OPT: Assessment and Program Plan Development

This course will lead you, step-by-step, through the assessment process used with clients of varying ages and skill levels who evidence oral placement deficits. Participants will observe via videos, two complete assessment sessions and follow up treatment with clients from infancy to adult, and will learn how to identify oral-motor deficits that effect speech production.

Development of therapeutic program plans designed specifically to meet each client’s oral placement needs will be addressed. A live evaluation will be performed on the second day allowing participants to observe client skills, record observations on an assessment form and develop a therapeutic plan from these results. We are sure you will leave this session with advanced skills in assessment and program plan development for each client with oral placement needs.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will be able to:

1. identify oral placement, sensory, feeding and/or speech deficits in a variety of clients and diagnoses.
2. assess oral placement functioning of the jaw, lips, and tongue.
3. design a step-by-step program plan based on the client’s oral-motor feeding and speech evaluation results.

4. apply oral placement strategies, when appropriate, with infant, preschool, and school-aged children as a part of comprehensive speech and language therapy intervention.

LEVEL 2 INTERMEDIATE ACCREDITATION

Completion of LEVEL 1 NOVICE requirements (3-Part Treatment Plan for OPT and Feeding Therapy: A Sensory Motor Approach), together with completion of this course will qualify you as an accredited LEVEL 2 INTERMEDIATE TalkTools Therapist -- click through more information on our exclusive LEVEL TRAINING

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Instructor

Renee Roy Hill, MS, CCC-SLP bio