AAOM Presents Functional Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy - Sydney 2025

This event is an intermediate 2-day clinical workshop for speech pathologists, dental hygienists, dentists, ENTs and other professionals that diagnose and treat OMDs, focusing differential diagnosis and individualised treatment for a wide variety of patients across the lifespan. An intimate learning opportunity with Linda - only 30 seats available!

1. Outline and detail the structural, functional, and behavioural areas of an OMD assessment.
2. Prioritise treatment goals, objectives and strategies.
3. Differentiate between symptom management, exercise programs and individualised treatment planning.
4. Hands-on treatment techniques.
5. Complete patient objectives and goals, and successfully discharge them from therapy.

• Linda is a dynamic and knowledgeable presenter. Her love of teaching combined with her desire to learn is resounding. While following the agenda of the conference, Linda created a learning environment that was open and community based. I look forward to attending more OMT conferences lead by this outstanding practitioner and presenter. -- Tricia H. Rogers, MS-CCC-SLP, Oromyofunctional specialist in private practice

• Collaboration in patient care with Linda D’Onofrio has been fun and informative! I highly recommend her class to all my colleagues in the dental and ENT field! Her focus is on the impact of oral function such as chewing and swallowing on oral development, occlusion, smile, facial pain, etc. She’s also armed with a nice collection of relevant research if anyone is interested! --Maryam Motlagh, DMD, Neuromuscular dentist

• Thanks for the informative two days!! You enhanced my learning with a concrete plan of incorporating diagnostic and therapeutic tools into my practice. You also validated my current practice and ideology which is a great feeling. And I met great folks! I really appreciated your enthusiasm for all your roles as a speech therapist. You are a terrific speaker. -- Anne Dworschak-Stokan, MS, Reg. CASLPO, Cleft palate & VPI hospital team

• My whole practice will change from hearing you this weekend. Inspiring. -- Joe Siegfried, RDH, working with a Neuromuscular dentist

Linda D’Onofrio, MS, CCC-SLP completed her degree in Communication Disorders at the University of Oregon, her medical externship at the Oregon Health Sciences University Medical Center with a focus on inpatient neurological acute care and outpatient cognitive rehabilitation, and she completed her clinical fellowship at the Oregon VA Medical Center with a focus on dysphagia, aphasia, brain injury, and oral cancer. For 22 years she’s had a private practice in Portland Oregon focusing on craniofacial disorders, oromyofunctional disorders, feeding disorders and dysphagia, and sensory-motor speech disorders. As an adjunct instructor, she has taught graduate courses in oromyofunctional disorders and craniofacial disorders. She has reviewed manuscripts for the Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry, Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, and the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. Her paper “Oral dysfunction as a cause of malocclusion” in the journal Orthodontics & Craniofacial Research was awarded the most downloaded article for the journal in 2019 and 2020. She has lectured on oral physiology at several universities, including Stanford, Tufts, and the Vienna School for Interdisciplinary Denistry.

• I have videos on these topics and others for sale on Vimeo.
• I am the administrator of the Oromyofunctional Study Group on Facebook.
• Portions of this lecture have been presented elsewhere.

The Australian Association of Orofacial Myology Inc. is a non-for-profit professional association for professionals in the Orofacial Myofunctional field. We provide guidance, support, education and resources for health professionals to learn, grow and develop their clinical skills in the application of oro-myofunctional therapy in Australia. Our mission is to provide comprehensive education on Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy to helathcare professionals and the public throughout Australia and beyond.

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