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Practical Procedures to Generate Speech Development
Video Course - DVD - VHS

By Charlotte A. Boshart, M.A., CCC-SLP
6-Hour Video Course; .6 ASHA CEUs
Course Number: #9600
$179.00 plus shipping
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This information-packed video course offers easy-to-apply oral sensory-motor methods to maximize oral capability to generate speech development in the 3+ year-old articulation and phonologically impaired child.

Learn a valuable paradigm-base on which to build oral sensory-motor analysis and therapy procedures. Discover the three forms of sensory therapy, strategies to modify oral resting postures, techniques to compensate for abnormal oral hard and soft tissue concerns, as well as sequential facilitation techniques to shape differentiation and movement refinement of the jaw, lips and tongue. The new “Oral-Motor Matrix” presents practical remediation tasks for front-tongue sounds (s, sh, ch, l, etc.), and for back-tongue sounds (k, g, ng and especially r). Sound stimulation and helpful strategies to create consistency and habituation is also shared. This is Ms. Boshart’s best and most practical course.

Learning Outcomes

Each participant will be able to

• Organize remediation sequences for articulation/phonological cases.
• Do and sequence over 40 tasks and adapt them according to oral capability.
• Transition from capability-based exercises to “sound stim.” activities.
• Generate jaw, lips, and tongue muscle tone, stabilization, and movement differentiation and refinement for speech production.
•  Facilitate and establish good oral resting postures.
• Do cooperative mouthing techniques to generate oral movement in pre-linguistic children.
• Fix the distorted /r/ and frontal and lateral /s/—even the tough cases!

Course Agenda

Introduction and Overview: The Oral Elements Involved in Speech Production

• Oral Tactile Sensation and Proprioception
• Oral Jaw/Lips/Tongue Positioning
• Muscle Strength, Tone, and Endurance
• Jaw, Lips, Tongue Internal and External Stabilization and Differentiation of Movement

Section I: Oral Sensation

• Analysis: Progressive Palpation
• The Three Forms of Tactile Sensory Therapy- Basic Sensory
  - Breakthrough Techniques
  - How to Balance Oral Tactile Sensory Feedback Capability
  - The Application of Sensory Assists
• Cooperative/Experiential Mouthing Therapy Techniques

Section II: Oral-Facial Resting Postures

• Desirable and Undesirable Positions; The Fundamental Rationale
• Techniques to Analyze Oral Resting Positions§ Positional Hard Tissue and Soft Tissue Interrupters
• Therapy to Habituate the New and Improved Oral Resting Posture
  - The Preparation Phase
  - The Timeline Phase
  - The Association Phase

Section III: Oral Tonal Quality

• Oral Muscular Analysis Methods
• Therapy: Working with the Oral Muscles
• Oral Coordination Techniques

Section IV: Lips-Jaw-Tongue Differentiation and Movement Refinement

• Assessing Differentiation Capabilities
• Stabilization Therapy Assists: Body/Head/Labial/Jaw

Section V: “R” Remediation

• Descriptive Attributes and Motoric Production Styles
• The Oral-Motor Matrix for Back-Tongue Speech Sounds
  :- /k/, /g/, /ng/, and the “back-up r.”
• Sound Stimulation Techniques
• Solidification/Generalization Techniques

Section VI: “S” Remediation

• Descriptive Attributes and Motoric Production Styles
• The Oral-Motor Matrix for Front-Tongue Speech Sounds:/t/, /d/, /n/, /l/, /s/, “sh,” “ch,” and the “retroflex r,” etc.
• Sound Stimulation Techniques
• Solidification/Generalization Techniques

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This video course is available in one of three formats:

Your Presenter

Charlotte A. Boshart, M.A., is a therapist, seminar presenter, and founder and president of Speech Dynamics, Inc. She received her Masters Degree from Western Michigan University. Since that time, she has been an Assistant Professor and Department Chair of Loma Linda University, a therapist in the public schools, a private practitioner,  and published author.

Ms. Boshart has presented hundreds of well-received seminars nationally to many speech pathologists, occupational therapists, and dedicated parents. Ms. Boshart is a consummate speaker, and her presentation style is infectious as well as exhilarating. She offers unique, effective methods in a clear, organized, and enjoyable manner.

Speech Dynamics, Inc. is approved by the continuing education board of the American Speech, Language, Hearing Assoc. (ASHA), to offer continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. This program is offered for .6 CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area). ASHA approval of CE Provider status does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures.

"This seminar is the most informative, organized and thorough I have "ever!!" attended." -- Rita M. Nairs, SLP, Santa Rosa, CA

"Spectacular, lively presentation*one of the best speakers I've ever heard!" -- Lellus Blazic, SLP, Valley Forge, PA