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Hello! It's time again for our biannual round-up of resources for medical speech pathology. February is Heart Health Month β₯οΈ and Black History Month π, so we've gathered a few resources for both. 1. β₯οΈ Aphasia-Friendly Heart Education: The Aphasia Instituteβs Talking About series covers many topics. Try the Heart Health edition to help patients learn how to care for their ticker. (Save 25% on all resources through March with code "25OFF"!) 2. π£οΈ Weekly Aphasia Programming: The National Aphasia Association hosts free virtual events for young adults with aphasia, technology enthusiasts, PPA caregivers, and more. The Black American Aphasia Connection meets every other Monday. 3. β¨ Research Reviews: "What SLPs Need to Know" is our new article series that brings you well-researched information in an easy-to-read format. Our latest deep dives cover apraxia of speech, acalculia, and the clinical swallow evaluation. 4. π©βπ» Aphasia Education: If you're on board with the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia (LPAA), you're going to want to attend the first Aphasia Access Chautauqua. It's a virtual learning event for SLPs that runs April 15-18. 5. π Wearable Device for Dysarthria: The Revoice device, being developed at Cambridge, shows potential for AI to interpret what dysarthric patients are silently mouthing with impressive early results 6. π§βπ§βπ§βπ§ A Family PROM: Check out this free online assessment of third-party functioning and disability. It's the FAMLI, or Family Aphasia Measure of Life Impact. 24 questions to determine how the aphasia impacts others. 7. π€ Free DEI CEUs: Up your cultural awareness with these 4 free education sessions on Feb 22 from SpeechTherapyPD and #BlackSLPMagic called Culture, Care, & Knowledge: Advancing Equity in Speech-Language Pathology. 8. π₯ We're on TikTok! You may have noticed more video reels if you follow us on Instagram or Facebook. Those are all coming from our TikTok account, where Shezena would love to connect with you. (Help her hit her goal of 2,000 followers!) 9. π₯ Health Equity: Read 8 ways SLPs can contribute to health equity: the case of Black stroke survivors with aphasia, a recent open-access publication from the late Dr. Seles Gadson, who partnered with us for our feature on the same topic a few years ago. 10. π Journal Articles: Here are some of the best journal articles we've been reading lately:
π What's Launching Soon in the Virtual Rehab Center:This month, we're launching a subtraction treatment, then in March, you'll get:
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We're a speech therapy software company making evidence-based treatment for adults with stroke, brain injury, and other conditions more accessible.
Hi Reader, When time is short, it's easy to fall back on the same goals you've written dozens of times before rather than starting from scratch. But that isn't always what's best for your patients. That's why we put together a free Medical SLP Goal Bank for busy clinicians like you. π It includes: 100+ functional long-term goals for communication, cognition, and swallowing A fill-in formula with ready-made options for SMART short-term goals Tips for writing meaningful, patient-centered goals...
Eating and drinking are basic human needs. We need food and water to survive. But food is also how we connect. You grab coffee with a friend, celebrate with birthday cake, toast to a new job, and linger at the table long after dinner's done. So much of life happens around food. Now imagine every bite and every sip comes with a risk. That's life with dysphagia β and for millions of people, it's a daily reality. June is Dysphagia Awareness Month. This month, let's raise awareness for a...
Most people have never heard the word "aphasia" until it impacts their life directly. Unfortunately, the less the world understands aphasia, the harder daily life is for the people living with it. June is Aphasia Awareness Month. This month, let's help raise awareness and advocate for communication access for all. β₯οΈ π§ By the numbers Approximately 1 in 3 stroke survivors develops aphasia. Aphasia affects more people than Parkinson's or Multiple Sclerosis. Aphasia affects over 2.5 million...