Clinical Implications for Tongue Thrust & Lisps: An Orofacial Myofunctional Approach to Treatment

0.6 ASHA CEUs • 0.6 AOTA CEUs - click through for more info on our CEU Policy and Process
 Instructor: Robyn Merkel Walsh
Course Description

Robyn’s SMILE Program (SysteMatic Intervention for Lingual Elevation) is an effective way to help children remediate articulation errors including persistent lisps, interdentalized productions of t-d-l-n, and distortions of sh-ch-r. The program targets the root of the speech problem which is often a tongue thrust disorder. Robyn discovered in a school-based setting that by combining oral placement, swallowing and articulation therapies progress rates improved. This one-day seminar addresses children ages 3 and up, who present with persistent articulation errors secondary to a Tongue Thrust Disorder.

 

Learning Outcomes
  • Diagnose myofunctional disorders based on oral placement skills/swallowing skills/articulation skills
  • List defining characteristics of a myofunctional disorder
  • Determine if oral-motor prerequisite skills are intact in order to initiate myofunctional therapy techniques (Jaw-structure-tone)
  • Measure treatment outcomes throughout the therapeutic process
  • Combine oral placement, swallowing and articulation therapy techniques for those children who present myofunctional disorders
  • Implement at least ten exercises for a tongue thrust program

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