INTEGRATED TREATMENT OF FEEDING, SPEECH,
AND MOUTH FUNCTION IN PEDIATRICS
An early intervention course for SLP's, OT's, educators, nurses, and others
Instructor: Diane Bahr, MS, CCC-SLP, 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).
WORKSHOP LOCATIONS AND DATES
Houston (Stafford), TX - January 27 & 28, 2012 (This workshop is filled)
Mesa, AZ - February 10 & 11, 2012
Ontario/Rancho Cucamonga, CA - March 2 & 3, 2012
Philadelphia, PA - April 20 & 21, 2012
Louisville, KY - May 11 & 12, 2012
Denver (Lakewood), CO - June 22 & 23, 2012
ACCOMMODATIONS & WORKSHOP SITES
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PRICES
$320 EARLY REGISTRATION (3 weeks prior to workshop)
$345 Regular Registration
Price Includes:
• Manual
• Supplies
• Book - Nobody Ever Told Me (or My Mother) That! Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development by Diane Bahr (Sensory World, 2010)
Read the review:
Autism Editor, Christie Ann Boyer Reviews...Nobody Ever Told Me (or my Mother) That! by Diane Bahr
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Early intervention and pediatric treatment are changing. There are not enough resources to serve the numerous children with feeding, speech/communication, and mouth function problems (e.g., those with prematurity, autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, other congenital disorders, etc.). Occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, early intervention specialists, and others need detailed information to make appropriate referrals, choose appropriate treatment techniques, divide team responsibilities, and train parents/care providers. Techniques (learned in this course) are functional practices interventionists can safely teach parents/care providers. Group experiences and DVD demonstrations encourage clinical problem solving throughout the course.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon course completion, participants will:
1. Identify oral sensory-motor problems that impact feeding, speech, and mouth function in children with autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and other developmental disorders.
2. Identify typical and atypical anatomy/physiology and feeding/speech/mouth function.
3. Identify appropriate treatments for feeding/speech/mouth function problems.
4. Practice general oral massage for appropriate populations (e.g., children with defensiveness, oral awareness problems, tonic bite, hyperresponsive gag, etc.).
5. Practice feeding techniques that can be safely taught to parents and care providers.
AUDIENCE
Speech-Language Pathologists and Assistants
Occupational Therapists and Assistants
Educators
Nurses
Parents
SCHEDULE
DAY 1
7:45 Registration/Sign-In
8:00 Key Assessment Concepts
8:30 Oral Sensory-Motor Problems/Populations We Treat
9:00 Useful Anatomy/Physiology and Sensory-Motor Function
9:30 Typical Face/Mouth Development
10:30 Break
10:45 Promoting Good Face/Mouth Development from Birth
12:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00 Health Problems: Allergies, Reflux, Sinus, Pulmonary
1:30 Hand-Mouth Connection/Early Mouthing Experiences
2:00 Pacifier Use/Thumb Sucking/Excessive Mouthing/Tooth Grinding
2:30 Teething/Resolving Drooling
3:00 Break
3:15 Group Experience: Oral Massage/Facilitation
4:00 Jaw/Lip/Tongue: Grading/Dissociation/Direction of Movement
4:30 Horns/Bubbles/Other Respiratory Work
5:00 End of Session/Sign-Out
DAY 2
7:45 Sign-In
8:00 Treatment Session Components/Suggestions/Modifications
9:00 Infant Breast/Bottle Feeding
9:30 Spoon Feeding/Cup and Straw Drinking
10:00 Age-Appropriate Food/Liquid Progression
10:30 Break
10:45 Group Experience: Feeding Technique Practice
11:30 Working Through "Picky Eating/Drinking"
12:00 Lunch (on your own)
1:00 Typical Feeding Development (Detailed)
2:30 Typical Speech/Communication Development (Detailed)
3:00 Break
3:15 Intelligible Speech as an ADL (Strategies for SLPs/OTs/Others)
4:30 Speech Treatment X-Rays/Videos
5:00 End of Session/Sign-Out
FACULTY
Diane Bahr, MS, CCC-SLP, CIMI is a certified speech-language pathologist and infant massage instructor in private practice. She has practiced speech-language pathology since 1980 and has been a feeding therapist since 1983. Her experiences include teaching graduate, undergraduate, and continuing education courses; working with children and adults who exhibit a variety of speech, language, feeding, and swallowing disorders; and publishing/presenting information on oral sensory-motor function, assessment, and treatment. She co-owns Ages and Stages®, LLC. She is also the author of the textbook Oral Motor Assessment and Treatment: Ages and Stages (Allyn & Bacon, 2001) and a parent book entitled Nobody Ever Told Me (or My Mother) That! Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development (Sensory World, 2010).
