1. Meet the Specialty Clinics
So many opportunities

2. Brain Injury & Concussion Clinic (BrICC)
BrICC Team of Faculty and Supervisors
Alex Ledbetter, M.S., CCC-SLP - Clinical Supervisor & Team Lead
McKay Sohlberg, Ph.D, CCC-SLP - Faculty Expert
Priya Kucheria, M.S., CCC-SLP - Clinical Supervisor
Heidi Iwashita, M.S., CCC-SLP - Clinical Supervisor

3. Brain Injury & Concussion Clinic (BrICC)
Key Population- Adolescents and adults with acquired brain injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Persistent symptoms post-concussion
Acquired cognitive impairments associated with stroke or other illnesses
Collaborative Partners
Center on Healthy Relationships
Dr. Michael Koester of Slocum Orthopedics
Oregon Neurology Associates

4. Brain Injury & Concussion Clinic (BrICC)
Initial cognitive consultations
Initial two hour session with BrICC to assess cognitive concerns through interview and testing
Slocum Orthopedics – Dr. Koester
Refers concussion cases for assessment and intervention
Oregon Neurology Associates
Refer cases with cognitive concerns for assessment and intervention
Center on Healthy Relationships
Refer cases to us for assessment and intervention
Consult/collaborate to coordinate care for shared cases

5. BrICC Key Competencies
Understand clinical presentation of acquired cognitive impairments
Gain experience with assessment methods (interview, testing)
Determine suitable treatment options and express rationale
Gain familiarity with evidence-based treatment approaches
Use motivational interviewing to identify desired outcomes
Use Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) to measure intervention impact

6. BRICC-Logistics BrICC operates Thursdays and Fridays
Initial cognitive consultations primarily Friday mornings
Individual treatment sessions primarily TH/FR afternoons
Group sessions Fridays between 2pm and 4pm per need/interest
Adolescent cases primarily Thursdays 3pm onward
Rounds on Fridays at 4pm after all weekly sessions have been held

7. Fluency Clinic (Paired with BRICC)
Clients of all ages with speech fluency challenges (stuttering; cluttering)
Clinic Lead: Jessica Fanning
Jessica Fanning
Collaborative Partners
National Stuttering Association (local chapter)
SLPs in community (e.g., school-based SLPs involved w pediatric clients)

8. Fluency Clinic Assessment Treatment Community outreach & collaboration
Combination of formal & informal measures that involve input from client, caregivers, & other professionals (e.g., SpEd, RegEd, SLP)
Treatment
With the client/family, we consider ‘client-directed’ & ‘parent-directed’ Tx approaches
Caregiver coaching is typically an important component to Tx plans
Typically, our Tx approaches are “integrated”
Community outreach & collaboration
Local chapter of NSA

9. Fluency Clinic Key Competencies/Targeted Skills (align w/WHO-ICF)
Speech fluency (body function)
Strategy knowledge & use
Feelings, attitudes, reactions to disfluency (participation; activities)
Family/client education
Self-advocacy (personal factors; environmental factors)
Collaboration, transfer, maintenance (“own clinician”)

10. Fluency Clinic Logistical information
When: Mondays & Wednesdays 2:00 – 6:00pm
Most individual sessions
Group sessions when possible

11. CAALMS – Clinic for Acquired Adult Language and Motor Speech Disorders
Clinic serves adults with aphasia, apraxia, dysarthria as a result of CVA or other medical event.
Clinic Lead- Elise Peltier
All Supervisors involved- Priya Kucheria, Heidi Iwashita, Samantha Shune, Karen McLaughlin
Collaborative Partners -Center for Healthy Relationships, community SLP’s and Physicians, PeaceHealth Stroke Support Group, City of Eugene, Adaptive Recreation.

12. CAALMS- Assessment Comprehensive Assessment Battery
Standardized Tests( eg CAT- Comprehensive Aphasia Test, WAB- Western Aphasia Battery, SIT- Speech Intelligibility Test
Clinician/ Caregiver reported functional behavior measures( eg ASHA NOMS- National Outcome Measures)
Patient Reported Measures ( eg ASHA- QCL – Quality of Communicative Life Scale )
Oral Motor exam and Hearing Screening

13. CAALMS- Intervention Process Training Interventions
RET- Response Elaboration Therapy
Compensatory Approaches
Training Augmentative or Alternative Communication
Training Communication Partners
Skills Based Approaches
Writing of Single Words – ACT/CART
Life Participation Approaches
Participation group therapy

14. CAALMS- Contracts and Groups
Partner with City of Eugene, Adaptive Recreation to host GAME DAY group
Partner with Peacehealth Stroke Support group to facilitate small group conversations at support group
HEDCO based groups therapy opportunities
BOOK CLUB
CONVERSATION GROUP
CURRENT EVENTS

15. CAALMS- Special Populations
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Keeping up with research
Support for clients and families at all stages of progression
Parkinson’s Disease
Lee Silverman Voice Therapy-LSVT
Collaborate with medical team; Neurologist, ENT, Primary Care Physician
Emphasis on Intensity and Modelling

