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Graduate Curriculum on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Adult and Pediatric Dysphagia) Special Interest Division 13: Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders(Dysphagia) About This Document This curriculum was revised by members of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Special Interest Division 13: Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia) 2006 Steering Committee: Caryn Easterling and Cathy Lazarus (committee cochairs), Elizabeth Andrews, Rita Bailey, Dan Gaskell, Tessa Goldsmith, Steve Gorsek, and Adrienne Perlman. Michelle Ferketic, ASHAs Director, Special Interest Divisions and International Liaison Programs, provided technical assistance. The activity was monitored by Division 13 Steering Committee Liaison Catriona Steele. Other members of the 2006 Special Interest Division 13 Steering Committee are Nancy Swigert (coordinator); Lynn Brady-Wagner, Maureen Lefton-Greif, and Luis Riquelme (associate coordinator). The Steering Committee is monitored by the monitoring VP for Professional Practices in Speech-Language Pathology, Brian Schulman. Introduction Approximately 87% of the respondents to ASHAs 2005 Health Care Survey in Speech-Language Pathology (ASHA, 2005) indicated that they were the primary providers of dysphagia services in their facilities. In the same survey, 16% of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) working in health care settings reported that they provide dysphagia services to infants and/or children. Results of the 2003 Omnibus Survey (ASHA, 2003) also indicated that 13.8% of SLPs practicing in the schools now treat children with dysphagia. Diagnosis and treatment of swallowing disorders are included in the SLPs scope of practice (ASHA, 2001). Graduate programs must respond to the education and training demands implicit in this scope of practice and provide students with knowledge and skills required to effectively evaluate and treat dysphagia across a variety of populations and practice settings. In the fields of speec