can require significant patience. Sometimes expressing this patience translates into waiting—I mean a bit longer than we normally do—for the student to respond. Children benefit from extended wait time to allow them to process.
Let’s look at the positive outcomes associated with increased wait time.
How much time is enough time? Classroom teachers rarely wait more than one second after asking a question for a student response. However, when they wait three to five seconds, teachers see a higher accuracy in responses, decreased “I don’t know...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 22, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Klaire Brumbaugh Tags: Academia & Research Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Language Disorders Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs
Parents and SLPs —Partners in Success
As a speech-language pathologist who worked in the school trenches for 17 years, I’m familiar with the push and pull that can sometimes take place between parents and professionals. During this week of Better Hearing and Speech Month focused on school-aged children, let’s focus on those relationships.
If you work with challenging parents, you might want to try sharing some of these strategies with them. You can attribute them to to ASHA, if that makes the situation less awkward, to encourage a positive and productive relationship that could last for a year or two, or even longer. You could send them home with students ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 20, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Stacey Glasgow Tags: Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: blogs
Why Join SIG 3, Voice and Upper Airway Disorders?
Consider becoming a SIG 3 affiliate to connect with peers who share a passion for treating voice and upper airway disorders.
What would you say to encourage other colleagues to join SIG 3?
SIG 3 provides valuable opportunities to discuss clinical practice and research in voice and upper airway disorders, get advice from colleagues, and form lasting relationships with other clinicians with similar interests. If you have a strong interest in voice and upper airway disorders and want to expand your knowledge and your practice, it is an excellent resource.
How has your involvement in this SIG improved your understanding of...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 17, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Maia Braden Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Speech Disorders upper airway disorders voice Voice Disorders voice therapy voice training Source Type: blogs
5 Tips to Share With Parents of Preschoolers Who Stutter
As a speech-language pathologist who works with preschool children who stutter, I often hear the same questions from parents: Is there anything I can do to improve my child’s chance of outgrowing stuttering?
Although stuttering is not caused by ways parents interact with their child, I can certainly recommend interaction strategies for SLPs to share with parents of their clients or students. Parents can incorporate these supports at the guidance of their SLP once their child starts showing signs of childhood-onset stuttering.
These five tips allow parents to support their child in facilitating confident verbal expression...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 15, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Alexander Whelan Tags: Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Early Intervention Fluency Disorders Speech Disorders stuttering Source Type: blogs
The Best Toys for SLPs Are the Toys That Do Nothing
Pediatric speech-language pathologists often get asked about toy recommendations for young children. It makes sense because we often use toys in sessions to keep children engaged in learning. So, which toys should we recommend to parents?
A recent study by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) compared traditional toys to electronic toys. The report concludes—not surprisingly—that traditional toys result in better child-caregiver interactions. These interactions provide multiple communication-learning opportunities. So how can we help parents look beyond advertising that promises toys will teach children ABCs, num...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 13, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Emily Ferjencik Tags: Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Early Intervention Language Disorders Speech Disorders stuttering Source Type: blogs
NICU Graduates: On Track for Ongoing Feeding Success!
As each little feeder prepares to transition from our 20-bed, level III (very tiny or sick newborns) neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to home, the interprofessional team assigns them one of three tracks to support their feeding skills progression. We do this as part of the rounds our team participates in together each day.
This approach helps monitor feeding as babies mature, provides prompt intervention when needed, and supports our ongoing goal of reduced hospital readmissions associated with feeding.
Here’s how each track works to support our smallest patients:
Third track infants receive the guidance of our nurse...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 10, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Allyson Goodwyn-Craine Tags: Health Care Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology Early Intervention Feeding Disorders NICU Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs
Help Parents Navigate Online Resources About Communication Development
It is an exciting time for speech-language pathologists and families of young communicators. Important new information exists on early identification and intervention for young children with or at risk for communication delays and disorders. And much of the information is easy to find online.
While not yet universally available, mobile technology is a useful tool for sharing information with families on communication development and supporting their participation in their children’s communication development.
Parents want to learn more about their children’s development but often express uncertainty about where and whe...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 9, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Juliann Woods Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology autism Autism Spectrum Disorder social skills Source Type: blogs
Recognizing Early Signs of Autism
In this podcast, speech-language pathologist Amy Wetherby discusses the importance of early identification and early signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She also shares a new resource—Baby Navigator—that she helped develop to educate and empower parents.
https://blog.asha.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/WetherbyBabyNavPod.mp3
SLPs and other professionals can diagnose autism at 18–24 months. However, it routinely does not get diagnosed until 4 or 5 years of age. The early signs of ASD can cause a cascading effect on brain development. Without early detection and intervention, these indicators can lead to signific...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - May 8, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: ASHA Staff Tags: Academia & Research Health Care Podcast Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology autism Autism Spectrum Disorder Early Intervention Source Type: blogs
