For awhile, ASHA denied SLP's membership and thus certification if they trained OT's. It's still a hot button topic. I've seen mainly SLP's but, have trained with OT's who were trained.
Elizabeth Thiers, OTR/L FECTS [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Miranda Hayek > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 9:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [OTlist] OT's for swallow evals? > > > Thanks Mary Alice! Was the feeding team for all populations, > such as geriatrics and pediatrics? Our speech therapist feels > the OT's are not qualified to do swallow evals and doesn't > believe we can charge for this service. In my OT schooling, > which has been in the past two years, we learned about doing > swallow evals, and according to my books it could be OT or ST. > > > > Thanks > > > > ~ Miranda ~ > > > > > > Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:08:58 -0500 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [OTlist] OT's for swallow evals? > > > > I have been on the feeding team in three different > hospitals as an OT. > > Sometimes there was speech too, and sometimes there was not. Either > > way I participated in the swallow study and oral motor/feeding > > assessment. I also helped with education regarding the > results of the > > study and the implementation of recommendations. Not all OTs were > > comfortable in this role, but the ones who had experience > and/or were > > interested were welcomed on the team. > > Mary Alice > > > > Mary Alice Cafiero, MSOT/L, ATP > > [email protected] > > 972-757-3733 > > Fax 888-708-8683 > > > > This message, including any attachments, may include confidential, > > privileged and/or inside information. Any distribution or > use of this > > communication by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is > > strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the > recipient > > of this message, please notify the sender and permanently > delete the > > message from your system. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 23, 2009, at 6:42 PM, Miranda Hayek wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I work in a small community hospital where we have 4 OT's and 1 > > > Speech Therapist. We are trying to inquire with various > OT's as to > > > their experience/hospital policy with performing swallow > > > evaluations. We have occasions where our Speech Therapist > is gone, > > > and a swallow evaluation is put through. We are > questioning if other > > > hospitals have their occupational therapist perform the > swallow eval > > > or do they find a PRN/contract speech therapist to complete this. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Miranda > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Options? > > www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com > > > > Archive? > > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > _________________________________________________________________ > It's the same HotmailR. If by "same" you mean up to 70% faster. > http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_AE_ > Same_022009 > -- > Options? > www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com > > Archive? > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
