• Dysarthria
• Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
• Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonological Processes
• Stuttering
• Language-Based Learning Disabilities
• Preschool Language Disorders
• ADHD/ADD
• Autism
For more information go to the American Speech-Language Association’s website: www.asha.org

Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders

Signs or symptoms of OMD:

Although a "tongue thrust" swallow is normal in infancy, it usually decreases and disappears as a child grows. If the tongue thrust continues, a child may look, speak, and swallow differently than other children of the same age. Older children may become self-conscious about their appearance.

If your child has been diagnosed Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders or has some of the signs listed above please go to our HOW TO GET STARTED page to see how we can help you.

Are you concerned that your child might have difficulty with?

• Using the small muscle movements of the hands for activities such as picking up cereal, holding a pencil or a crayon, stringing beads, picking up small toys, and tying shoes.
• Self-help skills include mealtime/eating, brushing teeth, sleep/wake cycles, getting dressed, adjusting zippers and fasteners, manipulating buttons, tying shoes, and performing chores.
• Maintaining an upright posture when sitting in a chair or sitting on the floor.
• Understanding social cues, initiating and maintaining play interactions and/or conversations
• Forming sounds and putting them together to make syllables, words, and intelligible speech.
• Swallowing (dysphagia), bruxism (tooth grinding), drooling, hypersensitivity, hyposensitivity, and feeding skills.
• Hearing  the sounds of language, but interpret the sounds and words differently (Auditory processing disorder)

Has your child’s teacher ever described your son or daughter like Sam and Anna?

Sam is unable to be with his class during circle time without rocking in his chair, chewing on his shirt & twirling his hair.

He has trouble standing in line and often complains that others are hurting him.

He dislikes the sound of the school bells ringing.

Anna often breaks her pencil by pressing down too hard.

She is often falling out of her chair and she dislikes physical education class, although she loves the swings at recess.

She has a hard time organizing her desk and homework and gets easily frustrated.

These may be common signs of disorders that our Occupational Therapists or Speech language Pathologist can help your child with.

How an Occupational Therapist Can Help
• Sensory Integrative Disorder (SID)
• Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
• Developmental Delays
• ADHD/ADD
• Handwriting
How a Speech Language Pathologist Can Help
• Dysarthria
• Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
• Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonological Processes
• Stuttering
• Language-Based Learning Disabilities
• Preschool Language Disorders
• Childhood Apraxia of Speech
• ADHD/ADD
• Autism