What Does Good Speech Therapy Look Like?

What Does Good Speech Therapy Look Like?

The best therapy is centered around functional activities that the client already participates in (or would like to).  A few days ago I client with dementia and I went on a walk around her neighborhood.  We looked at signs of businesses (such as the one pictured here)...

A Stroke of Success–Harol’s Story

*Shared with Permission Two years ago Harol had a brain stem stroke. He could not chew, swallow, or speak a single word. I was getting my private practice going at the time and was seeing only Parkinson’s patients at the Rehab. My coworkers at the Rehab asked me to...

Can Speech Therapy Help Someone with ALS?

May is ALS Awareness Month. It is a neurodegenerative disease that affects not only the person who has it, but the entire family. I am currently working with a young woman in her 20’s with ALS. How/why am I involved as a speech therapist? How Speech Therapy...