Courses & Training For Speech and Language Therapists
Vital Voice Skills
Course dates:
No further dates have yet been confirmed for this course.
Location:
1st floor, 4 Paddington Street, London, W1U 5QE ( Baker St. Tube)
Course fees:
£285 per person / £260 Early Bird Rate*
Fees inclusive of refreshments (excludes lunch)
*Early Bird Rate valid for bookings made before 31st December 2018
Further Information
A two day course for SLTS wishing to gain skills for working with voice clients
Suitable for SLTS:
– interested in gaining voice skills
– in mixed posts
– in community settings
– wishing to start or refresh or develop their voice skills
Day 1: Referral, Diagnosis, Assessment
• voice referrals
• types of voice disorders including:
• Vocal fold paresis and paralysis
• Vocal fold nodules
• Muscle tension dysphonia
• Spasmodic dysphonia
• Psychogenic voice
• Assessment : case history, essential voice rating scales;
• perceptual assessment : grading voices
• Recording voices
• Audio samples
Day 2: Therapy Techniques and Training
• Essential exercises applicable to a variety of voice disorders
• Experiential learning / training for SLTs in the following:
• Breath and voice release
• Semi occluded vocal tract
• Resonance balance
• Onset of the note
• Task progression
• Successful generalisation
• Therapy outcomes
Includes an afternoon of observation of ‘Antoni Method’ therapy exercises.
This forms part of day 2 of the above course. SLTs who have previously attended a vital voice course run By C.Antoni are able to pay to just attend the observation session. Fee:£80.00
Testimonials
"Brilliant course - thank you"
"Excellent presentations and down to earth style- thoroughly enjoyable."
"Excellent review of pathology, treatment options, techniques and problem solving."
"All of this info was useful... I admired Christella’s ability to respond to the group, and answer questions as they arose. She read the room well and referred back to our interests and current problems in practice."
‘Really useful discussions: especially case study examples. Pacing and content of this course was really useful.’
“Highly valuable practical advice to use in sessions - helped to put theory into practice."
“ This course is excellent. All of my hopes were met of gaining knowledge on Voice assessment, pathologies and therapy techniques. It was fantastic to see therapy techniques being explained with rationale for their application. Christella, I now feel not only supported but also well prepared to help support a client with Voice difficulties.”
"I enjoyed this course so much. Very informative seeing/ observing the therapy."
"Really enjoyed this course; got a lot from the course in terms of improved knowledge and confidence."