Calling all Speech-Language Pathologists!
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Laryngectomy patients and their loved ones need your support.
Speech-language pathologists play important roles in providing pre- and post-op counseling, patient and caregiver laryngectomy education, alaryngeal voice therapy, management of voice prostheses, and on-going counseling to laryngectomy patients and their loved ones. For these reasons, Lary's Speakeasy needs the support of SLPs around the world to ensure lary patients obtain necessary laryngectomy supplies, resources, and support from local laryngectomy groups.
If you are a SLP who works with laryngectomy patients and would like to:
Speech-language pathologists play important roles in providing pre- and post-op counseling, patient and caregiver laryngectomy education, alaryngeal voice therapy, management of voice prostheses, and on-going counseling to laryngectomy patients and their loved ones. For these reasons, Lary's Speakeasy needs the support of SLPs around the world to ensure lary patients obtain necessary laryngectomy supplies, resources, and support from local laryngectomy groups.
If you are a SLP who works with laryngectomy patients and would like to:
- Start a laryngectomy support group
- Obtain laryngectomy supplies for your patients who do not have the funding
- Find a local support group that is closest to your lary patient
- Share your laryngectomy resources with our members,
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The ARK-J Program Trismus Intervention Certification Course for SLPs
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The ARK-J (Amplification, Resistance, and Kinetics-of the Jaw) Program is the first and only ASHA CEU (1.1) certification course for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) treating adults who suffer from trismus as a result of cancer treatment, CVA, or trauma.
The ARK-J Program is an educational, workshop-style course that encourages clinicians to more closely examine the neuroanatomy and pathophysiology of the jaw, as well as the exercise science behind rehabilitating the muscles of mastication. The ARK-J Program is not a protocol for evaluating and treating trismus. Rather, the ARK-J Program is an evidenced-based approach that relies heavily on the exercise science behind the therapeutic principles of active and passive range of motion exercises (i.e. application of amplification and resistance exercises to improve the kinetics of the jaw) and trismus management research in order to more effectively tailor safe, effective, and progressive trismus treatment programs.
For more information about the course, please visit the course website.
The ARK-J Program is an educational, workshop-style course that encourages clinicians to more closely examine the neuroanatomy and pathophysiology of the jaw, as well as the exercise science behind rehabilitating the muscles of mastication. The ARK-J Program is not a protocol for evaluating and treating trismus. Rather, the ARK-J Program is an evidenced-based approach that relies heavily on the exercise science behind the therapeutic principles of active and passive range of motion exercises (i.e. application of amplification and resistance exercises to improve the kinetics of the jaw) and trismus management research in order to more effectively tailor safe, effective, and progressive trismus treatment programs.
For more information about the course, please visit the course website.
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Contemporary Methods for Functional Success
After Head and Neck Cancer: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Approach Oct. 12 & 13, 2018 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
Conf.#: X120429
This intensive educational course will offer advanced lectures that will familiarize participants with all aspects of management of the patient with head and neck cancer. The course will be given by world-recognized MD Anderson Cancer Center faculty and staff. Contemporary methods of surgical and non-surgical treatment modalities will be highlighted as they relate to the functional outcomes of patients with head and neck cancer. This two-day course will describe treatment modalities including surgery and reconstruction, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and their impact on speech and swallowing outcomes.
This intensive educational course will offer advanced lectures that will familiarize participants with all aspects of management of the patient with head and neck cancer. The course will be given by world-recognized MD Anderson Cancer Center faculty and staff. Contemporary methods of surgical and non-surgical treatment modalities will be highlighted as they relate to the functional outcomes of patients with head and neck cancer. This two-day course will describe treatment modalities including surgery and reconstruction, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and their impact on speech and swallowing outcomes.