8:30am - 12:00pm (15 min break at 10:30am)

• Oral Placement To Speech: Introduction
• What is an Oral Placement Disorder?
• What is Oral Placement Therapy (OPT)?
• The 3 steps of the Phonetic Placement Approach by Van Riper
• Examples of OPT
• Evidence Based Practice
• Structural Concerns
• School Based Considerations
• The Common Core
• Individualized Education Plans
• Goals and Objectives
• Logistics of Sanitation and Health Safety

12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm - 4:00pm (15 min break at 2:30pm)

• A Three-Part Treatment Approach with Video Examples
• Sensory-Motor
• Feeding
• OPT: Jaw-Lips-Tongue
• Transitioning OPT to Speech
• Hands-On Practicum: Sensory Massage, Straw, Bite Block, Horn
• OPT-S
• Jaw Heights: Easy, Moderate, Difficult
• Word Choices
• Generating Drills
• Data Collection and Management