TBI: Treatment Strategies for the SLP

Outline:

Section 1: TBI Overview

Traumatic Brain Injury Overview

TBI Severity

TBI Rating Scales

General Considerations

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Key Takeaways

Section 2: Cognitive-Communication Treatment

Addressing Cognitive-Communication Deficits

Orientation and Neurobehavioral Deficits

Attention

Information Processing

Memory

Executive Function

Treatments to Avoid

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Key Takeaways

Section 3: Speech and Language Treatment

Speech and Language Deficits

Social Communication Deficits

Aphasia

Dysarthria

Apraxia of Speech

General Communication Strategies

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Key Takeaways

Section 4: Dysphagia Treatment

Significance of Dysphagia

Dysphagia Treatment

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Key Takeaways

Section 5: Conclusion

Summary

Course Contributors

Resources

References

Susan Almon-Matangos, MS, CCC-SLP, is a certified and licensed speech-language pathologist with over 40 years of experience. She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Jacksonville State University and her Master of Science degree in speech-language pathology from The University of Alabama. She has provided care to clients across the lifespan with diverse diagnostic conditions in school, hospital, skilled nursing facility, outpatient clinic, and home health settings. In her previous role as a national clinical director for a contract therapy company, she developed training programs for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology focusing on clinical rehabilitation needs of older adults in post-acute care. Currently, she serves as the Lead Subject Matter Expert Writer for Speech-Language Pathology at Relias, where she leverages her clinical expertise and analysis of published research. She is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

 

 

Jennifer Jurgenson, MS, CCC-SLP, is a certified and licensed speech-language pathologist in North Carolina. She has four years of experience at a level-one trauma center treating adult patients admitted to inpatient acute care. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in media studies and art history from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and worked as a marketing coordinator before returning to school to follow her passion of helping individuals with communication disorders. She obtained a second bachelor’s degree from Governor’s State University in communication sciences and disorders and her Master of Science degree in speech-language pathology from Rush University. She relocated to Durham, North Carolina, following graduate school to complete her clinical fellowship at Duke University where she continues to work as a member of the multidisciplinary trauma team.