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From: Gregory Linge
Date: 16 Oct 2012
Time: 08:14:11 -0500
Remote Name: 71.33.145.187
Hello Ed! Thanks for your question. The benefit to a multidisciplinary approach is that there are other perspectives. As an example massage therapy is used at LOGO, massage therapy is not something SLP's practice (with the exception of myofascial release but that's not directly related to fluency), since other disciplines work with the SLP's it allows for those other perspective to come into the picture and it's very difficult to change your perspective and not see what you've been trained to see. Other disciplines do work with the ultimate goal of fluency but additional routes are available which we may have not considered. There is a close interactions between the fields as the clinic is large but not ungainly by any means. This size allows easy communication which facilitates treatment. It's a difficult question to answer because other disciplines are called in when in need. For example, if a child presents with gait difficulties and no communication differences then an SLP would not be called in, but when a need is present that discipline is called in to assist so that additional perspective is always there. This allows for interaction and the exchange of knowledge on the basis of an individual client as well as general exchange as a result of the intimacy of the clinic I hope that answered your question, please let me know if I have not. -Greg