Tips and Tools to Control the Drool: Assessment and Intervention of Saliva Management

There are two ways to participate in this live stream event (BOTH count as LIVE Continuing Education!):

as part of the LIVE STUDIO audience in Gulf Breeze, Florida - Studio audience seats are limited - so register today!
via LIVE STREAM around the world - Live stream participants will login to access the event from their computer and interact with the instructor.

Course time: 9:00 AM Central (10:00 AM Eastern; 7:00 AM Pacific)
OR
Course time: Noon Central (1:00 PM Eastern; 10:00 AM Pacific)

Drooling is a swallowing problem that can have significant consequences on quality of life as well as overall health and well-being. A speech pathologist has a vital role on the multidisciplinary team to assess saliva management and provide appropriate and functional intervention as well as oral and non-oral intake recommendations. This intermediate level course will address the role of saliva, drooling as a swallowing problem, methods to measure severity and frequency, and medical and therapeutic intervention across the lifespan. Case studies and pertinent research will be discussed.

This course will discuss both pediatrics and adults.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Discuss drooling and the effects of drooling in patient populations.
Evaluate opportunities for interdisciplinary team management of patients with saliva management difficulties and disorders.
Apply evidenced based therapeutic intervention approaches to saliva management in patient populations across the lifespan.

Course Instructor(s)

Allison Brown

MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S

Allison Tidwell Brown, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, is a Speech Language Pathologist and Board-Certified Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders. Her clinical focus is with infant feeding, GI, saliva management, and instrumental assessment of the swallow including VFSS. She has helped develop several programs and clinics including a multidisciplinary saliva management program. She is a lead outpatient feeding therapist for Children's Health in Dallas, TX. Allison also teaches a graduate course in Pediatric Dysphagia at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Financial Disclosure: Allison receives an honorarium from CIAO for the presentation of her live courses. She also receives royalties for the sale of her online courses.
Non-Financial Disclosure: no relevant disclosures.

Course Agenda

Day 1

08:59 - 02:01

OFFERED TWICE DURING THE DAY - Times shown are Central - Register for the one that suits you best

09:00 - 11:00

Choice #1: Two Hour Live Stream (10:00AM-12 Eastern, 7:00AM-9:00 Pacific)

09:01 - 09:05

Introduction and objectives

09:05 - 09:25

Impact and prevalence of drooling, multidisciplinary medical management

09:25 - 09:55

Instrumental and clinical assessment

09:55 - 10:35

Therapeutic intervention

10:35 - 10:50

Case studies

10:50 - 11:00

Q&A

12:00 - 02:00

Choice #2: Two Hour Live Stream (1PM-2PM Eastern, 10AM-12PM Pacific, 11AM - 1PM Mountain)

Contact hours pre-approved for:

2.0 Contact Hours
CIAO is an ASHA Approved Provider (0.2 ASHA CEUs) requires bubble sheet submission

This course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate Level, Professional Area)