Orofacial Myology: The Missing Link to the Speech-Language Pathologist’s Tool Box
Date: November 9, 2020
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Presenter: Nancy Magar, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
Abstract:
This presentation will provide information of how orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs) can affect patients on an SLP’s caseload. An SLP without OMD training needs to take a closer look into why their patients may not be improving towards their speech articulation or feeding goals. This course will provide information to help the SLP differentially diagnose their patients to help connect the pieces and look beyond the symptoms to possibly a greater problem. As an SLP it is important to recognize the causes and symptoms of OMDs. This course will discuss the etiologies to OMDs including thumb/finger sucking and other oral habits, abnormal swallowing patterns (tongue thrust), tethered oral tissues (lip and tongue tie), abnormal tongue/lip resting postures and how OMDs affect speech articulation and feeding patterns as well as craniofacial and dental growth patterns.
Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this webinar participants will be able to:
1. Recognize the common causes and symptoms of orofacial myofunctional disorders.
2. Identify the necessary components of correct oral resting posture.
3. Identify how craniofacial growth patterns are influenced by orofacial muscles and airway.
4. Identify how a tongue tie can impact speech and feeding goals.
5. Identify patients who would benefit from orofacial myofunctional therapy.
Nancy Magar, MA, CCC-SLP, COM® has been the owner of the Myofunctional Clinic of Bellevue since 2002 specializing in speech articulation and orofacial myofunctional disorders. Nancy earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of Washington and a Master of Arts degree in Speech and Language Pathology from Western Washington University. Nancy obtained certification in the field of orofacial myology through the International Association of Orofacial Myology (IAOM) in 2002 and has been practicing orofacial myology for 25 years. She has served on the Board of Directors for the IAOM for five terms. She has been an active member of the IAOM Board of Examiners (BOE) since 2012 providing numerous 1:1 learning opportunities during the certification process to speech-language pathologists across the United States.
Disclosure: Presenter is the owner of the Myofunctional Clinic of Bellevue. She has no other financial or non-financial disclosures to report.
*This program will be recorded for later viewing within a two week period only. WSLHA will send out a link to the recording after the live session.
Would you like credit for this course?
This course is offered for 0.15
ASHA CEUs, (Intermediate level, Professional area).
OSPI Clock Hours of 1.5 hours will be offered
WSLHA charges a processing fee of $5.00 for ASHA CEUs ($7.00 non-members) and $5.00 for clock hours payable prior to the workshop.
