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Read to the end to learn something about me that I've never shared before!

I've updated the rewards for supporters on Buy Me a Coffee! If you're a supporting member, you should have received the updated PDF of handouts from my blog (now a whopping 360 pages!).

Anyone leaving a one-time tip receives the Mini-Binder PDF as their 'thank you'. I updated this PDF with the low-vision font screener test.

I'll let you in on a secret.

If you want the full Resource Binder but don't want to sign up for the monthly or yearly 'tips', simply leave a tip for more than one coffee, then email me to request the PDF.

It's not how I set up the rewards, but I do appreciate any support you're able to provide. One of the perks of doing things my way is that I get to break my own rules!

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​🧠What I'm working on

I'm making steady progress on the print, spiral-bound book of handouts. There are 25 handouts updated and ready to go, for a total of 60 pages!

I think I have another 18 handouts to go before I send this volume off to the printer. I want to make sure it's good quality before doing the rest.

My next blog post is *this* close to being done! Normally, it would be done for the next newsletter, but I'm going out of town on vacation, so it may not be ready until August.

🎓Continuing education & colleague support

High-quality continuing education courses are a fast way to learn about new strategies and resources. Here are some of my favorite resources.

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Get a free month with the Medical SLP Collective

The Medical SLP Collective is a subscription-based membership group. I've found the community to be very helpful for high-quality CEUs, materials, and quick answers for clinical questions from experts.

Just mention my name (Lisa Young) when you sign up, and we both get an extra month free!

SpeechPathology.com has a wide variety of courses!

Sign up for a new subscription (affiliate link) to gain access to a wide variety of continuing education topics in multiple formats!

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I've earned many continuing education credits by listening to informative courses as I drove from one patient's home to another.

This was a life-saver when I switched to home health and started seeing patient populations I'd never encountered before!

🎁 Featured EST post & handout

You can access all free Eat, Speak, & Think PDF downloads in the password-protected Free Subscription Library.

• ​Treat EST to a coffee and you'll get the Mini Resource Binder (99 pages).
• Become a member at the "Supporter" level, and you'll receive the full Resource Binder (360 pages), plus updated editions. ($2/month or $20/year)

One treatment method I return to time and again is spaced retrieval with errorless learning.

It doesn't work for everyone with memory loss, but wow, when it works, it can dramatically improve quality of life.

For instance, I recently worked with an elderly woman with dementia who was driving her husband crazy by repeatedly asking what was happening that day.

After three sessions, she was going to check the calendar instead of asking the question!

And to top that, her husband had independently used the technique to train a problem I didn't even know existed. He trained her to wait for an escort before going up or down the stairs.

Just one of the many reasons I love home health!

Here are the three articles I wrote on this training technique:

• ​How to use spaced retrieval with errorless learning to improve memory. This tutorial walks you through, step-by-step. You’ll learn about common therapy targets and 9 tips to maximize success.
• ​Spaced retrieval case study: Using a cane. I share the story of the first time I used this teaching method, after PT discharged patient with recommendation for 24-hour supervision. After just 2 sessions, he was using the cane all the time independently.
• ​7 tips to maximize errorless learning for moderate to severe memory loss. People with moderate to severe memory loss generally don’t respond well to trial-and-error learning, in my experience. Instead, I use spaced retrieval combined with errorless learning, which tends to work well (but not always).

And here are the related handouts:

• ​Blank data sheets and completed example
• ​Errorless learning for moderate to severe memory loss cheat sheet​

🌐 Something worth sharing​
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• Kerry Goode shares powerful words on his Facebook page, like this post about the United States.
• Kerry is a Black man living with ALS since 2015, a former running back who played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Miami Dolphins, a Christian, a husband, and a father.
• He can no longer eat or speak or walk, yet he lives a fully-engaged life.
• Kerry's insights on life, love, family, caregivers, and living with a terrible disease often touch me deeply.
• Always deep and insightful, often hilarious.

I'm sharing Kerry's post to honor the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This is not a political newsletter, but I am proud to be an American, and I'm proud to have served in the United States Marine Corps. I served alongside people from every walk of life.

None of those differences were relevant. We were all "green", as the Corps likes to say.

In the same manner, I respect and honor each and every one of my patients, regardless of their beliefs or lifestyles. We are all living here in the community together.

I appreciate you taking the time to read my thoughts!
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Stay safe and be well,

Lisa
(she/her/hers)