Rehabilitative Feeding and Speech Techniques for Teens and Adults - Timed Agenda
8:30AM-12:00pm
Theories of Oral Placement Therapy (OPT)
Oral Placement Therapy (OPT): The “why”, “when”
and “who”
Activities to Improve Jaw Mobility: Use innovative therapy tools in a hierarchy to improve chewing and develop the jaw heights needed for standard speech clarity
Lunch 12:00PM- 1:00PM
1:00PM-4:00PM
Activities to Improve Abdominal Grading and Breath
Support
Activities to Improve Lip Movements for Feeding and Speech Clarity: Closure, Rounding, Retraction and Lower Lip Dissociation
Activities to Improve Tongue Movements for Feeding and Speech Clarity: Retraction, Lateralization, Elevation/Depression and Back of Tongue Side Spread for Co-Articulation