INTEGRATED TREATMENT OF FEEDING, SPEECH, AND MOUTH FUNCTION IN PEDIATRICS
(A COURSE FOR OTS, SLPS, AND OTHERS)
Instructor: Diane Bahr, M.S., CCC-SLP, NCTMB, CIMI
Specializing in Mouth Function
15 Contact Hours toward Licensure
1.5 AOTA CEUs, Intermediate Level; 15 NBCOT PDUs
This course is offered for 1.5 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).
New Reduced Price $345
Price Includes Workbook, Supplement, and Supplies
$325 EARLY REGISTRATION 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO COURSE
Visit www.agesandstages.net for more information about Ages and Stages®, LLC.
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LOCATIONS & ACCOMODATIONS Tempe, AZ - July 16 & 17, 2009 ($299 Special Summer Workshop Price) Hampton Inn and Suites Tempe/ASU, 1429 N. Scottsdale Rd., Tempe, AZ 85281. Phone 480-675-9799. Limited number of rooms available for $79. Ask for Ages and Stages room rate. Portland, OR - Sept. 18 & 19, 2009 Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites-Portland NW Downtown. Located in Historic Nob Hill Shopping District of Downtown Portland. 2333 NW Vaughn St., Portland, OR 97210. Limited rooms available for $99 per night. To reserve call 503-484-1100 by 9/3/09 asking for Ages and Stages group rate. Tacoma, WA - Sept. 25 & 26, 2009 Hampton Inn & Suites, 8203 S. Hosmer Street, Tacoma, WA 98408. Limited rooms available for $129 per night. To reserve call 253-538-2288. 24 miles from SeaTac Airport. Portland, ME - Oct. 16 & 17, 2009 Holiday Inn Portland West, 81 Riverside St., I-95 Exit 48, Portland, ME 04103. Limited rooms available for $119 per night. To reserve call 207-774-5601 by 9/15/09 asking for Ages and Stages group rate. Manchester, NH - Oct. 22 & 23, 2009
Country Inns & Suites Manchester Airport, 250 South River Rd., Bedford, NH 03110. Limited rooms available for $99 per night. To reserve call 603-666-4600 by 10/3/09 asking for Ages and Stages block rate. Las Vegas, NV - Nov. 13 & 14, 2009 Embassy Suites Hotel, 4315 Swenson St., Las Vegas, NV 89119 (Close to the Hard Rock Hotel). Check Internet for best rates. Approximately $139 regular or $129 AAA rate per night. Hotel phone number: 702-795-2800. San Diego, CA - Dec. 4 & 5, 2009 Days Inn – Hotel Circle, 543 Hotel Circle South, San Diego, CA 92108. Recipient of Days Inn’s “Property of the Year” for the last two years. Check Internet for best rates, approximately $86 per night or call hotel at 619-297-8800. AUDIENCE
Speech- Language Pathologists, Speech-Language Pathology Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Special Educators.
COURSE OBJECTIVES - Identify the continuum of oral function and oral sensory concerns/challenges across disabilities (e.g., autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other developmental delays).
- Perform general oral massage and other oral sensory techniques that can be used with most individuals.
- Perform “good” feeding techniques that can be used with most individuals.
- Identify appropriate tools for oral massage/facilitation, feeding/eating/drinking, oral hygiene, oral activities/exercises, orofacial myofunctional work, articulation/speech production issues, intelligibility concerns, dysarthria, and dyspraxia.
- Identify techniques that both OTs and SLPs can use to improve speech intelligibility as an activity of daily living.
- Point out appropriate times or situations for referral to or collaboration with other professionals and paraprofessionals.
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Finally, a course that is equally valuable for occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists. This workshop helps therapists choose appropriate treatment techniques for pediatric clients with a variety of disabilities (e.g., pre-maturity, autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy). It is particularly helpful for occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists who work on teams and need to divide responsibility when addressing feeding, eating, drinking, oral hygiene, orofacial myofunctional, functional speech, and motor planning concerns. Many of the techniques learned by participants are “good practices” that can be safely taught to care providers. Group interactive experiences and DVD demonstrations provide many opportunities for clinical problem solving.
SCHEDULE DAY 1
7:45 Registration/Sign-In
8:00 Key Assessment Concepts
8:30 Useful Anatomy and Physiology
9:30 Sensory Processing
10:00 Group Experience: Using Music in Treatment
10:30 Break
10:45 Group Experience: Typical Oral Development
12:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00 Treatment Across Age Groups
1:30 Movement and Positioning
2:00 Group Experience: Oral Massage/Facilitation
3:00 Break
3:15 Tools for Oral Massage/Facilitation
3:45 Pacifier Use/Thumb Sucking/Mouth Toys
4:30 Jaw Work (The Keystone)
5:00 End of Session/Sign-Out
DAY 2
7:45 Sign-In
8:00 Jaw Work Continued
9:00 Feeding/Eating/Drinking Tools
9:45 Group Experience: Practicing Feeding Techniques
10:30 Break
10:45 Working Through Food/Fluid Selectivity
11:30 Resolving Drooling: A Four Part Process
12:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00 Appropriate Tools for Dissociation/Grading/
Direction of Mouth Movement
2:00 Orofacial Myofunctional Work
2:30 Speech as a Fine Motor Function
3:00 Break
3:15 Improving Speech Intelligibility as an Activity of Daily Living (Strategies SLPs, OTs, and others can use)
4:15 Group Experience: Putting It Together
5:00 End of Session/Sign-Out
FACULTY Diane Bahr, MS, CCC-SLP, NCTMB, CIMI is a certified speech-language pathologist, massage practitioner, and infant massage instructor in private practice. She has practiced speech-language pathology since 1980. Her experiences include teaching graduate, undergraduate, and continuing education courses; working with children and adults who exhibit a variety of speech/language/feeding disorders; and publishing/presenting (e.g., ASHA, 2008 & 2009) information and research on oral motor function, assessment, and treatment. She is the author of the textbook Oral Motor Assessment and Treatment: Ages and Stages (Allyn & Bacon, 2001). She is publishing a new book entitled Healthy Baby, Healthy Mouth: What Every Parent and Professional Should Know about Feeding, Speech, and Mouth Development (Future Horizons/Sensory Resources, in press).
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