Learning Outcomes:
The focus of this course is to develop an insight supervised clinical practice. At the end of this course student will be able to,
• Demonstrate the ability to apply his basic knowledge and cognitive skills swallowing issues including dysphagia and odynophagia
• Develop guideline for specific patients’ group
• Prepare documentation and recommendation for management strategies
• Apply therapy for specific neurological lesions and diseases
Course Content:
• EVALUATION OF SWALLOW FUNCTION
• Clinical evaluation
• Screening/prefeeding evaluation
• Trial swallows
• Instrumental evaluation
• Imaging procedures
• Non-imaging procedures
• GUIDELINES FOR EVALUATION OF SPECIFIC PATIENT GROUPS
• infants and children
• severe dysphagia
• oral feeders
• patients with tracheostomy
• Evaluation of Dysphagia in Adults
• DOCUMENTATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS • MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT STRATEGIES
• Compensatory strategies
• postural changes
• improving oral sensory awareness
• food consistency/diet changes/feeding modifications
• Therapy procedures • oral motor exercises
• sensory-motor integration procedures
• swallow maneuvers
THERAPY FOR SPECIFIC NEUROLOGIC LESIONS & DISEASES