Podcast: Best Practices for SLPs to Implement IDDSI
Are you an SLP practicing in a healthcare setting? Is your facility routinely using IDDSI to standardize food texture and drink thickness for best patient outcomes? What is your role in this process? The transition from research to implementation poses a challenge for many practitioners and facilities. In this podcast, we discuss the role of the SLP and best practices in this transition, what works, what doesn’t, and the value that you bring to this process.
Are you an SLP practicing in a healthcare setting? Is your facility routinely using IDDSI to standardize food texture and drink thickness for best patient outcomes? What is your role in this process? The transition from research to implementation poses a challenge for many practitioners and facilities. In this podcast, we discuss the role of the SLP and best practices in this transition, what works, what doesn’t, and the value that you bring to this process.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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Intermediate Level
0.05 ASHA CEUs
Kansas Health Department of Aging and Disability Services (Speech)
Approved for 0.5000 continuing education clock hours for Kansas Speech Pathologists and Audiologists by the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability. Long Term Sponsorship number LTS-S1057. This activity is approved for 0.5000 contact hours.
Determine four roles of the SLP in the IDDSI implementation process.
Prioritize three key factors in successful implementation of IDDSI.
Categorize common mistakes or implementation gaps and how to best address them.
Outline:
Introduction
IDDSI Implementation in the U.S. (03:42)
First Steps in Facility Implementation (11:11)
Implementation Team and Timeline (15:46)
Staff Education (22:27)
Converting Labels to New Consistencies (26:12)
Testing and Tasting (29:32)
Additional Unexpected Steps (35:26)
Keeping Momentum During Lengthy Implementation (39:35)
Value of IDDSI (44:58)
Converting from Pre-Admission Diet to IDDSI Diet (46:59)
Approach to Bread (50:04)
Interprofessional Collaboration (52:23)
Recommended First Steps (54:30)
Summary (57:35)Subject Matter Expert: Mary Lee Casper, MA, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, FNAP
Subject Matter Expert: Faerella Boczko, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-SMary Casper, MA, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, FNAP, is the Senior Director of Special Interest Group Programs for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She previously worked for a large post-acute care organization supporting speech-language pathologists in their clinical practices. She has presented to local, state, national, and international audiences on dysphagia and other healthcare topics. Mary has served with the U.S. IDDSI Reference Group (USIRG) since its inception in 2021 and is a member of the Dysphagia Research Society.
Writer: Susan Almon-Matangos, MS, CCC-SLPFaerella Boczko, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a Board Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders. She is Director of the Department of Speech-Language and Swallowing Disorders at The New Jewish Home in New York. Faerella Boczko has served as principal investigator to two research grants, authored book chapters, published research articles, and presented at numerous international and state professional society meetings. She has over 35 years of experience working with the older adult population.
Susan Almon-Matangos, MS, CCC-SLP, is a certified and licensed speech-language pathologist with over 30 years of experience. She obtained 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 worked with clients of all ages and a variety of diagnostic conditions in school, hospital, skilled nursing facility, outpatient clinic, and home health settings. In her previous role as a national clinical director for Aegis Therapies, she created training programs for physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology related to the clinical rehabilitation needs of older adults in post-acute care. She currently draws upon her expertise in her role at Relias as Lead Subject Matter Expert Writer for Speech-Language Pathology. She is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
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