OPT to Speech: Transitioning Muscle Memory Into Speech Sound Production

SKU: 3762-NS
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Child using a speech tool with a caregiver, featuring a blue and white device, in a bright indoor setting.
Child with light brown hair using a speech tool held by an adult, both focused on sound production.
Child using a speech tool with a caregiver, featuring a blue and white device, in a bright indoor setting.
Child with light brown hair using a speech tool held by an adult, both focused on sound production.

OPT to Speech: Transitioning Muscle Memory Into Speech Sound Production

SKU: 3762-NS
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Icon Robyn Merkel-Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP, COM®️
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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”

  1. Identify at least one structural concern that may impact speech production
  2. List 3 Oral Placement Therapy tools
  3. 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 

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”

 

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