Meghan Schaufele – Dysphagia: From Assessment to Discharge

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Meghan Schaufele, Professor
Duration: One Whole Day
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31st of March, 2017
Description
The role of the cranial nerve in examination and therapy
Diagnostics and extensive chart reviews
Medications and laboratory results
Techniques for clinical and instrument evaluation
On a budget, provide therapy
Recondition the brain to swallow
Tools for enhancing exercise-based treatment

This session will teach you functional evaluation strategies as well as how the cranial nerves influence both assessment and therapy. Meghan Schaufele, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, national speaker and dysphagia specialist, will show you practical, useful, and cheap tactics and approaches that you can instantly apply into your daily. Learn the most recent and successful strategies and exercises, such as:

Pharyngeal exercises
Therapy based on exercise
Manipulation of the tongue
Swallow with effort
Using the bolus as a kind of resistance

Take cheap alternative therapy instruments and evaluation approaches home with you.

Muscle-based training is stressed throughout the session, as are ideas for the next day!

OUTLINE

PART 1: EVALUATION

Examine the Chart

Disease Processes Respiration Laboratory Values Medications

Oral Mechanical Exam

Examination of the Cranial Nerves

Clinical Evaluation

Ounce Water Swallow Test Cervical Auscultation Palpation

Instrumental Evaluation

MBSS FEES Swallow Assessment Symptoms/Indications

TREATMENT PART II

Techniques

Kinesio Taping® EMST/IMST\sThermal\sPharyngeal Exercises\sNMES\sMyofascial Release

Exercises

Mendelsohn Maneuver Masako\sShaker\sOral Manipulation\sEffortful Swallow\sLingual with Resistance

Stretches

Beckman Myofascial Release Program

Modalities

Pressure Biofeedback sEMG NMES TTS

Postures

Head Turn Supra and Super-Supra Glottic Swallow Head Back/Chin Up Side Lying Chin Tuck

Dysphagia Therapy Technology

Apps for iPad®/iPhone®
Apps for dysphagia on Android
Dysphagia Resources on the Internet

OBJECTIVES

Describe cranial nerve evaluation and cranial nerve function.
Determine the important components required for the establishment of a complete dysphagia evaluation.
Summarize therapeutic treatment techniques for improving swallow function.
Examine possible causes of dysphagia, such as medicines, test results, and cranial nerve dysfunction.
Explain how neuroplasticity principles may be used to improve swallow function.
Determine how technology may be used in dysphagia therapy.

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Handouts

Manual (1.13 MB) (1.13 MB)

Meghan Schaufele, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S Faculty Meghan Schaufele, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S Seminars and items related to: 1

Meghan Schaufele, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a Speech-Language Pathologist who specializes in treating individuals with swallowing difficulties. Meghan works with a team of therapists to evaluate and treat speech, language, cognition, and dysphagia in patients at a Level One Trauma Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center. Her job entails doing and interpreting modified barium swallow examinations. Throughout her work, she has designed and implemented innovative therapeutic eating programs, as well as established and implemented an armband system to aid residents and patients in determining diet levels while maintaining their medical privacy.

Meghan finished her undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Tennessee, obtaining ASLHA’s Students Pursuing Academic and Research Careers (SPARC) Award. Meghan is in charge of educating and supervising speech pathology Master’s students who are doing an internship at her clinic. She frequently teaches medical students and residents about the field and scope of speech pathology. She also conducts training sessions for nursing personnel on dysphagia and stroke. Meghan now works as a team and committee member at the Southeast Regional Stroke Center, the area’s first and only recognized Comprehensive Stroke Center.

Disclosures for Speakers:

Meghan Schaufele has a financial relationship with Erlanger Health System. PESI, Inc. pays her a speaking honorarium.

Meghan Schaufele is a non-financial member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

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