What is the LSVT clinician referral process and does it work?
Over the years, the LSVT Foundation has learned that is it not enough simply to train and certify speech clinicians in LSVT in order to maximally disseminate the treatment. It is also necessary to educate neurologists and other health care providers about the availability of clinicians trained in LSVT. Thus the idea of a referral database came to be. The goal of the LSVT referral process it to allow easy access for patients, neurologists and other health care providers to LSVT Certified clinicians. At this time, this process occurs in three ways. At their request, LSVT Certified clinicians are entered on the LSVT website: www.lsvt.org by state and country and patients and referring neurologists are able to access this information. Patients are encouraged to contact the LSVT Foundation by phone: 1-888-606-5788, fax 1-520-615-8559 or email: info@lsvt.org and request an LSVT Certified clinician in their geographic area. The LSVT Foundation handles an average of 50 requests for LSVT Certif
