What about DVD training for therapy

Q:  Hi Sandra, I have been trying to attend one of your courses and hope to do so sometime before the end of this year.  Until then, I have found a set of DVDs that I can purchase online that claims it will teach me to provide orofacial myology treatment. (They refer to it as myofunctional therapy).   It is rather costly and frankly, I would rather put that money toward attending one of your upcoming courses.  I wanted to get your take on whether I can get enough information from DVDs to actually provide orofacial myology to patients before I attend the formal course?

A:  I have heard that there are some videos for a fee that can claim to train people how to do therapy.  If someone has attended a course and purchases a video of that course, then it makes sense.  But to purchase a course online when you have not attended such a course makes no sense whatsoever to me.  In fact, that possibility actually scares me a bit, especially if there is no way of knowing who is purchasing the “course.”  I guess I am always concerned that those of us who practice orofacial myology maintain extremely high standards.  Frankly, I can barely get in all the information I want to share within the four days.  And the hands on portions are critical components on which we spend two days practicing.  I would not recommend to anyone that they spend a lot of money on DVDs that don’t give CEU credits and don’t offer the important hands on training needed.  Better to wait until you can attend an approved course.