MORE: Integrating the Mouth with Sensory and Postural Functions

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While oral-motor treatment approaches for neurologically impaired children have focused on severe feeding dysfunction, recent clinical work with children who have sensory processing/developmental dysfunction has revealed a strong association between subtle oral-motor and respiratory dysfunction and many sensory integrative and sensory-motor problems. A framework for understanding how and why many aspects of development are significantly influenced by oral functions will be presented.

This discussion will include the relationship of the suck/ swallow/breathe synchrony to behavior, learning, postural development, feeding, communication, arousal, self-regulation, psychosocial development, and even common health issues in children. The relevance of this information to treatment principles for children who have sensory processing/developmental dysfunction will then be shared using slides, case examples, and participant lab activities. Documentation strategies for identifying abnormal function and demonstrating change through treatment will be provided. This information is particularly useful for occupational and physical therapists and speech pathologists working with children but may be applied across the age span.

TheraMoves is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course approval ID 05206. This distant learning-independent course is offered at 1.05 CEUs, intermediate educational level, in the area of occupational therapy service delivery & foundational knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

TheraMoves Services, LLC, is Approved for Sponsor by NYS Board for OTs and OTAs

TheraMoves Services, LLC is recognized by the NYSED’s State Board for PT as an approved provider of PT & PTAs CEUS (12.6 contact hours)

Approved for 10.5 contact hours by NYSED’s State Board for speech-language pathologists

Approved by the  NJBPTE for CE credit approval # 2205-17

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About the Instructor

Eileen Richter, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA has over 30 years’ experience working with a variety of disability groups in public schools, hospitals, and private practice. She has her Master of Public Health degree in Maternal & Child Health, is NDT certified, and has published a number of books.Read More

Patricia Oetter, MA, OT, FAOTA has earned her B.S. degree in occupational therapy from the University of Kansas and her master’s degree in special education from Kansas State Teachers College. She has clinical experience with individuals of varying disabilities, age’s newborn to adult. Her primary emphasis has been infants and toddlers, preschool and elementary-aged children with learning, communication and/or sensory processing disorders.Read More

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