Caitlin Delgado, M.S. CCC-SLP
Patient-centered care to help you achieve your speech and swallowing goals from the comfort of your own home.
~Hablamos Espanol~
OUR VALUES
PATIENT-CENTERED CARE
We believe that incorporating the personal interests, cultural values, and preferences into our interventions is essential to optimizing patient outcomes.
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
We utilize evaluation and intervention protocols that reflect current research and best practice standards.
Collaboration
We aim to collaborate with patients, care partners, doctors, and other healthcare professionals in order to maximize outcomes with the whole patient in mind..
About
Caitlin Delgado
Caitlin is a speech-language pathologist with over 7 years of experience working with patients with communication and swallowing disorders across the lifespan, which has included work in skilled nursing facilities, private practice, outpatient hospital, and inpatient hospital settings.
She specializes in the evaluation and treatment of adult-onset communication and swallowing disorders, including aphasia, cognitive-communication deficits, voice disorders, dysphagia, and motor speech disorders. Caitlin combines evidence-based practice, years of clinical experience, and patient values in order to provide optimal care to her patients. She is particularly passionate about incorporating patient's interests into her therapy in order to support patients in achieving goals that matter most to them.
In additional to "traditional" treatment methods, Caitlin is a certified Lee Silverman Voice Training (LSVT-LOUD) and McNeill Dysphagia Training Protocol (MDTP) provider.
While Caitlin is skilled and passionate about the treatment of all acquired communication and swallowing disorders, she has special interest in the treatment of voice disorders and Parkinson's disease.
Caitlin has skill and experience providing treatment and evaluation in English and Spanish.
What We Offer
Telehealth Services
We offer telehealth evaluation and treatment to patients with communication and swallowing disorders, as deemed appropriate by the provider, throughout the state of New Jersey.
In-Home Services
We offer in-home services to patients throughout Morris County and in many parts Northern New Jersey. Contact us to discuss our availability for in-home treatment.
How to Start Working with Us
Contact Us
Send us an email to caitlindelgadospeech@gmail.com or give us a call at 973-447-4045 to discuss your specific communication and/or swallowing concerns. We may ask you for additional information to better understand the difficulties you are experiencing. We may also refer you to other providers for imaging or evaluation prior to initiation of care.
Prescriptions and Reports
We may request that you provide us with prescriptions and/or imagine results. These allow the provider to fully understanding the deficits and treat them appropriately. Reports that may be requested include, but are not limited to, modified barium swallow study reports or laryngoscopy results.
Evaluation
With the exception of dysphagia or in the case where the patient has already been evaluated by another SLP within the past 3 months, therapy will begin with an evaluation. An evaluation will last about 60-90 minutes and will aim to assess the presenting disorder. After the completion of the evaluation, a thorough report will be generated which includes goals for treatment.
Treatment
Following evaluation, treatment will be initiated. Treatment sessions will be 60 minutes long and include counselling, training of exercises and compensatory strategies, and education on home exercise plan. Treatment can occur in-person or virtually as agreed upon between the provider and the patient. Treatment frequency will be determined at the time of evaluation, but generally will be between 1-3x weekly. Average length of treatment is 12 weeks, but may be longer or shorter depending on disorder severity and patient progress in therapy. After each session, a treatment note will be generated detailing activities completed in the session, patient performance, and plan for future treatment. Treatment notes may not be sent to the patient after each session, but can be requested at any time.
We are Private Pay Only
Unfortunately, we are unable to participate with insurance plans at this time. Please contact us to discuss pricing and receive a copy of our fee schedule.
