Episode 24: Assessing Functional Needs in the Adult Neurologic Population with Sarah Baar MS, CCC-SLP - a podcast by Leigh Ann Porter, MA, CCC-SLP

Sarah Baar is here to revolutionize your evaluation procedure. If you want to know how to dynamically assess the functional needs of your patients to identify deficits to target in therapy and develop measurable goals for therapy, then Sarah has the inside scoop for you. Sarah will guide you through real-life examples of how to implement a functional needs interview, get the best out of patients with motivational interview techniques, and create measurable goals for therapy via Person-Centered Outcomes questionnaires. Something I’ve been lacking in my practice has been this critical piece of the puzzle. I’ve been relying solely on static, standardized assessments and a few brief open-ended questions along the lines of “so, what’s important for you to achieve in therapy?” Sarah’s recommendations go so far beyond that to really capture a patient’s functional needs/deficits that many standardized assessments can often miss. For example, a patient may test “WFL” on an assessment, but have impairments in the home environment. Nonstandardized, dynamic assessments can fill in the gaps and show us how we can help the patient return to a level of participation in their daily life that is achievable and desirable. 

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