DATE : 6th & 7th October 2025
TIME : Singapore Time, 8:30am – 4pm
VENUE : Singapore, (exact location to be confirmed)
MODE: In-person workshop
FEES:
Group of 3 or more (Early bird before 30th June 2025) – SGD 830
Individual (Early bird before 30th June 2025) – SGD 930
Group of 3 or more (Regular Fee, from 1st July 2025) – SGD 1030
Individual (Regular Fee, from from 1st July 2025) – SGD 1130
PCG Funding – PCG funding application is in progress and will be confirmed by the end of June 2025. For those who require PCG funding, do register to reserve your place and to be informed about funding results.
*Additional charges may apply for certain modes of payment. Refer to registration form for details.
For payment details, please refer to this page: Click here
PRESENTERS
Renee Roy Hill MS, CCC-SLP, COM®️ CLC
COURSE CONTENT
LEVELS TRAINING PROGRAM: LEVEL 1 COURSE REQUIREMENT
This introductory course to OPT (Oral Placement Therapy) is the foundation for TalkTools training and is integrated throughout all of our courses. OPT is a type of oral-motor therapy that targets specific movements needed for speech and feeding. This therapy has been found to be particularly effective for clients who are not responding to traditional therapy and may need additional input.
The “3 parts” of OPT are:
- Speech
- Feeding
- Sensory — this “part” is what sets our therapy approach from traditional approaches.
OPT combines the senses traditional speech therapy relies on — auditory and visual — with tactile, proprioceptive and interoceptive sensory systems.
TalkTools training applies a unique, hierarchical approach to OPT, focused on a measurable, results-driven path for both therapists and clients across all ages and diagnoses with the goal of:
- speech clarity
- improved feeding
- independence
- improved QUALITY OF LIFE
This interactive, hands-on course includes highly motivating activities that concentrate on the WHOLE child: the orofacial region, (jaw, lips and tongue), the sensory system, posture, abdominal strength, tone, seating, and fascia. Techniques learned can be readily implemented across many therapy environments — private practices, hospitals, schools and home.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Participants will be able to:
- Assess oral placement/feeding/speech problems based on muscle systems.
- Integrate hierarchies for motor dissociation and grading (jaw-lips-tongue).
- Formulate programs of therapeutic intervention to address physiological and motor-based speech disorders.
- Apply at least 10 new therapy techniques.
- Demonstrate oral placement techniques to improve individual speech clarity and production.
COURSE OUTLINE
DAY 1:
• Theories of Oral Placement (Muscle-Based) Therapy
• Oral Placement Therapy: The “why”, “when” and “who.”
• The Muscle Movements Necessary for Speech Clarity Emergence or Speech Clarity Correction
• Oral Habits: Prolonged Thumb Sucking, Pacifier Usage, Teeth Grinding and Drooling
• Oral Habits: What is the Commonality and How Can They Be Eliminated
• Overview of Feeding and How It Effects Speech Clarity
DAY 2:
• Treatment…Treatment…Treatment: Muscle-Based Exercises for Speech Clarity
• Activities to Improve Abdominal Grading and Breath Support. “It’s not the horn; it’s the hierarchy of movement!”
• Improving Velo-pharyngeal Functioning Using Muscle-Based, Oral Placement Interventions.
• Jaw Exercises – Stability in the Jaw is Necessary for Mobility in the Lips and Tongue
• Lip movements necessary for Speech Clarity
• Tongue movements for Speech Clarity
• Program Planning: Putting It All Together
(BREAKS: 10:30AM-10:45AM, 2:15PM-2:30PM | LUNCH: 12:30PM-1:30PM)
BENEFITS & FEATURES
By attending the Level 1 training, you will:
• acquire practical techniques that can be utilized with the speech and feeding team right away
• gain functional, straightforward concepts that can be implemented with other therapy approaches
• be equipped to move forward on your TalkTools® educational journey
• receive course supplies including some TalkTools equipment as part of the workshop
SPEAKERS’ PROFILE
Renee Roy Hill MS, CCC-SLP, COM®️ CLC
Renee Roy Hill has provided therapeutic assessments and program planning for adults and children with oral placement, feeding and motor speech deficits for over 17 years. She is the owner of Crossroads Therapy Clinic in New Braunfels, TX and a member of the TalkTools® speakers bureau. Renee has been an invited speaker for ASHA state conventions and has received specialized training in speech/oral-motor/feeding therapy, Apraxia, sensory processing disorders, Hanen Courses, NDT training, TAMO therapy and PROMPT. She is the creator of the TalkTools® Schedule Board Kit, co-author of Ice Sticks, and author of the TalkTools® Apraxia Program.
REGISTRATION
Please register here: https://tinyurl.com/talktools2025
For queries, email us at info@magicbeans.sg or contact us via WhatsApp at +65 8777 3171.
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