Learn how to perform a comprehensive evaluation for clients with sensory, feeding and/or speech disorders following the principles of Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson's hierarchical approach to oral-motor assessment and treatment using the techniques learned in "A Three Part Treatment Plan to Oral Placement Therapy."

This class will lead you, step-by-step, through the assessment process used with clients of varying ages and skill levels who evidence oral placement deficits. Participants will observe via videos, two complete assessment sessions and follow-up treatment with clients from infancy to adult, and will learn how to identify oral-motor deficits that affect speech production.

Development of therapeutic program plans designed specifically to meet each client's oral placement needs will be addressed. A live evaluation will be performed on the second day allowing participants to observe client skills, record observations on an assessment form, and develop a therapeutic plan from these results.

We are sure you will leave this session with advanced skills in assessment and program plan development for each client with oral placement needs.

• Identify oral placement, sensory, feeding and/or speech deficits in a variety of clients and diagnoses.
• Assess oral placement functioning of the jaw, lips, and tongue.
• Design a step-by-step program plan based on the client's oral-motor feeding and speech evaluation results.
• Apply oral placement strategies, when appropriate, with infant, preschool, and school-aged children as a part of comprehensive speech and language therapy intervention.

TalkTools® OPT: Assessment and and Program Plan Development™ — together with 3-Part Treatment Plan for OPT™ — comprise Level 1 training.

Learn more about TalkTools' exclusive Level Training program and how structured, hierarchical training builds lasting clinical expertise.