Symposium

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Brain Injury

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Neurodegenerative Disease (e.g. MS, Parkinson's disease)

Pediatric Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System

Multidisciplinary Management of Sialorrhea in the Pediatric Population: Evidenced Based Practice and Clinical Outcomes (857487)

Presenter(s)

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  Didem Inanoglu, MD, FAAPMR

  Faculty, Fellowship Program Director
  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  Dallas, Texas

  Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
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  Ashley Brown, MS CCC-SLP BCS-S

  Speech/Language Pathologist
  Children's Health Medical Center Dallas
  Dallas, Texas

  Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio

Non-presenting author(s)

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  Allison Brown, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

  Speech Language Pathologist
  Children's Health Medical Center
  Dallas, Texas

  Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio

With advancements in medical care and technology, there is a rapidly growing group of children with complex medical conditions who have a significant secretion control problem. This session will discuss an interdisciplinary model of evidenced-based medical and therapeutic management of the patient with decreased secretion control. Discussion will include a review of current gap in knowledge and practice, the critical roles of key players within the interdisciplinary model, and current evidence informing clinical decision making. The knowledge base gained will enable providers to collaborate with various specialists to coordinate a cohesive and state of the art plan for their patients. The presenters will highlight techniques for saliva control within these patient populations from the perspectives of speech-language pathologists and physiatrists. The session will conclude with presentations of case studies and outcomes from our interdisciplinary program to provide guidance for program development and direction for future research for this critical population.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe strategies for multidisciplinary assessment of children with sialorrhea
• Discuss current research and evidenced based intervention approaches for sialorrhea in children
• Define a care pathway including multidisciplinary approach for treatment of sialorrhea
• Describe how evidenced based, multidisciplinary intervention approaches to sialorrhea impact clinical outcomes
• Identify gap in knowledge and inform future research