The Source®: Dysphagia – Fourth Edition

Ages: Adult

This best-selling, practical resource provides an evidence-based foundation for the evaluation and treatment of dysphagia, along with tools to help clinicians organize and manage dysphagia services. Packed with essential information and ready-to-use materials, The Source®: Dysphagia – Fourth Edition supports busy speech-language pathologists in clinical, medical, and rehabilitation settings.

Key Topics Include:

• Preparing for a Patient Assessment

• Screenings and Bedside/Clinical Evaluations

• Instrumental Assessment of Swallowing

• Dysphagia Treatment: Theoretical Basis, Planning, and Implementation

• Documentation of Dysphagia Treatment

• Special Considerations in Critical Care

• Ethics and Decision-Making: Palliative and Hospice Care

• Education and Advocacy

• Reimbursement: Coding and Documentation of Dysphagia Services

• Practicing from an Evidence Base

What’s New in the Fourth Edition:

• Expanded information on pre-evaluation considerations, including oral hygiene, disease staging, and standardized questionnaires

• Validated screening tools for multiple populations

• Streamlined clinical swallow evaluation tool (two formats, including cranial nerve assessment)

• Updated interpretation charts for both VSS and FEES

• Integration of ICF framework to emphasize functional outcomes in treatment planning

• Comprehensive treatment-matching chart linking physiology to techniques

• Revised long- and short-term goals aligned with current evidence

• Enhanced coverage of neuroplasticity and motor learning principles

• New handouts and guidance for SLPs in palliative care and end-of-life settings

• Inclusion of International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative (IDDSI) information

• Thoroughly updated and reorganized reference lists, including references by treatment technique