TEAMworks China - Intro to Speech-Language Therapy

We hit the ground running introducing speech-language therapy to the hospital staff.  We first evaluated and gave recommendations to two little sweeties in an ex-pat family who moved to the area a few weeks early just to meet with us.  Then Carmen did a teaching session on intro to speech-language therapy, defining articulation and receptive and expressive language.  Speech development and articulation therapy tips were introduced.  The staff was super receptive and enjoyed playing with speech sounds.  They took lots of notes on this new area to begin in their therapy repertoire. 

Following the first teaching session, another little kiddo came in for an evaluation.  Recommendations were given to his mother and grandmother, and they repeatedly thanked the therapists.  It was heart-warming to give them concrete things to work on at home that they never realized they could do.  They were encouraged.

Cheri then evaluated an older stroke patient with hospital staff observing the eval.  He was a super sweet little man and gave such good effort for tasks that were very difficult for him.  It was exciting to hear him say words with sounds the staff had not previously observed him using.  The hospital therapists were very involved, and tried many of the oral motor evaluation tasks themselves while looking in the big mirror.  It was lots of fun!

The day ended with Cheri teaching the oral motor and communication evaluations for adults that  had just been demonstrated.

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