Keeping Up...

A Blog a Day is difficult, given that after my 9-5 job, I rush off to dance class, Capoeira, rehearsal or some other activity. And sometimes I like to just hang out with my husband too.

This week I started posting a BHSM "Fact of the Day" on the bulletin board that I decorated for BHSM. So far, I am getting great feedback from staff, and the information is sparking conversations about what SLPs actually do.

We returned from a long weekend in St. Augustine, exhausted and with an ailing vehicle, on Sunday. On Monday, I hit the ground running, fueled by caffeine! My May 2 blog post never materialized, so I have a bonus post today.

I know everyone is reading posts and blogs that are asking, "What are you doing to celebrate BSHM?" Well, what are you doing? Once upon a time, when I worked in the school system, we had contests for the kids, made posters, announced communication facts over the PA system, held coloring contests, and so on.

This year, I am putting up a bulletin board on one of the halls in the SNF; I have one or two high-level patients who could assist me as part of therapy. I want to have some sort of a staff contest, but I haven't fleshed the details out yet. I have three more weeks, right? I did buy some appreciation gifts for our department. That just about sums up all of my plans so far, although I am hoping some inspiration strikes and I get something more exciting going.

I just noticed today the sometimes I type "Better Speech and Hearing Month" and sometimes I refer to it as "Better Hearing and Speech Month"; however, it is officially BHSM on the ASHA site.

Another link for those of us working in dysphagia therapy: http://www.dysphagia.com/

Dysphagia on the Web

Most of the information and therapy materials on the web seem to be geared towards peds and school-based practice. I love the Dysphagia Therapy group on Facebook , and the group's creator also has her own blog focusing on dysphagia.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_102453736503465

http://apujo5.blogspot.com/

And since I'm catching up on blogs, here is ASHA's official blog.

http://blog.asha.org/

A Blog a Day in May

In celebration of Better Speech and Hearing Month (BSHM), I am posting about a communication, cognitive or swallowing topic related to adults each day. Cureently, I am out of town visitng relatives, so today's blog post serves to annouce that May is Better Speech and Hearing Month!

http://www.asha.org/bhsm/

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