Time

Topic

7:30-7:55 a.m.

Registration (Coffee provided)

7:55 – 8 a.m.

Welcome & Overview of the day

Part 1

8-8:30 a.m.

Session 1 Foundational Frameworks for the Assessment and Treatment of Airway Protective Disorders

9:30-10:30 a.m.

Session 2 Airway Protection and the Role of Cough in Dysphagia Management

10:30-10:45 a.m.

Break

10:45 a.m.-12 p.m.

Session 3 Respiratory-Swallow Coordination: Implications for Assessment and Treatment Planning

12 – 1 p.m.

Lunch – Provided for full day in-person (Part 1 & Part 2) attendees.

Cafeteria on site for other food preferences.

Part 2

1-1:30 p.m.

Session 4 Principles of Strength Training

1:30-2:45 p.m.

Session 4 Lab

Orofacial Strength Assessments and Training

• Buccal-Dental Strength Assessment
• Inter-labial Strength Assessment
• Lingual Strength Assessments
• Lingual Resistance Training

Respiratory Muscle Strength Assessments and Training

• Maximal Inspiratory Pressure (MIP)
• Maximal Inspiratory Pressure (MEP)
• Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST)

2:45-3 pm

Break

3-3:30 p.m.

Session 5 Principles of Motor Learning

2:30 – 3 p.m.

Session 5 Lab

Skill-Based Assessments & Training

• Cough Assessment and Training
• Auditory-Perceptual Assessments of Cough
• Voluntary Cough Assessment
• Reflex Cough Assessment
• Cough Skill Training 

Respiratory-Swallow Coordination Assessment and Training

• Assessing Respiratory-Phase Patterning
• Respiratory-Swallow Coordination Training (RSC Training)

4:45-5 pm

Discussion, Question & Answer

5 p.m.

Departures. Feedback and quiz on your own on time.