Description

Northern Speech is an ASHA continuing education provider offering ASHA online CEUs. This speech pathology online course is offered for 0.2 ASHA CEUs.

 Course Format: Text - including diagrams & picture references.

Orofacial Myology is known under several names: myofunctional therapy, oral myology, oral myofunctional therapy, and/or tongue-thrust. This e-course presents a brief historical overview of the field of orofacial myology and its relationship to the field of speech-language pathology.

Participants will learn symptoms of oral myofunctional disorders and how these disorders relate to various speech disorders.  Correct resting postures of the tongue, lips, and mandible are described. The deleterious effects of mouth-breathing are presented. The implications of muscle forces upon speech production, dentition, chewing/bolus collection, and swallowing are discussed. Also covered are the procedures involved in examining various orofacial structures and functions.  

 

Please note:  This eCourse is set up to be flexible to accomodate all schedules.  You do not have to complete this program in one sitting.  You can access the course materials as many times as you need to in order to complete all the sections. 

Course Objectives

At e-course conclusion, participants will be able to:

1. Recognize the symptoms of an oral myofunctional disorder.
2. Explain the connection between various speech disorders and oral myofunctional disorders.
3. Explain the connection between dental occlusion and oral myofunctional disorders.
4. Describe the correct resting postures of tongue, lips, and mandible.
5. Explain the importance of a correct nasal breathing pattern.
6. Describe the procedures involved in examining various orofacial structures and functions.
7. Feel comfortable with the basic dental terminology used to describe normal and abnormal occlusion.

A score of 80% or better must be received on the post test in order to
receive a certificate of completion.

Author Profile

Sandra R. Holtzman, M.S., CCC-SLP, C.O.M., is an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist who has specialized in orofacial myology for more than 30 years. She is a certified orofacial myologist and a member of the International Association of Orofacial Myology (IAOM). Sandra is presently serving on both the Board of Directors and the Board of Examiners of the IAOM.

Sandra has addressed SLPs, dental professionals, and other specialists across the United States on the connection between orofacial musculature and speech disorders, tongue-tie (ankyloglossia), thumb and digit sucking habits, mouth breathing, and other topics.  In 2000, Sandra established Neo-Health Services, Inc., which provides continuing education workshops, therapy for orofacial myofunctional disorders and other speech-language disorders, and supplies oral myofunctional products.   She is author of Orofacial Myology: From Basics to Habituation (aka the "Myo Manual"). 

Location & Lodging

 

Intended Audience

• SLP

Accreditation

This program is offered for .2 CEUs (Intermediate level; Professional area).

 

Per our longstanding procedures with ASHA, we submit CEU information to ASHA quarterly, so your CEUs will be reflected as completed on the last day of that quarter.  For instance, if you complete a course on December 7th, 2011, it will be reported to ASHA in January 2012, and it will be reflected in your ASHA account as completed on December 31st, 2011.  However, for submitting to your state board or for your own records, you will receive a certificate of completion with the actual completion date.