DVD : Rehabilitative Feeding and Speech Techniques for Teens and Adults

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Muscle skills can improve at any age and this course will add both new and exciting activities to your therapy repertoire.

Run time is 6 hours.

Course Description

After many years of clinical research and development, Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson has created a program using tactile interventions to improve the oral preparatory phase feeding skills and speech clarity for teens, young adults and the geriatric population.

Participants will learn how to diagnose and treat muscle-based deficits for their clients with any of the following diagnoses: dysarthria, apraxia, post oral cancer surgery, voice disorders, post CVA, Parkinson’s disease as well as Down syndrome, TBI and Cerebral Palsy.

Innovative therapy tools can be used by therapists, patients or caregivers to improve feeding skill including chewing of firmer textures, bolus formation and bolus positioning for transport.

Muscle skills can improve at any age and this course will add both new and exciting activities to your therapy repertoire.

Learning Outcomes

• Use non-food items to improve the sensory-motor skills needed to chew and swallow safely prior to introducing new food textures
• Appropriately apply at least 5 new therapy techniques
• Learn to use Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) techniques as a tactile cueing system in conjunction with traditional speech therapy to improve speech clarity
• Describe how therapeutic straw drinking can be used with and without liquids to improve feeding safety and speech clarity

The “Adult” course is an interactive, hands-on workshop. When taking this course as a self-study it is encouraged that you follow along with all of the activities.

Included Textbook

“A Therapist’s Guide to Rehabilitative Feeding & Speech Techniques”

Instructor – Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, MS, CCC-SLP

Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson is an internationally known speaker on the subject of Oral Placement Therapy (OPT). She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of muscle-based disorders as related to speech clarity and feeding issues. In 1995, Sara founded TalkTools® as a speakers bureau and source for Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) and therapy tools. She has held seminars throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Europe, Australia, Africa, Latin America and Asia. Over the past 40 years, she has worked in public schools, hospitals, private practice and child development programs. Ms. Rosenfeld-Johnson is the author of Oral Placement Therapy for Speech Clarity and Feeding, Assessment and Treatment of the Jaw,OPT for /s/ and /z/, A Therapist’s Guide to Rehabilitative Feeding and Speech Techniques for Teens and Adults,The HOMEWORK Book, the Drooling Remediation Program, and many other educational materials.