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Your article, "Managing Dysphagia in the Schools" (Sept. 26, 2006), reminded me of your article a year ago suggesting that as SLPs, we are in a unique position to understand sucking and swallowing and therefore might consider serving as lactation consultants in hospitals. Now, with this most recent article, I have been pondering our positions in the schools. I'm thinking that since our roles have expanded to include responsibilities related to our expert knowledge of literacy, social language, and dysphagia (to name just a few), that schools might consider hiring fewer resource and learning specialists, counselors, and even nurses. The SLP could do it all. Think of the money our cash-strapped schools could save. Come to think of it, since those of us who work in the schools tend to have such small caseloads and we're usually scrambling to find things to do, perhaps we could also fill in as teachers and/or administrators when the need arises.
Lisa Winslow
Wildomar, CA
l.wins@hotmail.com
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