
Angela Mansolillo, MA/CCC-SLP
Angela Mansolillo is a Speech-Language Pathologist and board recognized specialist in swallowing disorders who has worked in a variety of clinical settings. She brings over twenty years of experience with children with dysphagia to her teaching. Her dynamic, interactive style, coupled with her ability to present complex material in a meaningful, practical way, enables her course participants to arm themselves with new successful strategies to apply immediately.
Angela is currently a Senior Speech-Language Pathologist at Cooley-Dickinson Hospital in western Massachusetts. In addition, she serves as adjunct faculty and clinical supervisor at Elms College. She has provided numerous regional and national presentations, and has served as guest lecturer at several colleges and universities throughout Massachusetts. Angela holds a Master of Arts from the University of Connecticut.
Courses
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Video
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Hours: 2
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From $37 / $66
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Dysphagia in Adults - Issues in InterventionFormat: Video
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Video
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Hours: 5
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From $89 / $142
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Sensory Interventions in Dysphagia ManagementFormat: Video
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Video
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Hours: 2
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Swallowing and the Spine: Cervical Spine Disorders and Dysphagia

Course Description:
Dysphagia in patients with cervical spine involvement is an under-recognized and under-identified impairment. This course will increase awareness of the potential for swallow impairment in patients with cervical involvement including those with spinal deformities, spinal cord injuries, osteophytes, cervical bracing and status-post spinal surgeries. Participants will be provided with data re: the nature of the relationship between dysphagia and cervical spine impairments as well as specific tools and strategies...
Dysphagia in Adults - Issues in Intervention

Course Description:
Effective dysphagia management involves consideration of a number of factors that may potentially impact safe and efficient swallowing. Recommendations regarding diet, therapeutic techniques, or non-oral feeding can have implications well beyond the swallow system they are designed to impact. Dysphagia clinicians are faced with large amounts of information from a variety of sources, some of it conflicting, as we struggle to provide our clients with the best advice and...
Sensory Interventions in Dysphagia Management

Course Description:
Can manipulation of sensory information impact swallow function? It has long been understood that the sensory information from a bolus is critical to safe and timely movement of that bolus and protection of the airway. This course will discuss the roles of various types of sensory input, including taste and flavor, smell, viscosity, and chemesthesis on swallow function. The role of visual, auditory, and anticipatory cues in food...
Living with Dysphagia: An Exploration of the Impact of Dysphagia on Patients and Caregivers

Course Description:
People with dysphagia and their family members and caregivers report significant changes in quality of life associated with their inability to swallow safely and efficiently. Health care workers often focus on the signs and symptoms of the swallowing impairment, and do not consistently address the sociological and psychological burdens that those impairments impose.
This course will describe the quality of life issues reported by individuals with dysphagia and their caregivers. Participants will...