The Breathe Course 2024

The Breathe Course 2024 is organized by The Breathe Institute (TBI) and will be held from Oct 16 - 19, 2024 at United States of America.

Description:
Our courses continually evolve in response to three main stimuli:
1) New understandings gained through research and clinical experience,
2) Input from participants,
3) Observations of our own team.

If you've  taken the Breathe Course before, here are the main changes that you can expect this time around:

a) Enhanced on-demand content.
16+ hours of our foundational content has been moved into the 'pre-recorded lectures' section in order to open up more live-time for the latest updates to our protocols and paradigm.

b) Prolonged access to resources and content.
We have extended the duration that you will have access to pre-recorded course materials to 1 year.

c) More convenient schedule.
With more of the foundational content shifted to on-demand, pre-viewing, you can learn at your own pace. Also, we were able to condense the course into 3 dynamic days of live course sessions, over 1 weekend. (rather than 5 days over 3 weekends as before).

• 16 hours of live lecture with Dr. Soroush Zaghi,
• 8 hours of discussion with Dr. Zaghi and the TBI team,
• 6 hours of online workshops with the TBI team including myofunctional therapy, suture training, and practice management.

This live-streamed course delves into the research on, impacts/diagnosis of and treatment options for tethered oral tissues and sleep disordered breathing in children and adults. Plus new content on innate immunity and best practices in telemedicine.

We look forward to carrying onward alongside you all to further revolutionize the standards of care in sleep, airway, and overall health!

Learning Objectives:

• Explain the relationship between learning mechanisms and breathing patterns.
• Identify the effects of tongue-tie on speech production, chewing efficiency, and swallowing function.
• Identify the impact of tongue-tie on sleep quality, breathing patterns, posture, and airway development.
• Identify the overall health and development of patients with tongue-tie, focusing on sleep, breathing, and posture.
• Demonstrate between anterior and posterior tongue-tie through clinical examination.
• List assessments to diagnose ankyloglossia using evidence-based tools.
• List the criteria for assessing adequate tongue-space.
• Identify pre and post-operative myofunctional therapy protocols.
• Explain the step-by-step surgical procedure for frenuloplasty.
• Demonstrate understanding of the anatomical considerations in frenuloplasty through practical application.
• Explain how you can screen pediatric patients for sleep and breathing issues using the FAIREST 6 criteria.
• List the step-by-step protocol for establishing nasal breathing.
• Identify multifactorial considerations for adults using FAIREST 6 + 4 criteria.
• Explain the foundational principles of form, function, and behavior in pediatric growth and development.
• Explain the functional approach to improving sleep and breathing.
  Interpret sleep study results and other diagnostic modalities.
• Explain the principles of non-ablative laser tissue remodeling.
• Demonstrate laser techniques for soft palate tightening through hands-on practice.
• List the Breathe Max protocols used in clinical practice.
• Demonstrate laser techniques in hands-on lab sessions.
• List various surgical techniques used in pediatric and adult patients.
• Demonstrate pediatric behavior management and sedation techniques during surgery.
• Explain updated protocols for wound healing, including the use of Kenalog and Serrapeptase.
• Identify key surgical steps and techniques during live procedures.
• Summarize historical case and clinical studies in orofacial myofunctional therapy.
• Identify best practices for building efficient clinical teams.