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Giving Back to Graduate School Students

by Karen Sheffler | Jun 1, 2020 | News

Educators and students have endured extreme challenges during this COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you to Dr. Jamie Fisher, PhD, CCC-SLP, from Western Kentucky University, for inviting me to share tips and resources during her medical speech-language pathology course. Read... Read More

Free IDDSI Webinars

by Karen Sheffler | Feb 7, 2020 | News

Karen’s IDDSI Presentations: 1. BeckyDorner.com, providing the following 2 FREE webinars, brought to you by Hormel Health Labs. Learn more about IDDSI by listening to both of the webinars at: https://www.beckydorner.com/hormelhealthlabs/ Webinar 1: The... Read More

A True IDDSI Champion

by Karen Sheffler | Feb 7, 2020 | News

Karen is an IDDSI Champion and has been writing blogs and lecturing about IDDSI to raise awareness since 2014. Karen is pictured here again with Peter Lam, RD, CFE, Co-Chair of IDDSI (Note: Peter’s co-chair is Dr Julie Cichero, BA, BSpThy(Hons), PhD, who is a... Read More

Dysphagia Research Society (DRS) annual conference May 2019

by Karen Sheffler | Feb 7, 2020 | News

Karen attended the Dysphagia Research Society’s (DRS) annual conference March 6-9, 2019. In spring 2020, she completed her 2 year term on the DRS Website, Communications, and Public Relations Committee, which assisted with fundraising and social media promotion... Read More

Podcast with Fox Rehab (5/1/19)

by Karen Sheffler | Feb 7, 2020 | News

FOXCAST SLP: IDDSI – International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative with Karen Sheffler.   Read More

IDDSI / USIRG booth at ASHA2021!

by Karen Sheffler | Feb 7, 2020 | News

There just had to be an IDDSI booth at our first in-person ASHA convention since the start of the pandemic. I organized this booth along with my fellow USIRG members. ASHA is the American Speech-Language & Hearing Association, and typically a convention will draw... Read More