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About Pam's Workshops
Pam Marshalla has taught hundreds of continuing education workshops since 1978. She has spoken to tens of thousands of speech and language pathologists in the United States and Canada. Her classes are highly practical and based on therapy methods.
Topics have included: oral-motor, articulation and phonological therapy, childhood apraxia, vocal development, imitation development, elimination of thumb sucking and other oral habits, and drooling management.
Pam Marshalla is available to provide continuing education programs of one or more days in length. These programs are highly practical and include large and small group activities as well as samples of numerous real life therapy experiences. Classes are described below.
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To Invite Pam
Please contact us. We will promptly answer any questions you have by email, or by phone if you prefer.
Recent Feedback
"I heard you speak at the MSHA conference in November and have been using both of your books on articulation therapy for /r/ and for /s/ since then. They have been the most useful resources I have ever had for articulation therapy, including what I was taught (or not taught!) in Grad School."
Jennifer, SLP
"I was at your April 23rd seminar in Garden Grove, CA. and it was the most concise, complete yet clearly and simply presented seminar I have been to in a long time. Thank you again."
Diana, SLP, CA
"I have a 5th grade student who has been receiving speech therapy for the past 5 years for /r/ remediation from another therapist. He recently has moved to my caseload, and has really been a challenge! He also has started to lose motivation after numerous sessions without any success. I went to your conference on /r/ remediation and taught the "L to R method" to him on Monday…. He said his /r/ correctly for the first time ever!!! The look on his face was priceless! I have never seen a child feel so proud of their success! Thanks so much for your wonderful idea!"
Christina, SLP, CA
"Thanks for a wonderful seminar. The suggestions you gave for working with my first grade student on his 'horrible R' worked! He was excited. His mom was so excited that she got tears in her eyes. She hugged her son and she hugged me."
- Lisa, SLP
Workshops
22 Methods of Jaw, Lip, and Tongue Facilitation NEW!
This workshop is Pam's newest and is based on her article entitled "Oral motor treatment vs. Non-speech Oral-motor Exercises," published by the Oral Motor Institute. This class systematically reviews the twenty-two basic methods of jaw, lip, and tongue facilitation that course through the literature on articulation, phonology, motor speech disorders, feeding, dysphagia, and orofacial myology. Pam describes each type of method, gives examples, and offers supportive literature material for all 22 methods.
Methods include: assist, associate, contrast, cue, describe, develop sensory awareness and discrimination, direct, dissociate, exaggerate, increase/decrease muscle tone, increase range of motion, inhibit, maintain positions, mark the target, model, normalize tactile sensitivity, practice, resist, speed up/slow down, stabilize, stimulate reflexes, and vivify. These methods are discussed in light of the evidence-based practice philosophy.
21st Century Articulation Therapy NEW!
Pam is passionate about phonemes. In this newest one-day seminar Pam covers the entire consonant chart as she discusses methods to facilitate lip, tongue and velar movements for the all the stops, nasals, glides, fricatives and affricates. It is designed to present a multitude of techniques for phoneme stimulation in articulation therapy learned from first-hand experience and literature review.
Learn how help your clients produce all the consonants, and how to establish speech movement patterns that will facilitate their emergence. Discover how to stimulate appropriate jaw, lip and tongue movements and positions for each. This class is practical throughout the entire day, and includes discussion of schedules, IEP's, motivation, carryover, and parent involvement. Therapy examples and small group activities are included.
Becoming Verbal with Childhood Apraxia
This workshop contains a fresh perspective and profound tools for facilitating the emergence of speech in non-verbal children. Content is based on the observations of Jean Piaget and his pioneering research into the development of imitation in young children, and Pam Marshalla's three decades of work with young children with apraxia and dysarthria.
Becoming Verbal with Childhood Apraxia contains methods that help children learn to acquire speech, dialogue with others, and develop consonants and vowels. These methods help children become more verbal by becoming more active in their own therapy. This material is available in Pam's best seller of the same title. Please see the book Becoming Verbal With Childhood Apraxia for more information.
