Interested in Learning More About the Structure of Our Course

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I am very interested in learning more about the structure of your course and the topics you cover. I would greatly appreciate it if you could tell me whether you address neurodivergent populations, what your treatment protocol generally looks like and how extensively you cover the muscular component of myofunctional therapy.
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Why is it important to make the tongue skinny and wide?

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My son is taking orofacial myology treatment.  I have a question on the lingual exercises. Why is it important to make the tongue skinny and wide? I have the same question about releasing the posterior portion of the tongue. I have a hard time doing these exercises myself and I speak clearly, so why should my son need to do them?
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A Phase 2 Case Challenge in an 11‑Year‑Old Client

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My first question is about an 11 year old I picked up on my caseload. He received myo services from the same program with a different SLP and was on phase 2 of your myo program when I picked him up. This past week, we got to the point in phase 2 when we figure out the DND time with the rubber bands. It was a disaster!
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Sudden appearance of thrusting in 4 year old

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My client has a slibling who is a 4 year old who hasn’t ever had speech errors. But about 4 weeks ago, he started thrusting his tongue out during /s/ productions. According to mom, he has never done this before.
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Dandy Walker Syndrome and Cleft Palate

Do you think orofacial myology is appropriate for a patient who has a history of cleft palate and Dandy walker syndrome?
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6 yr old reverts to oral habit

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I would love to ask your opinion on a case I am working on, 6 year old male, definitely not neurotypical with a bunch of sensory issues. I did not feel he was ready for myo program yet, compliance, maturity, behavior all being issues, but i did help mom do a habit cessation program to help him stop sucking fingers.
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4 years old with airway issue.

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I wanted to ask you a few questions regarding my daughter. I appreciate your experience and expertise. She just turned 4, I’ve been seeing signs of sleep apnea since she’s little. She doesn’t stop breathing, but she turns her head back when she sleeps, she snores, mouth breath mostly at night, high narrow palate and
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Reviv Appliance

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My reason for this email is I would like to find out more about Reviv please. Currently in our office we use Healthy Start, Bioactivators, lab made expanders ETC. I am looking for something more in the sense of something that I can order without needing a Dentist.
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Anterior posterior spacing with frenectomy and orthognathic surgery

Q: I spoke with someone who mentioned several times the insufficient anterior posterior spacing in relation to frenectomy and orthognathic surgery. Is this new information? Or is this just something completely out of left field? Thanks, RA (QOM) A: Good afternoon, I’m not sure what the anterior posterior spacing insufficiency specifically is referring to— so here
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Helping with short philtrum on young adult

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Hi, I hope you can help clarify a few things for me. I have an 18 yr old who has a short philtrum (12mm). Her upper lip sits on her bottom teeth and lips remain open all the time, even while eating most of the time. She is not able to do the Balloon Lip exercise very well. Is that exercise supposed to be done by isolating the air to the upper lip or is it alright for the air to be filling the cheeks simultaneously?
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