Making Sense of Myo: The Myofunctional Evaluation and Treatment Overview

*** Originally aired: 10/5/2023 ***Guest: Hallie Bulkin, MA, CCC-SLPEarn 0.10 ASHA CEUs for this episode with Speech Therapy PDThis episode features Hallie Bulkin, MA, CCC-SLP, CMT®, COM®, who dives into orofacial myofunctional evaluation and treatment. Listen in as Hallie shares an overview of an orofacial myofunctional evaluation, how it relates to the assessment of speech and feeding and provides examples of when a patient might benefit from a referral to a myofunctional evaluation. Hallie ends the episode by sharing the general goals of a myofunctional treatment plan and an overview of a typical myofunctional treatment session.About the Guest: Hallie Bulkin, MA, CCC-SLP, is a Feeding Specialist, Certified Myofunctional Therapist and Speech-Language Pathologist. Hallie is the founder of Feed The Peds®: A comprehensive 12-week course on the foundations of pediatric feeding and swallowingTM; The Myo Method®: Intro To Myo Course; The Myo Membership®; and the Untethered Podcast. Hallie also is the founder and director of Little Sprout Therapy & Metro Myo a pediatric clinic providing feeding therapy, orofacial myofunctional therapy, speech-language therapy and occupational therapy in DC, MD, VA, NY, NJ & FL. Her team provides myofunctional therapy to adults, too! Hallie specializes in treating infants, toddlers, children with tethered oral tissues (TOTs), feeding delays and disorders and orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs).Show Notes:Contact Hallie Bulkin: LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YoutubeContact Madi Metcalf: LinkedInFeed the PedsThe Untethered PodcastPediatric Feeding ScreenerF.A.S.T. Myo Screening PacketOralfacial Myology TextbookDr. Elise Davis-McFarland on XDr. Elise Davis-McFarland on LinkedInASHA