One of the most frequently asked questions in oral placement and feeding courses is how to address copious drooling. Understanding the possible challenges which impact a client’s ability to manage their secretions is essential to planning a program.

Talk Tools Instructor and Feeding Expert, Lori Overland, will discuss saliva production, typical drooling, causes for atypical or copious drooling and remediation strategies.

Participants will be able to: 

1. Describe typical drooling in infants
2. Identify causes of difficulty managing secretions.
3. Apply at least 3 remediation techniques.

Instructor Details and Financial Disclosure 

• Lori Overland, MS, CCC-SLP, C/NDT, FOM, CLC

Registration

• Online ONLY for 1 learner -- ACCESS TO ONLINE COURSE (downloadable handout, forms and charts)

Schedule

Timed Agenda

• 20 mins: What, When , Why -- Typical drooling infants
• 30 mins: Atypical drooling: Signs and Symptoms
• 30 mins: Assessment of typical vs. Atypical drooling
• 30 mins: Techniques for drooling remediation
• 10 mins: Q & A

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Content Disclosure: This presentation will focus on treatment methods related to the use of TalkTools® resources. Other similar treatment approaches will receive limited or no coverage during this lecture.

TalkTools®️ is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education. Provider #: 7261. This virtual course qualifies for 2 contact hours or 0.2 CEUs in the Category of Occupational Therapy Process. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA. Course Level: Intermediate.

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