My name is Chloe Caulfield, and I am a student studying Clinical Speech and Language Therapy at Trinity College Dublin. I am conducting a piece of research about the importance of a strong therapeutic alliance between speech and language therapists and people living with dysphagia.
I am conducting this research as part of my final year undergraduate studies project. This project has ethical approval from the ethics committee of the school of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences in Trinity College Dublin. My supervisor is Orla Giheaney (gilheano@tcd.ie), who is an adjunct professor in the school of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences in Trinity College Dublin.
We plan to gather speech and language therapists experiences in collaborating with people living with dysphagia. A therapeutic alliance means a strong relationship between a therapist and a patient. We want to see what factors contribute to a strong alliance, and if there are any barriers that restrict this from developing and maintaining between a therapist and patient.
You are being invited to participate in this study because you are a registered speech and language therapist that has worked with someone living with dysphagia.