Instructor

Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, MS, CCC-SLP bio

Course Description

This course teaches how to conduct an “Initial Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) Evaluation” and four month follow-up “Program Plan Update”, including interviews with the referring SLP and parent, with a four-year-old child with the diagnosis of benign hypotonia with a multiple articulation disorder and hyper-nasality.

Learning Outcomes

As a result of this course, the participant will be able to:

1. Complete an “Initial Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) Evaluation for Feeding and Speech.”
2. Apply the skills learned in this course to conduct a “Program Plan Update.”
3. Complete a program plan including: Sensory, Oral Phase Feeding, OPT and Speech techniques.
4. Apply OPT activities in conjunction with traditional speech therapy to improve speech clarity.

Timed Agenda

• 0-6 min: Client history and description
• 6-13 min: Introduction to Speech Clarity Evaluation
• 13-122 min: Initial client Evaluation video with written Program Plan
• 122-170 min: Watch the video of the Program Plan Update with written Program Plan)
• 170-180 min: FAQs and Answers
• Total: 180 minutes (3 hours)

Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson is the founder and patent holder of TalkTools®. Sara will receive royalties from TalkTools for this course.

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