​Bypassing the barriers of insurance allows a 2+ hour comprehensive evaluation.

• Detailed medical, feeding, & developmental case history

• Family & teacher interview

• Bedside swallow examination

• Language sampling

• Clinical observation of signs, symptoms, & characteristics 

• Reading & writing sample 

• Postural & positioning observation

• Oral motor, sensory, & behavioral responses

• Oral motor & global examination of tone, strength, range of motion, structures, & functions 

• Parent/caregiver checklist measures 

• Analysis of Modified Barium-Swallow studies

• Social-emotional, cultural, linguistic, & religious factors 

• Awareness of deficits 

• Educational & functional impact