Facilitating Improved Intelligibility
In Apraxia and Dysarthria
This workshop presents very practical ways to improve intelligibility in young children with motor speech disorders and severe expressive speech delay. Based on thirty years of clinical experience and through literature review, Pam describes the best ways to attack the process of speech development in children who do not respond well to traditional articulation therapy techniques.
Content combines phonological development, articulation therapy and oral-motor techniques. Designed for practicing speech and language pathologists who work with children in schools, hospitals and private practice.
Pam is teaching this class many times in 2006-2007. It is also titled "Practical Therapy Techniques for Apraxia and Dysarthria" on the schedule page.
Apraxia Uncovered: The Seven Stages of Phoneme Development
This amazing workshop presents a systematic plan of phoneme development designed for children with apraxia, dysarthria, and other forms of severe expressive speech disorder. Pam focuses on how to develop consonants and vowels through the facilitation of specific action skills.
The material is organized around seven stages. This class combines and integrates articulation, phonology and oral-motor skills into a developmental framework based on the normal process of infant vocal development. Lecture format with ample time for questions and answers. Plenty of treatment samples presented throughout. This seminar is available on CD and in book form.
Successful "R" Therapy
Learn how to train even the most difficult "R" clients in this seminar. From an isolated "R" to conversational speech, this workshop demonstrates deep insights into the integral relationships between oral-motor skills, auditory processing and articulation control. It delves into the higher level of oral control needed to achieve tongue position for consonantal and vocalic "R" productions. It also presents techniques to motivate clients of all ages. Whether a student or a seasoned professional, speech and language pathologists who attend this workshop will find a wealth of information critical for successful "R" therapy in this seminar. This material also is available in Pam's highly acclaimed book, Successful R Therapy.
This class is presented as a half-day in conjunction with "Frontal Lisp, Lateral Lisp."
Frontal Lisp, Lateral Lisp
The frontal and lateral lisps present a particularly difficult problem for many speech-language pathologists. This class describes correct tongue position for all the sibilants phonemes and explains what goes wrong when the frontal and lateral lisp patterns are seen. Participants learn to establish a correct sound from isolation to conversational speech by utilizing oral-motor, articulation and motivational means for clients of all ages.
This workshop is presented as a half-day in conjunction with "Successful 'R' Therapy."
The Tongue and Its Movements in Speech
This class takes a deep look at tongue movements as they are used in speech. It includes information on the development of normal tongue movements in young children and also describes the abnormal tongue movements patterns found in articulation and phonological disorder.
Participants will learn techniques to facilitate tongue bowling, lateralization, extension, retraction, and differentiation from the jaw and lips, as well as methods to decrease sensitivity of the gag for normal oral-motor development. Oral-motor techniques will be incorporated in practical ways into common articulation and phonological therapy methods.
Oral Motor Techniques in Articulation and Phonological Therapy
Learn how to facilitate jaw, lip and tongue movements in clients with all types of speech difficulties.- Presents principles of movement development as they apply to the oral mechanism.
- Includes methods to facilitate jaw mobility and stability.
- Discusses the ways in which we can increase movement and control of the lips.
- Takes an in-depth look at the tongue: the way it should move, the way it's movements break down with delay or disorder, and the methods we can use to facilitate improved tongue movements for speech.
This was the first class to be taught on oral-motor in the United States. Also available in book form, titled Oral Motor Techniques in Articulation and Phonological Therapy.
The Oral Tactile System: Techniques to Normalize Oral Tactile Sensitivity for Speech
This class gives a detailed presentation of the role of the tactile system in oral movement development. Assessment procedures are described in detail. Methods to increase sensitivity when it is low, and to decrease sensitivity when it is high are described. The importance of good oral tactile awareness and discrimination in phoneme learning is discussed. The basics of this class are published in Pam's oral-motor text.
To Invite Pam
Please contact us. We will promptly answer any questions you have by email, or by phone if you prefer.