Treatment Strategies for the Improvement of Oral, Pharyngeal, Feeding/Swallowing, and Respiratory Coordination Function: The Child with Neuromuscular Involvement - LIVE WEBINAR - Two Sessions (Oct 24 - 25, 2025)

Treatment Strategies for the Improvement of Oral, Pharyngeal, Feeding/Swallowing, and Respiratory Coordination Function: The Child with Neuromuscular Involvement - LIVE WEBINAR - Two Sessions is organized by Education Resources, Inc. (ERI) and will be held from Oct 24 - 25, 2025.

Description:
This 2-day webinar has been designed for professionals who have a foundation of knowledge in the components of typical and atypical oral motor, oral sensory, 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 neuromuscular involvement who exhibit problems in oral, pharyngeal, feeding, swallowing, phonatory, and respiratory coordination function. Strategies to improve oral motor, oral sensory, pharyngeal, 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.

Learning Objectives: 

• Clinically assess oral pharyngeal, feeding/swallowing and respiratory coordination function in infants and young children
• Detail the essential components of comprehensive intervention programming for young children with neuromuscular involvement
• Implement effective body alignment/positioning for the modification of oral, pharyngeal, and respiratory function in intervention programming
• Perform treatment strategies to improve the function of the cheeks/lips, tongue, and jaw in children with neuromuscular involvement.