Episode 11: How neuroplasticity influences treatment with Lauren Ball, MS, CCC-SLP
In this episode, I sit down with Lauren Ball to discuss how she weaves the 10 principles of neuroplasticity into her treatment plan.
When developing a treatment plan and creating therapy materials for a session, Lauren asks herself: is this task intense enough? Are we repeating this important skill/task enough times? Is it salient? Does it have potential to transfer to another task or neural circuits?
Understanding the ten principles of neuroplasticity can help you develop treatment plans and create therapy tasks that benefit the patient and result in cognitive remediation.
“The neuroplasticity principles are a check list to evaluate if what you’re doing is evidence based.”
Dig Deeper:
Kleim JA, Jones TA. (2008) Principles of Experience-Dependent Neural Plasticity: Implications for Rehabilitation After Brain Damage. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research • Vol. 51 • S225–S239
*This article is available on ASHA’s website, you must log on to read the full text.
Huckabee ML, Macrae P. (2014). Rethinking Rehab: Skill-Based Training for Swallowing Impairment. Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia). https://doi.org/10.1044/sasd23.1.46
*This article is from ASHA SIG 13 and you need to be part of that SIG to access it.
Music: Happy Morning by Twisterium