Motor Speech Master Series: Vocalization to Communication | Timed Agenda

Self-Study - Vocalization on Command - 3 hours
  • 10 minutes: Why can’t my client imitate speech sounds
  • 10 minutes: Why do therapists rely on imitation in therapy?
  • 15 minutes: Imitation 101
  • 15 minutes: Motor Imitation
  • 30 minutes: Phonation on Command
  • 10 minutes: Differentiating Speech Practice from Language Practice
  • 60 minutes: Applying Therapies
  • 30 minutes Oral Motor Trials
Morning Session 9:00 AM - 12:00PM 
  • 30 minutes: Introduction and Course Overview
  • 30 minutes: What is an Oral Placement Approach?
  • 30 minutes: Speech from a Systems Perspective: Assessment
  • 30 minutes: Speech from a Systems Perspective
  • 60 minutes: Starting with a client who is not yet imitating speech or has limited sounds

LUNCH 12:00PM -- 1:00PM 

Afternoon Session 1:00PM - 3:00PM

  • 15 minutes: OPT to Speech Production
  • 15 minutes: Using Tools to facilitate phonetic shaping
  • 15 minutes: Sequencing sounds
  • 15 minutes: Teaching a syllable
  • 15 minutes: Sequencing Syllables to words to communication
  • 30 minutes: Transitioning to other motor speech approaches
  • 15 minutes: Q & A