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Oral motor training involves exercising the mouth structures, such as the lips, gums, and other muscles, to strengthen them and increase coordination. Oral motor training courses are highly effective in training therapists to help their clients with sensory discrimination, feeding, articulation, and communication. On this page, Theramoves explains what oral motor therapy includes and shares some upcoming, top-of-the-range oral motor CEU courses. 

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. It is in the best interest of professionals and caregivers to join an oral motor training courses and receive practical strategies and exercises to utilize in their work.

Upcoming Oral Motor Sensory Courses

At Theramoves, we provide oral motor online courses, live webinars, and in-person classes- all led by top presenters in the field.

Explore the options below to find the perfect oral motor course for your needs.

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How Do Oral Motor Continuing Education Courses Help Strengthen Motor Sensory Skills For Our Clients?

Oral motor skills are the movements of the muscles of and within the mouth. The skills involve the use of the lips, tongue, cheeks, jaw, and hard and soft palates in speaking, and in feeding-related tasks such as sucking, biting, chewing, crunching, licking, blowing, and swallowing. These skills require our tactile, proprioceptive, and interoceptive sensory systems. Children who have poor proprioception and interoception struggle to process their sensory systems. This is seen in children with autism. They have been noted to chew as a common sensory need to process their sensory systems. In the oral motor training programs, therapists, professionals, and caregivers will learn effective oral motor strategies that will improve sensory processing in individuals.

What is the M.O.R.E Oral Motor Program?

The M.O.R.E Oral Motor approach targets sensorimotor and speech-language problems. M.O.R.E is an acronym for Motor components, Oral organization, Respiratory demands, and Eye contact and control. Created by Patricia Oetter, Eileen W. Richter, and Sheila M. Frick, M.O.R.E training focuses on integrating the above-listed aspects to improve oral motor performance.


Oral motor skills training courses are suitable for:

  • Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapist Assistants
  • Physical Therapists
  • Speech Therapists
  • Special Education Providers
  • Parents/Caregivers

Theramoves offers accredited trainings on oral motor sensory development for therapists and professionals.
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Examples of oral motor exercises that are beneficial for toddlers and kids include:

  • drinking from a water bottle
  • resistive sucking through a straw
  • blowing bubbles with a wand 
  • chewing large pieces of gum
  • having a snack with crunchy foods
  • sucking on hard candy among others
  • using a vibrating toothbrush
  • encourage children to use mouth toys such as whistles, harmonica, kazoo, etc.

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Oral motor therapy courses are beneficial for speech therapists, physical therapists, parents, and special education teachers. Furthermore, using oral motor exercises in occupational therapy is quite common. 

You may be surprised to learn that there is a strong relationship between the suck/ swallow/breathe synchrony to behavior, learning, postural development, feeding, communication, arousal, self-regulation, psychosocial development, and even common health issues in children. Our courses will cover oral motor exercises for kids and much more.

After you have placed an order for oral motor CEU courses, you will receive a Thank You email with FAQs that will include all the information for the upcoming course.

● You will also receive a payment receipt via email.
● 2-4 days prior to the live webinar you will receive an email from Theramoves which will contain a link for the platform the course will be using such as Go To Webinar to complete the registration process; please go ahead and complete the instructions on the link.
● The email will also contain the course PowerPoint and any additional handouts.

If you are using an I-Device once you download “go to webinar” or “go to meeting”, please restart your device.

  • Once you register with our online platform (Go To Webinar) you will receive a link to “Join the Webinar”. This link is sent again an hour before the webinar.  
  • Join the oral motor skills training course at the designated date and time.
  • We ask that you join 15-20 minutes prior to ensure proper access and avert any technical issues, then go ahead and make a coffee 🙂

  • For CEU purposes, our system automatically logs your attendance when you sign in for a webinar and log out. (If you have technical difficulties and have to sign back on, do not panic! No worries the system recognizes that.)  
  • At the end of the oral motor therapy training, an email is sent out with the post-course quiz/course evaluation and learning outcome measure on the material presented.
  • Please check your spam/promotions folders as it may inadvertently end up there.
  • Congratulations! Score 70% or higher and receive your certificate of completion and CEs via email.

A full refund less $75 dollars administrative fee per course will be given for cancellations received up to 3 days prior to the beginning date of the oral motor online course. After that, no refunds will be given for cancellations unless a replacement participant is registered.

Begin an Oral Motor Therapy Training Course with Theramoves

Oral motor sensory skills are an essential assessment in a child’s development and milestones attainment. Theramoves offers online courses sharing exercises to gain oral motor training that can help children and adults achieve a calmer state. To learn more about Theramoves’ oral motor training and other ASHA and OATA-approved CEU courses, contact Theramoves.

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