9:00AM -- 9:30AM Introduction

• About the speakers
• What are TOTs?
• Theoretical Foundations

9:30AM -- 10:00AM Case History/Assessment Forms

• Structural red flags of TOTs
• Functional red Flags of TOTs
• Pertinent birth history
• Pertinent medical history
• Pertinent developmental history

10:00AM – 10:30AM Assessment

• Current protocols and assessment tools
• The Merkel-Walsh Overland TOTs Protocol

10:30AM --10:45AM BREAK

10:45AM -- 12:30PM Structural Assessment

• Craniofacial analysis
• Hard tissue
• Soft tissue
• Frena
• TOTs assessment techniques and tools
• Structural Quiz

12:30PM --1:00PM LUNCH

1:00PM -- 2:30PM Functional Assessments of Pre-Feeding and Feeding Skills

• Breast
• Bottle
• Spoon
• Cup
• Solids
• Straw

2:30PM – 2:45PM BREAK

2:45PM -- 3:30PM Functional Assessment of Speech Clarity

• Acoustics vs. placement
• Bilabials
• Alveolars
• Back Tongue Side Spread
• Velars
• Labiodentals
• Linguadentals

3:30PM -- 4:00PM Additional TOTs Topics and Conclusions

• TOTs team
• Referrals
• Therapeutic Considerations