TalkTools® 3-Part Treatment Plan for OPT™

LEVELS TRAINING PROGRAM: LEVEL 1 COURSE REQUIREMENT

1.2 ASHA CEUs • 1.2 AOTA CEUs - click through for more info on our ASHA CEU Policy and Process
 Instructors: Line Avers* | Colette Ellis | Monica Purdy | Risca Solomon | Renee Roy Hill | Rehab Zaytoun*

* available virtually for US domestic workshops

Course description 

This introductory course to OPT (Oral Placement Therapy)™​ is the foundation for TalkTools training and is integrated throughout many of our courses. OPT is a type of oral-motor therapy that targets specific movements needed for speech and feeding. This therapy has been found to be particularly effective for clients who are not responding to traditional therapy and may need additional input.

The "3 parts" of OPT are:

 

  1. speech
  2. feeding
  3. sensory -- this "part" is what sets our therapy approach from traditional approaches.

    OPT combines the senses traditional speech therapy relies on -- auditory and visual -- with tactile, proprioceptive and interoceptive sensory systems. 

    TalkTools® training applies a unique, hierarchical approach, where activities and goals build upon each other, resulting in a measurable, results-driven path both therapists and clients across all ages and diagnoses with the goal of:

    • speech clarity
    • improved feeding
    • independence
    • improved QUALITY OF LIFE

    This interactive, hands-on course includes highly motivating activities that concentrate on the WHOLE child: the orofacial region, (jaw, lips and tongue), the sensory system, posture, abdominal strength, tone, seating, and fascia. Techniques learned can be readily implemented across many therapy environments -- private practices, hospitals, schools and home.

    This interactive, hands-on course includes highly motivating activities that concentrate on the WHOLE child: the orofacial region, (jaw, lips and tongue), the sensory system, posture, abdominal strength, tone, seating, and fascia. Techniques learned can be readily implemented across many therapy environments -- private practices, hospitals, schools and home.

    LEARNING OUTCOMES
    • Appropriately assess oral placement/feeding/speech problems based on muscle systems.
    • Integrate hierarchies for motor dissociation and grading (jaw-lips-tongue).
    • Plan programs of therapeutic intervention to address physiological and motor-based speech disorders.
    • Be able to apply at least 10 new therapy techniques.
    • Properly use oral placement techniques to improve individual speech clarity and production.
    LEVEL TRAINING PROGRAM

    3-Part Treatment Plan for OPT™ -- together with OPT™: Assessment and and Program Plan Development -- comprise LEVEL 1 training - click through to learn more about TalkTools exclusive LEVEL Training.

    Click through to learn more about how TalkTools OPT techniques, tools and training have impacted lives.

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