This 2 day workshop has been designed for professionals who have a foundation of knowledge in the components of typical and atypical oral-motor, feeding/swallowing, respiratory, and general movement
development and their interrelationship. Primary emphasis will be placed on the development of appropriate intervention programming for infants and children with neuromotor involvement who exhibit problems in oral-motor, feeding, swallowing, phonatory, and
respiratory coordination function. Strategies to improve oral-motor, rib cage, and respiratory musculature activity will be discussed as they relate to findings obtained during a comprehensive clinical assessment. Differences between intervention strategies appropriate for direct treatment and for carryover activities such as mealtime feeding will be delineated. Audiovisual materials will be presented in order to show the incorporation of strategies and procedures in treatment.