Implementing OMT in Schools

Implementing OMT in Schools

Zoom Webinar On-Demand

This 6-hour short course, broken into three 2-hour lessons, teaches school-based SLPs how to recognize OMDs on their caseload, advocate for their students, educate their districts, and incorporate OMT into their existing IEP objectives. Because the course is kept small, instruction can be customized to fit individual and group needs and current education and skill level.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Differentially diagnosis articulation from oromyofunctional disorder.

2. Educate school colleagues and district peers on OMD and the evidence-base.

3. Prioritize treatment and treat more efficiently.

Registration: $500

Professional Development: 6 Hours

Agenda Lesson One (2 hours)

0:00-0:30 Introduction, disclosures, course overview

0:30-1:00 Screening for OMD

1:00-1:30 Differentiating OMD from other disorders

1:30-2:00 Differential diagnosis of OMD from articulation & phonological disorders

Agenda Lesson Two (2 hours)

0:00-0:30 Educating your peers

0:30-1:00 Educating your special education departments

1:00-1:30 Educating your students’ families

1:30-2:00 Reporting to the multidisciplinary team

Agenda Lesson Three (2 hours)

0:00-1:15 Prioritizing treatment

1:15-1:45 Tracking objectives & response to treatment

1:45-2:00 What is means to graduate from speech therapy

Linda D'Onofrio, MS, CCC-SLP is a board-certified speech-language pathologist with a private practice in Portland Oregon. She completed her Masters in Communication Disorders from the University of Oregon, completed her medical externship at Oregon Health Sciences University, and her clinical fellowship at the Oregon VA Medical Center. For 20 years, she has specialized in craniofacial disorders, structural and sensory-motor based speech disorders, feeding and oromyofunctional disorders, social cognitive disorders, and developmental speech language disorders. She works with toddlers, school-aged children, teens, adults, and the elderly. She lectures internationally on craniofacial growth and function.

Disclosure Statement:

Financial:

• I am a practicing clinician and paid lecturer and presenter.

• I am promoting the courses available from the D’Onofrio Institute for Advanced Myofunctional Studies.

Nonfinancial:

• I am a past president and former board member of the Oregon Speech Language Hearing Association (OSHA).

• I am a member of the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA).

• I am the administrator of the Oromyofunctional Study Group on Facebook.