Airway Apnea Orthodontics and OPT™

SKU: 3788-NS
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*NEW E-LEARNING* Airway, Apnea, Orthodontics, and OPT - selfstudy Talk-Tools
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Smiling child with glasses, wearing a blue shirt, alongside two professional headshots in circles.
Smiling child with glasses wearing a blue shirt and dental bib, sitting in a dental chair.
*NEW E-LEARNING* Airway, Apnea, Orthodontics, and OPT - selfstudy Talk-Tools
A woman demonstrates orthodontic techniques on a young boy using a red device in a clinical setting.

Airway Apnea Orthodontics and OPT™

SKU: 3788-NS
heart icon 92
heart icon CEUs 0.3
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Heather Vukelich, MS, CCC-SLP

Brian Hockel, DDS
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Course Description

This course is taught by TalkTools Instructor, Heather Vukelich and Dr. Brian Hockel, DDS and discusses typical vs. atypical jaw and mouth muscle development and how these impact the basics of life: speech, feeding and breathing with an emphasis on the Down syndrome population. 
Heather and Brian provide strategies and techniques for improved speech, feeding, breathing and sleeping from both the SLP perspective and the orthodontist perspective.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to: 

  1. Summarize the etiology of facial and airway growth, and the implications for sleep apnea.
  2. Apply OPT methods as part of overall treatment for speech and facial development.
  3. Demonstrate orthodontic approaches which affect speech, facial appearance and airway health.

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Instructor Details and Financial Disclosure 

Timed Agenda

Registration Fees

  • Online ONLY for 1 learner -- ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSE (downloadable handout)
  • Online + SUPPLIES for 1 learner --  ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSE, plus the following supplies
    • Horn #1, Straw #4, Straw C, Jaw Grading Bite Blocks Red, Tongue Depressor, Wooden Stir Stick, Sensi Coral Tip, 5 Toothies, Magenta Smooth Spoon, Cut-Out Cup.
       
  • Group Rate for 5 learners
    • ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSE for 5 learners
    • 5 sets of SUPPLIES listed above

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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 #: 5999. This self-study course qualifies for 3 contact hours or 0.3 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: Introductory.

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