004 – Nannette Crawford M.A., CCC-SLP – Is this waiver worth the paper it’s written on? Ethical decision making, the importance of having a mentor, and to never stop learning.
Swallow Your Pride Podcast
Theresa Richard, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-S
4.8 • 899 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2017
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Nannette Crawford is an SLP with over 45 years of experience who wears many, many hats, and wears all of them very, very well. Her specialty is cognition, brain injury, and post concussive symptoms, but she works in an outpatient clinic where she also treats patients with dysphagia.
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| 0:00.0 | Today Swallier Pride guest is Nanette Crawford. |
| 0:04.1 | Nana is a speech pathologist with over 45 years of experience who wears many |
| 0:09.6 | many hats and wears all of them very, very well. |
| 0:13.4 | Her specialty is cognition, brain injury, |
| 0:16.1 | and post-concussive symptoms. |
| 0:18.5 | She works in an outpatient clinic |
| 0:20.1 | where she also treats patients with dysphagia. Knowing that she did not have a solid background in |
| 0:25.2 | dysphagia and Nana took it upon herself to enroll in Dr. Jim |
| 0:28.3 | Coyle's dysphagia class at the University of Pittsburgh a few years back. |
| 0:34.5 | Nana is extremely passionate about patients rights and ethics and has also been educated by Dr. Paul Leslie who |
| 0:38.6 | has written extensively about this topic. She brings an entire human element to treating our patients with |
| 0:44.3 | dysphasia and I could only hope that if myself or a family member was |
| 0:47.9 | struggling with dysphagia that they would be treated by an SLP that believes in |
| 0:51.6 | and supports patients rights as much as Nanette does. In this episode |
| 0:55.8 | we'll cover the ever popular topic of waivers why they should or should not be |
| 0:59.9 | used, how to present treatment options to our patients, and how to advocate for our patients as part of an interdisciplinary team. |
| 1:07.0 | NANET also discusses the importance of having mentors and support from others in the field, |
| 1:12.0 | and how you are never too old to learn new tricks. |
| 1:16.7 | Nannette references a lot of great papers in this episode and a lot of different ASHA leader articles and you can find all of those over in the show notes at Swallow your Pride Podcast.com. |
| 1:38.0 | Welcome to the Swallow your Pride Podcast. I'm your host Teresa Richard. I'm a board certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders. And I know first hand how much confusing and conflicting information there is out there about how we assess and treat |
| 1:43.9 | swallowing disorders. This podcast is all about bringing everyone together, |
| 1:48.0 | getting on the same page, being open to new ideas, and using evidence-based |
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