Healthy Baby Healthy Mouth

Keeping Babies’ Mouths “On Track” From Birth

Diane Bahr, a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and Infant Massage Instructor, is a visionary with a mission. For 40 years she has treated children and adults with feeding, motor speech, and mouth function problems. While she is a Speech-Language Pathologist by training, she has also honed her skills as a feeding therapist, published author, international speaker, university instructor, and business owner. She maintains a private practice, writes articles appearing in a variety of publications, and is interviewed frequently on radio and for magazines. Diane is the author of the textbook Oral Motor Assessment and Treatment: Ages and Stages and two parent-professional books Feed Your Baby and Toddler Right: Early Eating and Drinking Skills Encourage the Best Development and Nobody Ever Told Me (or My Mother) That! Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development.

DISCLOSURES

Financial: Diane Bahr is the author of three books Oral Motor Assessment and Treatment: Ages and Stages (Allyn & Bacon, 2001), Nobody Ever Told Me or My Mother That! Everything from Bottles and Breathing to Healthy Speech Development (Future Horizons, 2010), and Feed Your Baby and Toddler Right: Early Eating and Drinking Skills Encourage the Best Development (Future Horizons, 2018) for which she receives royalty payments. She is an instructor for TalkTools, Northern Speech Services, Speech Therapy PD, and The Breathe Institute as well as the co-owner of Ages and Stages®, LLC for which she is paid.

Non-Financial: Diane Bahr is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the International Association of Infant Massage Instructors, and the International Association of Orofacial Myology.