Complete the foundational video work before you arrive, then spend three live days practicing OMD assessment, treatment planning, and interprofessional decision-making. Earn up to 3.6 ASHA CEUs over36 contact hours.
Video covers the foundations at home. The days together are for the orofacial exam, partner practice, case discussion, documentation, and referral decisions.
Practice oral structure and function observations, resting posture, swallow patterns, and case documentation with instructor feedback.
Make The Connection offers up to 3.6 ASHA CEUs over 36 contact hours, documented through the ASHA CE process.
Courses stay grounded in professional licensure, scope of practice, referral judgment, and the interdisciplinary team patients often need.
Build a clinical foundation for identifying OMD patterns, assessing oral structure and function, considering respiration and oral resting posture, and planning treatment and referrals through hands-on, case-based learning.
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MS, CCC-SLP
Founder & Lead Instructor
A speech-language pathologist who has shaped orofacial myology education since 2007. Mary chaired the IAOM's first Mentoring Committee, launched Make The Connection in 2012, and has trained thousands of clinicians across the globe with her interdisciplinary, function-first approach.
MA, CCC-SLP
Co-Instructor
Co-instructor and private-practice owner in Ohio, Pat brings decades of clinical depth in proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and hands-on therapy techniques to every course.
DO
Guest Faculty
Osteopathic physician joining the teaching staff to deepen the airway, breathing, and whole-body discussion inside interdisciplinary OMD care.
“The conversations were stimulating. The pace was excellent... Friendships were made.”
Make The Connection pairs 15.25 hours of pre-course video with 20.75 hours of in-person labs, demonstration, and case-based instruction.
OMD care often touches speech, dental, ENT/allergy, sleep medicine, OT, PT, and osteopathic perspectives. The course teaches the clinical reasoning and referral pathways.
A decade-plus of teaching, with affiliations across the field — OMI, AAPMD, AAPPSPA.
Licensed speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, dentists, physicians, and osteopaths. Licenses are reviewed at registration.
You'll get 15.25 hours of pre-course video to complete on your schedule, followed by 20.75 hours of in-person, hands-on learning over 3 days. The face-to-face component is mandatory — clinical skill can't be learned from video alone.
Make The Connection offers up to 3.6 ASHA CEUs (36 total hours). Advanced courses offer ASHA CEUs proportional to course hours.
Cancel 30+ days before the course for a refund minus a $500 administrative fee. Within 30 days, your payment becomes a credit toward a future course at instructor discretion.
Travel and lodging are arranged by attendees. Contact the registrar for confirmed venue and lodging details before booking.
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