SEMINARS

 THE FUN APPROACH TO ORAL MOTOR TREATMENT
    November 16 & 17, 2007 
 Register on/before Oct 19, 2007 - $375.00                                            Register on/before November 1, 2007 - $385.00
 Register on/after November 2, 2007- $395.00

Best Western Sovereign Hotel                                                1228 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
P) 518-489-2981
F) 518-489-8967

Seminar Online Registration

Participants must make reservations directly with the hotel by calling 518-489-2981 by November 2nd. Mention Advanced Therapy seminar to receive the conference rate of $90.00/night for single or double occupancy.

Course Outcomes
At the end of the seminar you will be able:

  • To familiarize the participant with the normal and abnormal development of oral motor skillsTo teach diagnostic techniques for evaluating clients with oral-motor based speech and language disorders. To use diagnostic terms, dysarthria, dyspraxia (apraxia) and motor planning deficits when writing an evaluation
  • To provide each participant a strategy for planning and implementing an individualized oral-motor program

Course Outline

DAY ONE
08:00 - 08:30 Registration
08:00 - 10:00 Overview of Oral-Motor Development (Normal/abnormal)
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:30 - 12:00 Clinical Reasoning
12:00 - 01:00 Lunch Break
01:00 - 01:45 Neurological Foundation (Cranial Nerves)
01:45 - 03:00 Evaluation
03:00 - 03:15 Break
03:15 - 04:15 Evaluation/Diagnosis Video Presentations
04:15 - 05:00 Taste/Texture/Fit Practicum

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DAY TWO
08:30 - 10:00 Hierarchy of Oral-Motor Exercises
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:15 Oral/Respiratory Activities Practicum (Grading oral motor tools)
11:15 - 12:15 Oral-Motor Techniques (Practice Practicum)
12:15 - 01:15 Lunch Break
01:15 - 03:00 Hands on Treatment Strategies: Respiration/Oral Motor
03:00 - 03:15 Break
03:15 - 03:45 Functional Assessment
03:45 - 05:00 Case Study/Problem solving (Treatment Videos)

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About the Instructor

Sharon Veltman, MS, CCC-L/SLP
Sharon has worked as a NYS Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist for over 20 years in Pediatrics and also worked as a Teacher of Speech and Hearing Handicapped in the NYS school systems K-12. She provides evaluations, home and center based Early Intervention and Preschool services, and is the director of the Speech and Language Department. Sharon is a Clinical Specialist in the area of oral-motor speech disorders and presently provides workshops and seminar instruction in the areas of pediatric feeding, swallowing and muscle-based oral-motor therapy.

Seminar Online Registration

Advanced Therapy, P.L.L.C.
One Rapp Road
Albany, New York 12203


Or Fax it to (518) 867-3066

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office@advancedtherapy.org

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