Functional maintenance program speech therapy

Around 5 or 6 years of working as an SLP, I grew tired and bored with a version of worksheet therapy that I had fallen into. How could I argue when games like Colorku, Rush Hour, and Taboo were some of our prominent therapy materials? So, for the last 5 years I have been reading about and changing my practice to be person-centered.

This means that therapy goals, activities, home programs and strategies were all collaboratively decided with the Person based on their unique goals and situations. Since brains improve when stimuli is salient, relevant, and meaningful, having a functional home program is actually more fun AND better for the brain! Since the goal of speech therapy is to improve real life, a home program is the perfect opportunity to put new skills or strategies into practice in their actual real life.

Toss the Workbooks and Close the Game Closets, because doing well on those activities is not the real goal of therapy! Your email address will not be published. Log In Create Account Menu. The Person sitting across from you is the most important part of creating a functional, meaningful goal and therapy activity. If you collaborate with the Person, the creativity and meaningfulness of assignments will exponentially increase I speak from experience!

The Jimmo agreement Jimmo v. Under the maintenance coverage standard articulated in the Jimmo Settlement, the determining issue regarding Medicare coverage is whether the skilled services of a health care professional are needed, not whether the Medicare beneficiary will "improve. When considering how to approach setting goals for a patient receiving maintenance therapy delivered by a clinician, analyze the at-risk behavior or decline that would result from a lack of skilled intervention.

Per usual, the Medicare law provides for up to days of coverage per benefit period. Follow KrisMastrangelo. View Kris Mastrangelo's profile. Subscribe to our newsletter. Physical Therapy Goal Setting: The patient will maintain ambulation to feet without loss of balance or shortness of breath utilizing [devise or type of strategy i.