16. CAALMS – Key Competencies/Targeted Skills
Experience with a variety of assessments ( either hands on or case based )
Experience with a variety of therapy approaches
Emphasis on critical thinking and clinical decision making skills
Experience in Counseling Clients and Caregivers
Experience in Oral Case Reporting
Experience in Community Outreach and Service
Experience in Group Therapy Facilitation

17. CAALMS - Logistics CAALMS Meetings: Mondays 1-3
Individual clients are typically scheduled Midday
Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday is most common time
Many groups are scheduled on Thursday
Book Club and Ted Talks Group are Thursday AM
GAME DAY group is Thursday PM at Hilyard Community Center

18. AAC Specialty Clinic
Population: Pediatric and Adult Clients with Complex Communication Needs (CCN)
Lead: Jeanine
Supervisors involved: Shelley, Elise, Frank, Heidi, Priya
Collaborative Partners: Center for Healthy Relationships (CHR) Graduate Student Clinicians

19. AAC Specialty Clinic
1:1 Assessment, 1:1 Tx, Small Group, Family Experience Day Camp
Contracts
ALS Association
4J School District

20. AAC Specialty Clinic Communication Modalities Operational Competencies
Linguistic Competencies
Strategic Competencies
Social Competencies

21. AAC Specialty Clinic Logistical information
Group meetings: Mondays 1-3
Clients on campus: Tuesday and Thursday afternoons
4J Contract: Wednesday afternoons
ALS Association: Friday mornings and afternoons

22. AAC Specialty Clinic
Additional Info: CDS 657 course content embedded into AAC clinic
If you are in AAC Clinic, You will enroll in 2 credits less of CDS 609 Practicum and enroll in CDS 657 in place of those credits

23. School Age Speech and Language Clinic
Supervisors: Frank Bender (clinic Lead)
Susan Boettcher –Prairie Mountain
Katie Mason -BLAST
Shelley Watson

24. Description of Who We Serve:
Purpose: facilitate each child’s ability to functionally communicate in all environments and successfully participate in grade level/age-appropriate school and home activities
Population: The clinic will serve children who are kindergarten through 12th grade with communication disorders specific to speech and language.
Number of clients served each term: clients in clinic plus Prairie Mountain
Key Competencies and Targeted Skills: Speech sounds/articulation, language (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics/social skills) and hearing loss.

25. How We Do This: Location of Support: UO SLHC (K-12) and PM (K-8)
Evaluate school-age (k-21) clients with speech and language deficits that are referred to the clinic
Referrals come from pediatricians, teachers, SLPs and parents
Identify the specific speech and language deficits via formal and informal assessment.
Provide direct speech and language intervention to students and support services/counseling to families/caregivers (Individuals and Group Sessions)
Coordinate with other service providers.
School SLPs, pediatricians, occupational/physical therapists

26. Groups and Camps School-Age Summer Camp Writing Group
Group Intervention
Writing Group
Language Processing Group
Social Skills Group
School-Age Summer Camp
Writing Camp
Social Skills Camp (proposal in Process)

27. Supervision and Support
Group meetings
Teaching and Rounds
2 hours each week
Individual meetings
Office Hours
Individual Appointments

28. Young Child Clinic
Children 5 and under, variety of delays/disabilities
Co-directors: Heather Moore & Jessica Fanning
Supervisors: Heather Moore, Jessica Fanning, Jill Potratz, Katie Mason
Collaborative Partners
Early Intervention Program
Early Childhood CARES
OHSU Child Development and Rehabilitation Center (CDRC)

29. Young Child Clinic Assessment Treatment YCC Programs
Combination of informal & formal assessment measures that involve input from parents & other professionals
Treatment
Naturalistic Communication Intervention (NCI) through a combination of direct intervention & caregiver coaching
YCC Programs
HEDCO clinic
BLAST
Individual sessions; small group sessions
Off-campus:
Language and Play Everyday Programs (LAPE and LAPE+)
Early Childhood CARES

30. Young Child Clinic
Specific training in Naturalistic Communication Assessment and Intervention
Direct Intervention
Coaching
Inter-disciplinary collaboration
Treatment planning through a developmental lens
Home visiting

31. Young Child Clinic Program Supervisor Location Clinic Time
Weekly Meeting Time
Building Language Speech Together (BLAST)
Katie Mason
HEDCO Clinic
Tuesdays 4-5:30pm
Tues 5:30-6:30pm
Communicate Now (C-Now)
Jill Potratz or Jessica Fanning
Tues & Thurs 10-2
(see individual client assignments below)
Thurs 2pm-4:30pm
Early Childhood Cares
(EC CARES)
Varies
off-campus
Varies (see student schedule below)
Language and Play Everyday (LAPE) and LAPE +
Heather Moore
See schedule attached to .
Fridays 9-4
Mon 12pm-2:00