Oral Motor Therapy

Name: Oral Motor Therapy
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Oral skills for speech production and feeding dysfunction

Created bySadhana Dharmaraj

Last updated 10/2020

English

What you'll learn

Oral motor intervention and treatment techniques for speech production
Intervention options for the mobility of the lips, cheek, jaw and tongue
How oral massages through structural repetition improve muscle skill

Course content

5 sections • 18 lectures • 40m total length

Introduction1:13
Explore practical oral motor therapy for speech and feeding dysfunctions, guided by a speech language pathologist, in an engaging online learning experience for parents, professionals, students, and caregivers.
About the instructor0:47
Meet the instructor, a pediatric speech therapist with experience in developmental disabilities and speech disorders, who leads workshops and authors skill development manuals for children with autism and special needs.
Course Objectives0:42
Identify the course objectives for oral motor therapy and explain the goals students will achieve.
What do I learn from this course?0:38
Understand what you learn in the oral motor therapy course and how the curriculum supports your learning goals.
What is Oral Motor Therapy?2:21
Explore oral motor therapy as exercises to strengthen and coordinate lips, cheeks, tongue, and jaw for speech, feeding, and orofacial motor function, including pre feeding and swallowing practices.
Who needs this therapy?3:42
Oral motor therapy helps anyone with oral motor dysfunction that impedes speaking and feeding, including weak lips, tongue, or jaw, articulation difficulties, and related conditions like stroke or spinal injury.

Speech mechanism3:42
Explore the speech mechanism, including respiration, resonation, and articulation, and how exhaled air powers speech with organs like lungs, larynx, vocal cords, and articulators such as lips and tongue.
Quiz 1
RED FLAGS OF ORAL MOTOR DISORDER6:28
Identify red flags of oral motor disorder, including open mouth posture, drooling, pocketing, tongue tie, and difficulty chewing or swallowing, to guide early intervention.
ORAL MOTOR ASSESSMENT1:54
Learn to observe oral motor anatomy, assess speech features (pitch, resonance, quality, loudness, rate), and evaluate articulation by repeating sounds, with an oral feeding assessment for neurological conditions.

What are vegetative skills?0:46
Explore vegetative skills—blowing, sucking, biting, chewing, and swallowing—and their role in speech and feeding, providing strong oral sensory input to calm, focus, and self-regulate.
How to develop vegetative skills?3:13
Develop vegetative oral motor skills for speech and feeding by using blowing activities, straw drinking, biting and chewing, and mirror-based visual feedback to strengthen lip, tongue, and cheek coordination.
Quiz 2

What are oral motor exercises?3:13
Explore oral motor exercises that strengthen the tongue, lips, and jaw to improve speech and feeding; learn simple tests and demonstrations to guide children with motor impairments.
Cheek exercises2:16
Strengthen oral muscles with cheek and facial exercises to help produce speed sounds correctly, especially for children with low muscle tone or coordination difficulties, using imitation and playful, engaging routines.
Lip exercises1:51
Lip exercises strengthen lip closure and mobility to aid swallowing and keep food inside the mouth; perform pucker, smile, and teeth clench holds for five seconds, stopping if uncomfortable.
Tongue exercises2:43
Engage in tongue exercises to improve swallowing and dysphagia-related quality of life; an eight-week program of protrusion, elevation, and lateralization improves coordination, performed in front of a mirror.
Jaw exercises2:12
Learn jaw exercises to improve oral musculature and ease eating and speaking. Practice opening wide, holding, closing, side-to-side movements, and gentle facial stretches to release tension at the jaw hinge.
ORAL MASSAGE2:00
Explore orderly oral massage as a safe, effective manual technique in oral motor therapy to improve lip, tongue, and jaw function through movement, coordination, and strength exercises.

Requirements

No prior knowledge required as you will learn from the absolute basics

Description

Oral Motor Therapy uses a variety of exercises to develop awareness, strength, co-ordination and mobility of the oral muscles. Master the oral skills and oral motor exercises needed for speech production and feeding dysfunction. Gives a clear picture on intervention techniques for determining oro-facial movement patterns. Learning compensatory handling techniques for speech impairment and swallowing difficulty.

Who this course is for:

Mother's of children with special needs
Professionals
Students
Special needs expert
Child care provider

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Course content

Introduction6 lectures • 9min

SPEECH MECHANISM3 lectures • 12min

VEGETATIVE SKILLS2 lectures • 4min

ORAL EXERCISES6 lectures • 14min

REVIEW1 lecture • 1min

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