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Do you know the current status of providing dysphagia services through telepractice? Are you confused about licensure, reimbursement, and client selection for this part of your practice? In this episode, we talk with Dr. Lesley Edwards-Gaither, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, about the provision of dysphagia evaluations and treatments through telepractice. Practical suggestions explain how to plan, prepare, and implement dysphagia telepractice services.
 
(01:50) Telepractice Terminology 
(05:02) Dysphagia and Telepractice 
(07:47) Lessons Learned: Scope of Practice 
(08:37) Lessons Learned: Licensure 
(11:38) Lessons Learned: Reimbursement 
(14:07) Technical vs. Practical Knowledge 
(18:01) Who Benefits from Telepractice? 
(19:39) Client Candidacy 
(22:44) Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Dysphagia Telepractice 
(25:39) Planning Stage for Dysphagia Telepractice 
(27:51) Preparing Stage for Dysphagia Telepractice 
(29:10) Practical Stage for Dysphagia Telepractice 
(32:03) Lessons Not Yet Learned 
(34:36) Practical Strategies for Equipment, Lighting, Positioning 
(40:08) Practical Strategies for Facilitators 
(45:47) Practical Strategies for Cranial Nerve and Oral Mechanism Examinations 
(48:45) Practical Strategies and Considerations for Treatment 
(52:44) Future Aspirations 
(56:03) How to Remain Current 
(57:52) Conclusion 
The content for this course was created by Lesley Edwards-Gaither, Ph.D., CCC-SLP.
The content for this course was created by Susan Almon-Matangos, MS/CCC-SLP.
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Resources 
American Board of Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders: https://www.swallowingdisorders.org/
 
American Telemedicine Association: https://www.americantelemed.org/
 
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) telepractice resources:
From the practice portal: https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/professional-issues/telepractice/
Systematic review (Weidner & Lowman, 2020): https://pubs.asha.org/doi/pdf/10.1044/2019_PERSP-19-00146

Dysphagia Research Society: https://www.dysphagiaresearch.org/
 
Flow chart from Soldatova et al. (2020): https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0194599820931791
 
Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center: https://www.matrc.org/what-is-telehealth/
 
Purdue I-EaT Lab resources: https://www.purdue.edu/i-eatlab/telehealth-recommendations-for-dysphagia-management-during-covid-19/