The Hope Center has made the
difference between success and
​failure, understanding and
​confusion, hope and despair,
for our family.
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Broadfield
Speech & Swallowing Therapy
Our Story
Welcome to the Broadfield Speech & Swallowing Therapy. We are a family-run, independent practice that thrives on providing the best care possible. Bonnie Broadfield White, MS, CCC-SLP is a nationally certified speech-language pathologist who has over 20 years of experience in preschool, elementary school, home care, rehab, and long-term settings. She has a passion to work with all ages from 0 to 100. She has the skills to determine the best treatment that will benefit each individual and increase one's quality of life. She will work within your home, school, care facility or community.
EXPERIENCE
Bonnie Broadfield White, MS, CCC – SLP has had great success in working with children and adults who may have but not limited to:​
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Cerebral palsy
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Down syndrome
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Hydrocephaly
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Seizure disorders
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Traumatic brain injury
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Autism spectrum disorders
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Parkinson's
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Strokes
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Sensory
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Brainstem disorders
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Wilkes Barre and other rare disorders
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Deaf and blind
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Bonnie has assessed and treated children and adults with extensive knowledge in:
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Swallowing disorders (oral preparatory, oral, and/or pharyngeal dysphagia)
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Feeding impairments
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Apraxia/dyspraxia of speech
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Cognitive impairments
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Aphasia
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Auditory processing delays
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Expressive and receptive language disorders
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Developmental delays
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Voice disorders
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Respiratory disorders/ trachs
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Dysfluencies
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Motor speech dysfunctions
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Articulation/ phonological delays
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Bonnie has been a Master Clinician who has mentored and supervised new clinicians and students. She has provided supervision, education, and training to staff to carry over appropriate strategies and procedures for generalization. She has collaborated with interdisciplinary teams of professionals from multiple disciplines. She has served on Diagnostic teams that interview parents, evaluate candidates, and determine the eligibility of services. She has worked closely with loved ones to teach them exercises or techniques for faster progress. She is certified in the Pyramid Approach to Education or Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and VitalStim. She is trained in Physical Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Target (PROMPT) and Deep Pharyngeal Neurological Stimulation (DPNS).
TECHNIQUES
Total Communication
Utilizing nonverbal modalities (e.g., eye gaze, head nod/shake, hand or body movements, facial expressions, etc.) to answer yes/no questions, make requests, and exchange communication. This system has shown great success for individuals with severe physical and neurological disabilities and is often combined with PROMPT in an attempt to create word approximations, such as, "Ma", "Da", "Ya/na".
PECS
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Picture Exchange Communication System. This means of communication is utilized to
facilitate initiation of a
conversation. This system has shown great success for individuals who are nonverbal, learning to become verbal, and/or for children who have autism.
Story and/or Play Time
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Utilizing books and play to entice communication, increase receptive (understanding) language, and increase expressive language (expanding the use of language).
Hands and Touch
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Touch is the foundation for language learning for individuals who are Deafblind.
MOVE
Move Opportunities Via Education Program.
The SLP is trained to move individuals who have physical disabilities to progress in physical movements (e.g., rolling, crawling, climbing, walking etc.)
Sensory Processing Diet
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Utilizing Deep physical input to increase brain efficiency, increase the ability to focus, and decrease behaviors in children with ADHD and/or Autism
EDUCATION STRATEGIES
Gustatory
Stimulation
A type of thermal stimulation, in which frozen glycerin swabs are utilized to stimulate the sides, medial, and back of tongue to increase range of motion of the tongue, to decrease a delayed swallow, to decrease reflux, and to reduce risk of aspiration (fluid from entering the lungs).
Oral Motor exercises and stimulation
This technique is utilized to gain strength and range of motion of all articulators; i.e., the tongue, lips, jaw, cheeks. Exercises may include chewing gum, different consistencies of foods, horns, instructive exercises or any creative activity that may benefit the individual.
VitalStim
A form of neuromuscular electrical stimulation that helps recruit and re-educate muscles in the process of swallowing. Electrodes are carefully applied to neck and stimulated through an electrical unit by a certified pathologist.
PROMPT
Physical Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Target.
This system is utilized to create new neurological pathways from the brain to the articulators. The brain needs to gain ability to communicate to the articulators how to produce the sounds in words (i.e., a trained SLP takes her fingers to shape the lips, cheeks, tongue and/or jaw).
Pyramid Approach
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This program supplies various strategies to provide support to increase confidence and decrease frustration within a structured environment like the classroom.
Climb every moutain... 'Till you find your dream
Provide home therapy in Charlottesville or up to 20 miles in and outside of Fauquier County
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540-216-0078 (m)
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