IAOM 2021 Session 11 | Engaging the Reticent Child in OFM Treatment

Some children are reluctant to open their mouths and/or imitate oral movements and change their swallows. Strategies will be presented that make therapy irresistible to both foster the children’s trust and enthusiasm. Non-reticent children also love these techniques.

1.     Participants will be able to implement simple techniques to gain a child’s trust.

2.     Participants will be able to utilize toys to get kids excited about OFM techniques.

3.     Participants will be able to create a number of OFM exercise into fun games.

5 minutes Introduction and Disclosure

5 minutes Before the Evaluation

5 minutes Establishing the Child’s Autonomy

5 minutes Explaining Posterior Tongue Tie to Parents

5 minutes Before Frenectomy

10 minutes Moving the Tongue in 3 Different Directions

5 minutes After Frenectomy

5 minutes Engaging Facial Muscles

5 minutes Mouth Closure

5 minutes Lingual-Palatal Posture

5 minutes Jaw Stability

5 minutes Tongue Stabilization

5 minutes Tongue Strengthening and Fine Motor Control

5 minutes The Tongue Wave

5 minutes Lip Rounding

10 minutes Closing Comments

30 minutes Questions & Answers

Total time: 2.0 hours

About Ann Kulichik, MS, CCC-SLP:

Ann Kulichik is the owner of Big Mouth Speech in Tewksbury, MA. She gets lots of referrals from airway focused medical professionals. She’s been a speech pathologist for 25 years, seeing clients from 0 to 100 years of age. She loves mentoring and seeing tremendous progress in client’s breathing, morphology and sleep quality.

In her tiny bit of downtime, she likes writing, acting, and playing her ukulele.

Financial Disclosures:  Conference Registration Fee Waived, Amazon (affiliated links)

Non-Financial Disclosures: None

To receive CE Credit for this session, participants must view the entire 2-hour session and correctly answer 4/5 quiz questions.