Functional mouth movements are the foundation for effective feeding, swallowing, speech, and overall oral participation across the lifespan. This presentation explores how purposeful movements of the jaw, lips, and tongue support everyday functions such as chewing, drinking, breathing, and verbal communication. These movements are not isolated muscle exercises; they are integrated motor patterns developed through typical growth and experience that allow smooth and efficient oral function.  This session emphasizes how coordinated, functional movement patterns develop and how they can be supported or improved at any age.
 

Participants will gain an understanding of typical and atypical oral movement patterns, the impact of reduced strength, range of motion, or coordination on function, and practical strategies to facilitate meaningful mouth movements in real-life activities. This presentation is designed for clinicians, educators, and caregivers seeking to better support functional oral skills in children, adolescents, and adults, including individuals with developmental differences or acquired challenges.

Participants will be able to: 

1. The participants will be able to recognize dissociation of jaw, lips and tongue in feeding and speech.  
2. The participants will understand the importance of nasal breathing
3. The participants will be able to name at least 2 activities to work on dissociation and graded movement for increased function in feeding and speech tasks

Instructor Details and Financial Disclosure 

• Monica Purdy, MA, CCC-SLP

Registration Fees

• $199  0.6 ASHA CEUs, digital workbook & certificate of completion.

Schedule

Timed Agenda - (Breaks: 10:00 - 10:15/2:30-2:45 Lunch 12:00-1:00)

• Introduction 

• Introduction to Definitions  and Goals When looking at Oral Cavity
• Facial Symmetry what it is and how to evaluate it
• Understanding posture and its importance on feeding and speech
• Breathing and its impact on posture and importance of nasal breathing
• Looking at dissociated and graded movement of jaw, lips and tongue
• Activities to work on increasing stability and graded movement
• Deficits in oral swallowing
• Plan moving forward

HOW TO VIEW AND ACCESS YOUR WEBINAR

 

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.

It is the learner's responsibility to review, understand and agree to TalkTools® Training Policies (CEUs, copyright/distribution, cancellation). 

Getting You Tech-Ready for Your TalkTools® Course 

Images copyrighted and published by TalkTools®. No copyright infringement intended with any other images displayed; similar content appears elsewhere on the internet