NorthBay Voice Conference
NorthBay Healthcare
4500 Business Center Drive
Fairfield, CA 95434
3 CE's - free to current 2012 MSCC members
The Voice Patient from Evaluation to Therapy: Best Practices for Change
Rosemary Scott is a speech-language pathologist with over 30 years of experience, specializing in voice disorders. She has been a faculty member and Coordinator of the Speech-Language Pathology Assistant Program at Pasadena City College since 1999. Rosemary has a private practice and is a consultant for a group of physicians for laryngeal imaging with use of rigid laryngoscope. Her background as an opera singer blends nicely with her professional credentials. She is highly regarded in her field and brings a wealth of practical information to students and treating clinicians.
This course will prepare the medically-based Speech-Language Pathologist who works in either a clinic or hospital environment or home health environment to understand the physician referral; evaluate the voice patient and apply evaluation results into measurable therapeutic goals. Participants will be taught how to identify and explain key behaviors of pitch, quality, rate, loudness, airflow and vocal and dietary hygiene and lifestyle behaviors. Participants will learn about supplementary techniques of release of pharyngeal constriction, moving pitch, compensatory strategies, augmentative communication and requesting Durable Medical Equipment and circumlaryngeal massage. Case studies will be presented throughout the presentation.
Learner objectives
Participants will
1. Review and discuss the physician referral process
2. Identify key components of evaluation with a voice patient, both acoustically and with laryngeal
imaging/stroboscopy.
3. Discuss and annotate key behaviors/impressions
4. Identify how to teach and explain those in “lay” terms to a prospective patient and communicate the same to the referring physician.
5. Review and discuss sample reports
6. Discuss case studies.and practice how to write goals which are measurable and meet standards of review for insurance authorization
The above listed conference dates, times, locations and speakers are tentative and subject to change.
Please check our website @ www.slp-ceu.org prior to attending any conference to confirm conference information. The Medical Speech Pathology Council of California (MSCC) is approved by the Speech Pathology and Audiology Licensing Board of the State of California as a Professional Development Provider (PDP #74) to offer continuing education activities in speech-language pathology.
PDP approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.