Course Details
This is a two-day, hands-on intensive workshop. Participants will learn compensatory hands-on techniques for tonic bite, slow oral transit, tongue thrust, and gag. The participants will practice over 50 specific intervention strategies for improving facial muscle function for eating and speech. Additional topics of discussion may include: goal writing, diet texture progression, tube to oral issues, adaptive mealtime utensils, oral hygiene issues, medication administration issues, oral function for individuals with trachs, facilitating improved articulation through oral motor techniques, research issues, videofluroscopy issues for motorically involved individuals, and additional topics of importance as determined by the participants.
Course Objectives
Upon completion Participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate assessment battery for determining orofacial movement patterns using the Beckman protocol.
- Demonstrate compensatory handling techniques.
- Demonstrate oral motor interventions and treatment techniques.
- Recognize how to screen for potential referral candidates.
- Identify the results of the techniques discussed.
About the Instructor
Instructor TBA
Schedule
Day 1
8:00am- 10:00am Course Overview, Mealtime Myths, Neuroanatomy, Impact of Sensory System, Impact of Gravity on Function, Oral Patterns
10:00am-10:15am Break (refreshments provided)
10:15am-12:00am Case Studies-Mealtime Job Aides—Position, Texture, Temperature, Consistency, Utensils
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm-3:00pm Compensatory Techniques—Tonic Bite, Coughing, Gagging/Vomiting (hands on practice)
3:00pm-3:15pm Break (refreshments provided)
3:15pm-4:15pm Loss of Food/Fluid, Delayed Oral Transit
4:15pm-5:30pm Assessment & Intervention Videos—Infant and Adult
Day 2
8:00am-10:00am Assessment & Intervention Techniques for Oral Structures-Lips, Gums, Tongue (hands on practice)
10:00am-10:15am Break (refreshments provided)
10:15am-12:00pm Assessment & Intervention Techniques—Cheeks, Jaw (hands on practice)
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm-3:00pm Assessment & Intervention Techniques—Tongue, Hard Palette, Soft Palette (hands on practice)
3:00pm-3:15pm Break (refreshments provided)
3:15pm-4:00pm Continued Assessment & Intervention Techniques and Documentation (hands on practice)
4:00pm-5:30pm Home program, Maintenance, Tube to Oral Transition, Discussion, Post Test
CEUs Earned
This program is offered for 1.6 ASHA CEUs
Hotel Accomodations
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