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Course Description

This course helps therapists transition Oral Placement skills into speech sound production by transitioning muscle movements into word drills. Early developing phonemes m, b, p, w, h, k, g, t, d, and n and the prerequisite skills needed for each sound via Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) are outlined.

This course helps clinicians transition those cues into words and implements a comprehensive tactile approach to therapy through the use of the Oral Placement to Speech Kit. A therapy session demonstration is provided for viewers to model.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to define the term “Oral Placement Therapy”

Identify at least one structural concern that may impact speech production
List 3 Oral Placement Therapy tools
Identify the three stages of the Phonetic Placement Approach

The "OPT to Speech" course is an interactive, hands-on presentation. When taking this course as a self-study it is encouraged that you follow along with all of the activities.

Self-Study Details

Instructor Details and Financial Disclosure

Robyn Merkel-Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP, COM®️

Registration Fees

Online ONLY for 1 learner -- ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSE for 1 Year/365 Days, downloadable handout(s), certificate of completion
Group Rate for 5 learners – ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSE for 1 Year/365 Days, downloadable handout(s), certificate of completion

Schedule

Timed Agenda

10 mins: What is an Oral Placement Disorder?
10 mins: What is Oral Placement Therapy?
10 mins: Evidenced Based Practice
20 mins: A Three-Part Treatment Approach
30 mins: Transitioning Oral Placement to Speech
25 mins: Three Ways to Use Oral Placement Therapy
15 mins: Video Examples

RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOK

“OPT for Speech Clarity & Feeding”

LEARNER SUPPORT AND FAQs

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CEUs

Content Disclosure: This presentation will focus on treatment methods related to the use of TalkTools® resources. Other similar treatment approaches will receive limited or no coverage during this lecture.

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very informative

It was an enriching learning experience

Thank you for such a wonderful program design

This was a good quality course in general

Well organised presentation. Thank you

Great use of video examples

Great class, helped solidify how to progress through a therapy session

I completed level one in Vegas a few years ago. This program is the missing piece!

Very interesting and educational and love the idea of these techniques for the pupils i support with ASD

Good information.

I loved the training! Very informative.

This was a very informative course. I have several children on my caseload who will benefit from these approaches.

I am taking this course with the intention of helping my daughter who has language difficulties due to hypotonia and apraxia, probably caused by the genetic error on chromosome 2q13

Thank you!

Very good training. I eval my first DS kiddo this week. I feel much more knowledegable.e

great workshop

Excellent course. Very beneficial for any speech therapy. Explained beautifully and thoughtfull designed! Congrats to the team1

Amazing Training

Very clear presentation With valuable information.

Excellent

I ordered the OPT kit and am glad to have the background knowledge of how the words were chosen and the correct way to implement the OPT kit therapy .

helpful/feel confident to put into practice

My child was omiting ending sounds in 1 syllable words. I have been using the techniques for a couple of weeks. I made a session to repeat words with ending sounds m, p and b and he got all the sounds. Hope to see more improvements.

I have found the Oral Placement Therapy programs very useful with the students I work with in the public schools.

Muscle memory has been difficult to teach a client in the past but these task make it easier to complete

I enjoy the courses as they are very informative

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