LEVELS TRAINING PROGRAM: LEVEL 1 COURSE REQUIREMENT

Course Description

One of TalkTools' core courses, participants will learn how to perform a comprehensive evaluation for clients with sensory, feeding and/or speech disorders following the principles of Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson’s hierarchical approach to oral-motor assessment and treatment using the techniques learned in “3-Part Treatment Plan for OPT (Oral Placement Therapy).”

This course will lead you, step-by-step, through the assessment process used with clients of varying ages and skill levels who evidence oral placement deficits. Participants will observe via videos, two complete assessment sessions and follow up treatment with clients from infancy to adult, and will learn how to identify oral-motor deficits that effect speech production.

Development of therapeutic program plans designed specifically to meet each client’s oral placement needs will be addressed. A live evaluation will be performed on the second day allowing participants to observe client skills, record observations on an assessment form and develop a therapeutic plan from these results. We are sure you will leave this session with advanced skills in assessment and program plan development for each client with oral placement needs.

Learning Outcomes:

Participants will be able to:

1. Identify oral placement, sensory, feeding and/or speech deficits in a variety of clients and diagnoses.
2. Assess oral placement functioning of the jaw, lips, and tongue.
3. Design and implement a step-by-step program plan based on the client’s oral-motor feeding and speech evaluation results.

4. Apply oral placement strategies, when appropriate, with infant, preschool, and school-aged children as a part of comprehensive speech and language therapy intervention.

Timed Agenda:

• Identify Your Target Population (30 mins)
• Dissociation and Grading (30 mins)
• Review of Oral Placement Hierarchies (60 mins)
• Oral Placement Activities: Jaw, Lip, Tongue (120 mins)

Case Study 1: A Complete Oral Placement Feeding and Speech Evaluation (160 mins)

• Sensory Component
• Oral Placement Component
• Feeding Component
• Speech Component
• Pull It All Together: Report Writing / Results Explanation

Case Study 2: A Complete Oral Placement Feeding and Speech Evaluation (160 mins)

• Sensory Component
• Oral Placement Component
• Feeding Component
• Speech Component
• Pull It All Together: Report Writing / Results Explanation

Case Study 3: A Complete Oral Placement Feeding and Speech Evaluation (160 mins)

• Sensory Component
• Oral Placement Component
• Feeding Component
• Speech Component
• Pull It All Together: Report Writing / Results Explanation

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.

TalkTools®️ is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education. Provider #: 6325. This virtual, self-study course qualifies for 12 contact hours or 1.2 CEUs in the Category of Occupational Therapy Process. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. Course Level: Intermediate.

LEVEL 2 INTERMEDIATE ACCREDITATION

Completion of LEVEL 1 NOVICE requirements (3-Part Treatment Plan for OPT™ and OPT™: Assessment and Program Plan Development).  Click through for more information on our exclusive LEVELS TRAINING PROGRAM.

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Instructor

Renee Roy Hill, MS, CCC-SLP bio and financial disclosure

Learning Options

• Online ONLY for 1 learner -- ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSE (downloadable handout, forms and charts)
• Online + SUPPLIES for 1 learner -- ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSE plus 
• (1) Red Bite Blocks and (1) Textbook Assessment & Treatment of the Jaw 
• Group Rate for 5 learners
• ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSE for 5 learners
• 5 sets of SUPPLIES
• 5 textbooks