14/08/2026
🎧 If you are a LaLa parent, please take the time to listen to this podcast.
So much of what is discussed is exactly what LaLa has been preaching, practising and refining for years. Looking at the whole person. Understanding that feeding, breathing, sleep, oral function, tongue movement, fascia, nervous system regulation, speech, swallowing and development do not exist in isolation. And recognising that the best outcomes come when skilled professionals work together, rather than staying neatly inside their own professional boxes. This is why we have deliberately built the collaborative multidisciplinary team we use at LaLa, bringing different areas of expertise to the table, collaborating closely and continuing to evolve our practice as the evidence evolves. There is really only one point in the podcast that I would gently challenge - the discussion around buccal ties. We are incredibly fortunate that some of the emerging work and research in this space is coming from Australia, and we are continuing to use this developing evidence, alongside clinical reasoning and outcomes, to guide our assessment and treatment. What we are seeing clinically across babies, children and adults has been incredibly exciting.
This is also the philosophy and clinical reasoning that Chelsea McMillan - Speech Pathologist, Orofacial Myologist, Lactation Consultant and CSF Practitioner has been teaching for 5+ years in her role as Co-Founder of the Australian Orofacial Myology Collaboration, through professional courses being delivered across Australia and Asia.
And perhaps this is the part that resonates with me most... Sometimes the conversations closest to home can also be the most determined to keep the windows shut. 😉 When we open them - and look at what clinicians, researchers and multidisciplinary teams are exploring nationally and internationally - it becomes very reassuring to realise that we are absolutely in the right space.
We don't claim to know everything. In fact, good clinical practice should never stand still.
We keep learning.
We keep questioning.
We keep collaborating.
We follow the research as it develops.
And most importantly, we keep looking at the whole person in front of us, rather than one structure, one symptom or one professional lens.
Have a listen. 🎧
- Youtube:
https://youtu.be/tmgnZ3BKI0c
For our LaLa families, I think you'll hear a LOT that sounds very familiar – feel free to share. Lets get this information out there.
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