SPEAK OUT!® Therapy Program

The SPEAK OUT!® Therapy Program, developed by Parkinson Voice Project, helps people with Parkinson’s and related disorders REGAIN and RETAIN their speech and swallowing.

The program can improve volume, articulation, breath support for speech, vocal quality, intonation, and facial expression. Patients and families also report reduced drooling and improved swallowing. This highly effective, research based treatment combines education, individual and group speech therapy, and daily home practice. The “Circle of INTENT” outlines the various therapy components and emphasizes that this program is lifelong.

The Bookhardt Family Speech-Language Clinic at MSU Denver is the only SPEAK OUT!® Therapy and Research Center in Colorado and Wyoming!

Thanks to funding from Parkinson Voice Project, All SPEAK OUT!® Therapy Program sessions are provided at no-cost to the client. Individual sessions can be conducted in-person or via telehealth. All SPEAK OUT!® Therapy groups occur virtually. SPEAK OUT!® Therapy Program sessions can be done in English or Spanish.

We do not bill insurance, no physician referral needed! 

You’ll work with a Graduate Student Clinician supervised by a Certified SPEAK OUT!® Provider. Your first session will be about 45 minutes and will be an initial evaluation. After that, you’ll do two 30-minute treatment sessions each week for 4-6 weeks (8-12 sessions). Then you’ll join one of our online SPEAK OUT!® Therapy groups weekly and continue with your home practice. We’ll check in with you individually ~1 time a month to make sure you’re staying on track.  

Opportunities to participate in research related to the SPEAK OUT!® Therapy Program are also available.

To get started with SPEAK OUT!® Therapy Program sessions call 303-615-0054 or schedule an intake session online.