Course Description

This video course teaches how to conduct an “Initial Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) Evaluation” and 4 - month follow-up “Program Plan Update.  The course includes interviews with the referring SLP and parent, with a twelve-year-old child with the diagnosis of multiple articulation disorder secondary to a suspected neurological component.  He presents with a large gap between what he was saying and what the listener can understand.

Videos include

1. interviews with the referring SLP and parent of the client
2. initial Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) evaluation with program plan
3. four month follow-up evaluation with a program plan update

Learning Outcomes

• Participants will be able to learn to conduct an initial Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) Evaluation for Feeding and Speech.
• Participants will be able to understand how to conduct a Program Plan Update.
• Participants will be able to write a program plan including: Sensory, Oral Phase Feeding, OPT and Speech techniques.
• Participants will be able to use OPT activities in conjunction with traditional speech therapy to improve speech clarity.

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Content Disclosure: This presentation will focus on treatment methods related to the use of TalkTools® resources. Other similar treatment approaches will receive limited or no coverage during this lecture.

(pending AOTA approval)

Instructor

Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, MS, CCC-SLP bio

TIME-ORDERED AGENDA

1. Introduction and Interview the parent of the child (10 min)
2. Initial Evaluation and writing the Program Plan (101 min)
3. Follow up: the Program Plan Update with written Program Plan (70 min)

Other Videos in the Series

• Speech/Motor Planning Disorder
• Interdental Productions
• Lip Rounding & Tongue Mobility
  
• Early Intervention Down Syndrome

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