Your Client with Autism: Applying OPT Strategies

SKU: 3837
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Your Client with Autism: Applying OPT Strategies

SKU: 3837
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heart icon CEUs 0.2
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Icon Risca Solomon, MS, BCBA
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Course Description | TalkTools Instructor and ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Expert, will be presenting the exciting findings from a collaborative study on the impacts of incorporating Talk Tools OPT (Oral Placement Therapy) techniques with ABA protocols on speech production, focusing on the jaw, lips and tongue. The team consisted of SLPs, BCBAs, RBTs and parents and the study was conducted at Eastern Florida Autism Center. Clients included those with a diagnosis of Down syndrome, ASD, Fragile X and cerebral palsy. Risca will present the techniques used in the study, so learners can apply these techniques right away in their practice! 

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Learning Outcomes | Participants will be able to: 

  1. Summarize the findings of the ABA-OPT Study.
  2. Interpret the jaw-lip-tongue connection for speech production.
  3. Identify 3 ABA techniques applicable to speech therapy.
  4. Apply 3 OPT techniques for speech clarity.
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  • Online ONLY for 1 learner -- ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSE (downloadable handout, forms and charts)

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Timed Agenda

  • 15 mins: Overview of Study
  • 15 mins: Techniques for Jaw
  • 15 mins: Techniques for Lips
  • 20 mins: Techniques for Jaw
  • 20 mins: How to measure progress
  • 25 mins: Case studies & results
  • 10 mins: Wrap-up/Q&A

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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 #: 4728. This virtual course qualifies for 2 contact hours or 0.2 CEUs in the Category of OT Service Delivery and Foundational Knowledge. 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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