Exam 1- Therapeutic Process (ch. 2) Flashcards
What are ‘procedures’ designed to do?
Heal or cure.
What do SLPs work to do?
To improve quality of life by reducing impairments of body functions and structures, activity limitation, participation restrictions, and environmental barriers of individuals they serve.
Are SLPs viewed as healing or curing?
NO. We prevent, diagnose, habilitate, rehabilitate, & enhance the skills, activities, structures, & functions of clients.
Define the therapeutic process.
Broad-based procedures, activities, and interactions with clients that are designed for the intervention of communication disorders.
We do not simply correct _____(1)_____, we facilitate ______(2)______.
- disorders
2. improvement
What is the best way to build confidence?
Through experience! (Both positive and negative experiences teach.)
To build confidence, as a student you are encouraged to do three things. What are they?
a) gather information & build rapport
b) interpret findings
c) develop conclusions with appropriate rationales (reach conclusions about where to start, behavior techniques, etc…)
You can begin to understand concepts related to the profession while building confidence through repeated exercises in systematic… (4 areas)
- Questioning
- Hypothesizing
- Analyzing
- Testing
- Reaching conclusions
What are three suggestions for building confidence in the therapy process?
- Read client files from beginning to end
- Talk to former clients (if available)
- Develop relationships with professionals for observations in the same setting.
What are 10 things you can practice to build your confidence?
- Practice communicative style to introduce yourself
- Practice your handshake
- Practice appropriate business eye contact
- Be sure you are in comfortable attire (non-distracting clothing)
- Be familiar with intake data
- Be familiar with forms
- Plan for all aspects of treatment
- Practice the session
- Determine if contact with caregivers will be possible.
- Practice as if someone is taking notes on every aspect.
How many principles are there in ASHA’s Code of Ethics?
Four
ASHA Principle I
Individuals shall honor their responsibility to hold paramount the welfare of persons they serve professionally.
[AKA our clients come first]
ASHA Principle II
Individuals shall honor their responsibility to achieve and maintain the highest level of professional competence.
[AKA to get and maintain your CCCs, you have to have continuing education]
ASHA Principle III
Individuals shall honor their responsibility to the public by promoting public understanding of the professions, by supporting the development of survices designed to fulfil the unmet needs of the public, and by providing accurate info in all communications involving any aspect of the professions, including the dissemination of research findings & scholarly activities, and the promotion, marketing, and advertising of product and services.
[AKA tell the public about what we do; i.e. teachers, parents, etc… Often people don’t know that we help develop language skills]
ASHA Principle IV
Individuals shall honor their responsibility to the professions and their relationships with colleagues, students, and members of other professions and disciplines.
[AKA every SLP approaches things differently, so try to keep cool and be professional with everybody, even if they do things differently than you do.]
