171: When To Refer To Speech Therapy: Key Indicators You May Not Know About With Stephanie Callander, MS, CCC-SLP

On today’s show we interviewed our first speech therapist! Stephanie Callander, MS, CCC-SLP has worked with people with Parkinson's since 2016 to help them improve and maintain their speech, voice, and swallow function. She is certified in SPEAK OUT! from Parkinson Voice Project.  

In this episode you’ll learn:

• What SPEAK OUT! is and how it differs from LSVT LOUD
• What to look for when someone needs to be referred to speech therapy (hint: there are key indicators you may not realize!)
• How to properly cue your clients to improve their speaking
• What hypomimia is and how it is correlated to the severity of PD symptoms
• The importance of speech therapy for people with Parkinson’s because of the high rate of speech and swallowing dysfunction, including the sobering fact that most causes of mortality in Parkinson’s are related to choking
• How you can learn more from Stephanie, including facial exercises that drastically improve the quality of life of your clients!  

Sign up for the Parkinson’s Conference on Aug 25th here! www.neurocollaborative.com/parkinsons 

An on-demand option is also available!

Get in touch with Stephanie here: [email protected]