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How do we help individuals with Parkinson’s Disease? SPEAK OUT! ® program 101

At Speech Therapy Solutions Montana, we offer our Parkinson’s Disease clients individualized care by conducting initial SPEAK OUT! Evaluations and then treatment for approximately four to six weeks using the SPEAK OUT! Program. This helps improve clients’ vocal quality, speech intelligibility, and swallowing abilities. We also offer cognitive testing to obtain baseline measures and to monitor their skills over a three to six month period and determine if additional consultations or therapy are needed. We actively communicate with our clients to check in and ensure that we are providing the best possible care for their needs.

Once our clients finish their individualized SPEAK OUT! Treatment, they began participating in our SPEAK OUT! Group session via teletherapy.

This is a fun and interactive group where people with Parkinson’s Disease practice the skills they learned in SPEAK OUT! Treatment, and find a community to relate to. Our SPEAK OUT! Group uses the materials provided from Parkinson Voice Project, and we also develop engaging conversational activities ranging from “name that song,” to “what is your dream vacation and why.” We even will send out “homework” for our clients to complete and send back to use for the conversation activities. This allows for our clients to get to know each other, and engage in stimulating conversations.

We are proud to say that we provide the SPEAK OUT! Group as a FREE service that is made accessible to everyone virtually. Because of its telehealth platform, we have had individuals participate from different parts of the state of MT.

At the end of the day, effective care is only powerful when delivered in a timely and accessible manner!

Come join our growing community or share this with a friend or loved one with Parkinson’s!

Written by Stacey Carrothers, MS, CCC-SLP

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