In this presentation Renee Roy Hill explains and demonstrates how a hierarchy of oral-motor tools, including horns, straws, and bubbles, can improve speech clarity when combined with traditional apraxia therapy techniques.

Approved for ASHA CEUs (0.3 CEUs, self-study).

Learning Outcomes:
- Recognize when an oral-motor program is appropriate;
- Explain the link between work on non-speech activities and speech-sound production;
- Implement at least three new therapy techniques;
- Explain how tactile information is important when working with children with apraxia and a coexisting diagnosis.

Time-Ordered Agenda
A. Introduction: When, and For Whom, is a Tactile Approach Appropriate?
   1. Motor Components of Speech
   2. The Oral-Motor Approach
   3. Areas for Treatment
   4. Oral-Motor Recap
B. Assessment and Treatment: Sensory, Feeding, Oral-Motor, and Speech
   1. Using Tactile Tools to Elicit Individual Speech Sounds
   2. Transitioning from Tools to Verbal Cues
   3. Words, Phrases, Sentences
C. Video Demonstration
D. Conclusion