TalkTools® Course — Timed Agenda
Functional Assessment
of Tethered Oral Tissues (TOTs)™
TalkTools® Functional Assessment of Tethered Oral Tissues (TOTs)™ · 1-Day Workshop
Agenda
8:30 am – 10:30 am 15 min break at 10:30 am
  • 8:30 – 9:00 Introduction
    • About the speakers
    • What are TOTs?
    • Theoretical Foundations
  • 9:00 – 9:30 Case History / Assessment Forms
    • Structural red flags of TOTs
    • Functional red flags of TOTs
    • Pertinent birth history
    • Pertinent medical history
    • Pertinent developmental history
  • 9:30 – 10:30 Assessment
    • Current protocols and assessment tools
    • The Merkel-Walsh Overland TOTs Protocol
10:45 am – 12:00 pm Lunch at 12:00 pm
  • 10:45 – 12:00 Structural Assessment
    • Craniofacial analysis
    • Hard tissue
    • Soft tissue
    • Frena
    • TOTs assessment techniques and tools
    • Structural Quiz
Lunch 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm 15 min break at 2:30 pm
  • 1:00 – 2:30 Functional Assessments of Pre-Feeding and Feeding Skills
    Breast Bottle Spoon Cup Solids Straw
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm End of Day
  • 2:45 – 3:30 Functional Assessment of Speech Clarity
    Acoustics vs. Placement Bilabials Alveolars Back Tongue Side Spread Velars Labiodentals Linguadentals
  • 3:30 – 4:00 Additional TOTs Topics and Conclusions
    • TOTs team
    • Referrals
    • Therapeutic Considerations

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