Speech Therapist Payne Wellness Center ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Illinois, United States
Disclosure(s):
Carey M. Payne, MCD, CCC-SLP, III: Payne Wellness Center: Financial - Intellectual Property Rights (Ongoing), Financial - Speaking Fee (Ongoing), Non-Financial - Personal Interest (Ongoing), Non-Financial - Professional (Ongoing)
Abstract: Speech - language pathologists can bring a primary prevention skill set into their clinical practice settings, by adding the role of wellness concierge to services they offer. A private SLP practice serving adults, markets services to the community that may help consumers prevent or slow the development of cardiovascular disease. This presentation will describe how primary prevention initiated in the SLP practice, might affect the prevalence of adult - onset communication and swallowing disorders.
Summary of Presentation : ASHA issued its policy on Prevention of Communication Disorders in 1987, and published its PREVENTION CURRICULUM GUIDE in 2000. Following these milestones, the CSD professions have made only incremental advances, towards prevention of communication and swallowing disorders. An SLP private practice is completing a demonstration project, that can illustrate the effect prevention activities will have on cardiovascular health. The American Heart Association's ESSENTIAL 8 prevention platform serves as a template for the practitioner, who may introduce a consumer to the core concepts through either education, marketing of community activities, or prescribing use of prevention providers that are convenient to the consumer. The SLP may choose from among three published efficacy measures, to assess the outcomes achieved from being a wellness concierge.
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Upon completion, participant will be able to list 5 objectives of the SLP becoming a wellness concierge.
Upon completion, participant will be able to describe eight core components of a cardiovascular disease prevention program.
Upon completion, participant will be able to define 3 outcomes desired from a wellness concierge consult.
