2130V - Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences Board Certification: Demonstrating Resilience Through Motor Speech Cases

This presentation will demonstrate the role of resiliency in diagnosing and treating organic and non-organic motor speech disorders, via case studies presented for Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences board certification. In the first case, a patient required visits with three neurologists and one speech-language pathologist (SLP) prior to an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment for a functional fluency disorder. In the second case, service delivery barriers were overcome to provide treatment to an individual with a rare neurodegenerative disease. Both cases highlight evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence in unique, but generalizable, clinical encounters and demonstrate patient and practitioner resiliency. The three recently board certified authors will also discuss their personal experiences of resiliency during the board certification process.