OPT Course Descriptions – TalkTools®
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  • The latest evidence-based information on the course topic
  • Hands-on practicum with demonstrations using our exclusive tools
  • Key strategies your Teaching Team uses every day with real clients
  • Live and video client evaluations with real-time case studies
  • Oral-motor, motor planning, and sensory-centered techniques
  • Extensive resources: articles, references, forms, and checklists
  • Current best practices from speech and feeding professionals
  • Everything ready to apply with your most challenging clients
3-Part Treatment Plan for OPT
3-Part Treatment Plan for OPT™ (Oral Placement Therapy)
2 Days 1.2 CEUs

Build a complete, structured treatment framework for OPT™. Learn to design individualized plans that drive measurable outcomes and leave with tools ready to use with clients right away.

Sensory Motor Approach
        Motor Speech Series
Sensory Motor Approach to Apraxia of Speech
2 Days 1.2 CEUs

Sharpen your diagnostic accuracy and build a reliable motor speech treatment toolkit using OPT™ and sensory-motor strategies. Practical approaches for kids who have not responded to conventional methods.

Kaleidoscope Model for Feeding
Kaleidoscope Model for Feeding™
2 Days 1.2 CEUs

A multi-dimensional framework addressing the sensory, motor, medical, and behavioral layers of pediatric feeding challenges. Built to help you make progress with even the most complex feeders.

Navigating the Feeding Journey
Navigating the Feeding Journey™
2 Days 1.2 CEUs

A sensory-motor roadmap for complex feeding cases from infancy through childhood. Hands-on practicum throughout so you leave ready to implement, not just informed.

OPT Assessment and Program Plan Development
OPT: Assessment and Program Plan Development™
2 Days 1.2 CEUs

The clinical core of OPT™ practice. Master the TalkTools® assessment process and translate findings into clear, goal-directed program plans that every other OPT™ course builds on.

Superpowers of the Sensory System
Superpowers of the Sensory System™
2 Days 1.2 CEUs

See how sensory processing shapes speech, feeding, and behavior, then build practical strategies to work with it. Applicable across nearly every client on your caseload.

Functional Assessment and Remediation of TOTs
Functional Assessment & Remediation of TOTs™
2 Days 1.2 CEUs

Complete TOTs training in one workshop. From identifying tethered tissue presentations through functional remediation strategies, this is the most efficient path to full clinical readiness.

Functional Remediation of TOTs
Functional Remediation of TOTs™
1 Day 0.6 CEUs

Targeted, evidence-based remediation techniques for TOTs. Learn to guide clients through purposeful exercises and track functional outcomes that matter to families and the full care team.

Functional Assessment of TOTs
Functional Assessment of TOTs™
1 Day 0.6 CEUs

Build a systematic, confident approach to assessing tethered oral tissues. Identify functional impacts on feeding and speech clearly enough to communicate findings to any member of the care team.

MYOTools 101
MYOTools 101™: The Foundations of Orofacial Myology
1 Day 0.6 CEUs

New to orofacial myology? This course opens the door. Explore the connection between form, function, airway, feeding, and speech so you can start identifying OMDs in your current caseload.

MYOTools 102
MYOTools 102™: Targeting the Four Myo-Domains
1 Day 0.6 CEUs

Go deeper into Airway, Structure, Feeding, and Speech — the four domains that drive outcomes in orofacial myology. Build a targeted intervention toolkit for your most challenging clients.

Motor Speech Master Series Part 1
Motor Speech Master Series Part 1™: Identifying and Assessing
1 Day 0.6 CEUs

A systematic framework for differential diagnosis of motor speech disorders. Build the clinical reasoning skills to identify profiles accurately so treatment planning starts from the right foundation.

Motor Speech Master Series Part 2
Motor Speech Master Series Part 2™: Vocalization to Communication
1 Day 0.6 CEUs

Bridge the gap between early vocalization and functional communication. Evidence-based intervention strategies that support the full motor speech continuum, from first sounds through connected speech.

Taking Your Client with ASD from Non-Vocal to Verbal
Taking Your Client with ASD from Non-Vocal to Verbal
Autism Spectrum Disorder

A focused, practical workshop for clinicians working with non-vocal or minimally verbal clients on the autism spectrum. Build a step-by-step pathway from early vocalization through functional verbal communication using evidence-based motor speech strategies.


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