A professional development course for occupational therapy practitioners, physical therapy practitioners, and speech-language pathologists. Learn clinical frameworks for the evaluation and treatment of infants with suspected tethered oral tissues — anatomical, developmental, and functional perspectives that support clinical reasoning, assessment, and interdisciplinary collaboration. 

Participants will be able to:

1. Apply OT frameworks for screening and managing infants with suspected tethered oral tissues
2. Show comprehensive intake covering prenatal, perinatal, medical, and feeding histories
3. Interpret neuromotor, postural, sensory-motor, and reflex-related patterns in feeding
4. Measure compensatory feeding behaviors from underlying dysfunction

Instructor Details and Financial Disclosure 

• Dr. Christine M. Nguyen, OTD, OTR/L, SWC

Registration

• Online ONLY for 1 learner -- Access to Online Course for 365 Days/1 Year (-hour CE course, downloadable handout, certificate of completion)

  Timed Agenda

• 55 minutes - Module 1: Mastering the Intake
• 51 minutes - Module 2: Evaluation
• 34 minutes - Module 3: Treatment
• 56 minutes - Module 4: Frenectomy
• 24 minutes - Module 5: Team Building
  Total - 220 minutes

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Satisfactory Completion:

To receive a Certificate of Completion learners must: attend the entirety of the course; complete the course quiz with a passing score of 80% accuracy or higher and complete the course completion survey. Learners must request to be reported to ASHA CE.
 

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