Best Practices for SLPs to Implement IDDSI

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Do you want to implement the standardized IDDSI diets at your facility but are unsure how to start? Would you like to know about online resources that are available to help you and your team? In this podcast, Faerella Boczko, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, and Mary Casper, MA, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, FNA, will give you that information and more with a discussion about how the diets were successfully implemented in skilled nursing facilities. 

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(03:32) IDDSI Implementation in the U.S. (11:11) First Steps in Facility Implementation (15:46) Implementation Team and Timeline (22:27) Staff Education (26:12) Converting Labels to New Consistencies (29:32) Testing and Tasting (35:26) Additional Unexpected Steps (39:35) Keeping Momentum During Lengthy Implementation  (44:58) Value of IDDSI  (46:59) Converting from Pre-Admission Diet to IDDSI Diet  (50:04) Approach to Bread  (52:23) Interprofessional Collaboration (54:30) Recommended First Steps (57:35) Summary 

The content for this course was created by Faerella Boczko, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-S.   

The content for this course was created by Mary Lee Casper, MA, CCC-SLP, ASHA Fellow, FNAP. 

The content for this course was created by Susan Almon-Matangos, MS/CCC-SLP.

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Resources 

International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) website with framework, testing methods, and resources: https://iddsi.org/ 

IDDSI resources for U.S. implementation: https://iddsi.org/United-States 

Please see other Relias courses related to IDDSI for more information.