DYSPHAGIA MANAGEMENT FOR NDIS PROVIDERS and THEIR STAFF

What You Need to Know

We know every day is busy for you. You not only focus on the utmost care for your clients but also support your staff, to provide the best care they can in a supportive environment.

We want to let you know how Dysphagia education can bolster the care you provide.

Our Safe Swallowing Education Course is designed to support your staff, support your clients and deliver tangible benefits to your business.

We at Safe Swallowing specialise exclusively in Dysphagia and Mealtime Management. We pride ourselves on the 35+ years of experience in this critical area that has gone into creating the Course. Our Principal Speech Pathologist, Barbara Braithwaite has worked in both the public and private sectors, assessing clients and educating staff in the disability sector and in private homes.

Our course therefore not only educates staff on the causes of Dysphagia, but also provides them with practical action steps to use in their day-to-day work with clients.

In providing our Safe Swallowing training support to staff, we believe NDIS providers can achieve:

• Better quality outcomes for clients
• Greater staff satisfaction and hence greater staff retention
• More relaxed relatives, knowing your staff understands and can manage their clients’ needs.
   

as well as

• adding to your accreditation requirements
  
  
  

SAFE SWALLOWING COURSE CONTENT

PART ONE (Identifying and Understanding)

1. Why Do a Safe Swallowing Education Program?
2. What is a Swallowing Problem? (Dysphagia)
3. Causes of Swallowing Problems
4. Symptoms of Swallowing Problems
5. Swallowing Assessment
6. Contributing Factors

PART TWO (Putting the learning into practice)

   7. Managing Safe Swallowing

• Practical tips to ensure mealtime safety
• Strategies to identify undiagnosed Dysphagia
• Mealtime ‘issue’ management

   8. IDDSI Food and Fluid Modifications 

With swallowing issues being in the top 3 causes of preventable death in our disabled populations, in depth, empowering education is our goal. 
 

Contact us now to discuss how we can support your business’s needs. Discounts apply for multiple participants taking our Safe Swallowing Dysphagia Education and IDDSI Mealtime Management Course.  

https://www.safeswallowing.com.au/for-organisations