Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Speech-Language Pathology & Hippotherapy in Michoacan, Mexico
Department
Allied Health Sciences
College
College of Health Professions
Date Range
2013-2014
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
The purpose of this presentation is to describe the speech-language pathology program in Michoacan, Mexico which consist of international cooperation between the US and Mexico. Licensed speech pathologists and students of speech pathology travel to Mexico to provide parent education and treatment to children and adults with speech, language, hearing, and swallowing disorders using traditional therapy as well as hippotherapy. The program is coordinated by Dr. Macauley of Grand Valley State University and Margarita Fajardo of San Francisco, CA. Over 350 children with disabilities have benefited from this program..
Conference Name
American Speech Language Hearing Association Conference
Conference Location
Chicago, IL
ScholarWorks Citation
Macauley, Beth and Fajardo, Margarita, "Speech-Language Pathology & Hippotherapy in Michoacan, Mexico" (2014). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 845.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/845
