Sometimes the greatest growth in clinical practice begins with discomfort, reflection and personal aspirations.

You may have taken courses on tethered oral tissues and started integrating these patients into your caseload, only to realize that the real challenge is not simply identifying a frenulum. It is navigating timing, trust, team dynamics, release decisions, lactation, bodywork, orthodontics, airway considerations, and the quiet but persistent question: Who is guiding this process?

For many providers and families, the journey feels fragmented. Robyn and Dr. Kapoor share a rare dual perspective as both provider and patient within an evolving interprofessional partnership. What began as a professional meeting unfolded into a deeply personal release story, one that challenged assumptions, refined protocols, strengthened communication, and reshaped how collaborative airway-centered care can truly function.

This course is not simply about when to release or what appliance to choose. It is about the mindfulness required to pause, assess, communicate, and decide ethically and collaboratively. It is about building trust across disciplines. It is about understanding timing, when to treat, when to wait, and when to support.

Through personal narrative and case analysis, participants will explore how meaningful collaboration develops, how shared values influence patient outcomes, and how to build local networks that prioritize patient-centered and ethically aligned care. Because comprehensive care is not a procedure. It is a relationship.

1. Identify three factors used to select and modify probe words and treatment targets for children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech.
2. Describe how Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) and principles of motor learning can be utilized to facilitate progression from single-word productions to phrase-level and conversational speech.
3. Explain how treatment approaches may evolve over time, including the transition from intensive motor-based intervention to broader language, literacy, and communication-focused therapies as speech skills emerge.

• Heidi Miller MS CCC SLP COM®️

   

Registration Fees

• $150  0.2 ASHA CEUs, digital workbook & certificate of completion.

Schedule

Timed Agenda

• 15 minutes:

  -Introduction
  -Learning Outcomes
  -Characteristics of Childhood Apraxia of Speech

• 20 minutes: 

  -Initial Evaluation

  -Differential Diagnosis

  -Determining Initial Probe Words

  -Establishing Functional Targets

• 25 minutes: 

  -DTTC and Principles of Motor Learning
  -Treatment Intensity
  -Cueing Hierarchies
  -Data Collection

• 25 minutes: 

  -Progression from Single Utterances to Phrases
  -Expanding Motor Plans
  -Generalization Across Contexts

• 20 minutes: 

  -Transitioning Beyond Motor-Based Treatment
  -Incorporation of Language, Literacy, and Functional Communication Goals
  -Clinical Decision-Making Across Development

• 10 minutes: 

  -Long-Term Outcomes
  -Mainstream Placement
  -Lessons Learned

• 5 minutes:

  -Scope of Practice and Q&A

Total: 120 Minutes

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