Specialized Dysphagia Care for Missouri Adults—From the Comfort of Home
Meet your SLP:
Jessica Gai, MS, CCC, SLP, a Speech-Language Pathologist of 15 years created AD in response to the consistent limitations of accessibility to skilled support & rehabilitation of swallowing difficulties. In addition to barriers of travel, time, mobility- most people do not know who or how to seek a swallowing rehabilitation therapist.
Spreading awareness, offerring education and flexible consultation choices to embolden people to seek Dysphagia SLP services & improve a person’s ability to eat and drink enjoyably again is the single goal of ATTENUATED.
Swallowing difficulties can be frustrating, isolating, and disruptive to everyday life. My approach is individualized, collaborative, and focused on helping each patient work toward meaningful functional goals.
Her Opinion:
Dysphagia care should be:
- Individualized
- Evidence-informed
- Practical
- Collaborative
- Focused on the patient’s goals and daily life
By working with patients and, when appropriate, caregivers and/or members of the medical support team to coordinate care, optimal long-term outcomes can be achieved.
A proud UCM Jenny with an undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences & Disorders from University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, she completed her graduate degree at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, MO in 2010.
Jessica continues to serve Kansas City in person and is looking to grow the community’s awareness of dysphagia and how to establish appropriate interventions.
Current Licensure including the required Missouri state licensure in Speech Language Pathology as granted by Missouri Board for the Healing Arts. Further national membership in the American Speech-Language Hearing Association.
Certifications in VitalStim, AmpCare neuromuscular electrostimulatiom reeducation, as well as LSVT LOUD.
What about a Swallowing Certification?
There is no certificate or licensure for treating dysphagia specifically besides the SLP MO State licensure following successful completion of a Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology.
