All resources in Open SLP @ LVC

The Impact of Self-Regulatory Strategies for Pediatric Group Therapy on Various Levels of Emotional Regulation

(View Complete Item Description)

Since the ability to regulate emotions can impact the learning process for children and educational professionals,  I pose the following question: Will integrating self-regulatory strategies within pediatric group therapy have a more significant impact on children’s emotional regulation when well-regulated and dysregulated children participate in the same session, in comparison to separating them based on their ability to regulate emotions?

Material Type: Reading

Author: Julie Hulbert

CAT: Geriatric Frustration During Speech Session

(View Complete Item Description)

Given that geriatric patients may get frustrated when working on their impairments in therapy, the SLP must be able to alleviate their frustration within the session to allow for the most efficient and practical sessions. It is hypothesized that geriatric patients, like children, would also benefit the most from games or from a conversation that is unrelated to therapy; however, games will likely be more beneficial for alleviating stress due to games being able to distract the client from the therapy session better than conversation can. This research would ask the following question: Are games more effective in alleviating frustration for geriatric patients during therapy sessions than conversations unrelated to therapy?

Material Type: Reading

Author: Aubrey DiMaio

Providing Meaningful Feedback to People with Parkinson’s Disease

(View Complete Item Description)

Programs through the Parkinson’s Voice Project are focused on training people with Parkinson’s to speak with intent. Therefore, this research will investigate the following research question:  When working with a population of participants who are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, how will the clinician ensure that they are providing helpful feedback through the provided curriculum to improve the patient’s intent when talking?

Material Type: Homework/Assignment

Author: Kayleigh Deisley

Aphasia Group Impacts

(View Complete Item Description)

Given that aphasia can have such a variety of deficits and severities, it is crucial to meet the needs of the client. Therefore, this research will investigate the following research question: How can a clinician effectively structure group therapy for clients with different severities of aphasia to ensure benefit for all members and improvement in quality of life?

Material Type: Homework/Assignment

Author: Emily Reaman

The Social Impact of Group Therapy for Children with Communication Difficulties

(View Complete Item Description)

Speech-language pathologists (SLPs), especially in the school setting, consistently work with children in group settings due to time and scheduling conflicts. There are often not enough hours and days within a week to provide individual therapy for all clients. The purpose of this paper is to gain a further understanding of how effective group therapy is with clients with communication difficulties, and if there is a social impact on the clients who participate. This paper poses the following PICO question: For individuals who have communication difficulties, how much of a social impact does group therapy with at least two clients leave on their performance?

Material Type: Reading

Author: Riley Finnegan

Effective Strategies for Selective Eaters

(View Complete Item Description)

Given that Pediatric Feeding Disorders affect children and their families’ mealtimes, it is imperative that children and families have strategies to improve and aid their child’s feeding. Therefore, this research will investigate the following research question: What strategies can be used with selective eaters during LVC’s Center for Speech, Language, and Hearing Disorders “Adventurous Eaters” group to improve participant’s willingness to try new or previously refused foods and liquids?

Material Type: Reading

Author: Emilie Thibeault