Please Secure the Airway (PSA)
Professional Educational Series
The How-to of Stepping into the Airway and Sleep World
3+ Hours | On-Demand Access | Investment: $350
A Foundational Lens for Interdisciplinary Pediatric Care
Please Secure the Airway (PSA) invites professionals into a systems-based understanding of how 24/7 breathing patterns — including both daytime nasal breathing and nighttime sleep physiology — shape craniofacial growth, nervous system regulation, learning, behavior, and oral function.
Airway development does not occur only at night.
It is influenced by breathing patterns across the full day–night cycle.
Grounded in research and clinical integration, this course offers a biologically aligned framework for recognizing respiratory influences on development and responding collaboratively.
What You Will Explore
- The airway and sleep lens as a 24-hour physiological framework
- Research on impacts of chronic mouth breathing & sleep-disordered breathing on structures & functions
- Developmental implications of altered daytime nasal breathing
- Craniofacial growth and oral resting posture considerations
- Screening considerations for airway and respiratory patterns
- Interdisciplinary collaboration and referral pathways
- Evidence-informed management principles
- Practical solutions
- Sleep literacy/Wellness practices
Advanced Integrative Topics
In addition to foundational airway and sleep science, this course explores broader physiological and environmental influences that shape respiratory development and regulation.
These Include:
• The Family Nervous System — understanding co-regulation, stress patterns, and how nervous systems within a household influence one another
• A Triad Approach to Care — honoring and integrating the nervous systems of parent, child, and provider, recognizing that regulation within care relationships extends beyond the traditional dyad
• Limbic Lockdown — stress physiology and its impact on airway stability, learning, behavior, and emotional regulation
• Mold & Environmental Health — examining how environmental exposures may influence respiratory function, sensory processing, regulation, and learning
• Sleep Mindset — reframing cultural beliefs about sleep and restoring it as a foundational pillar of individual and collective health
Designed For
Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Dental Professionals, Pediatricians, ENTs, Neuropsychologists, Mental Health Professionals, Chiropractors, Osteopaths, and interdisciplinary clinicians seeking a systems-based airway framework.
Why This Matters
When nasal breathing is stable — both during the day and throughout sleep — regulation improves, learning becomes more accessible, and growth can organize more efficiently.
PSA provides the missing physiological lens that allows professionals to see beneath surface behavior and support development at its foundation.
Bonus Included
How to Be a Sleep Detective: A Guide for Parents (e-Guide)
How to Be a Sleep Detective: A Guide for Parents
Understanding Your Child’s Sleep & Breathing — With Clarity and Confidence
Many children experience breathing patterns during the day or night that quietly influence learning, behavior, regulation, growth, and overall well-being.
This guide helps parents slow down, observe carefully, and recognize patterns that may deserve further evaluation — before appointments, referrals, or consultations.
It is not a diagnostic tool.
It is a framework for awareness.
What This Guide Helps You Do
- Identify common daytime signs of potential sleep-disordered breathing
- Understand why mouth breathing matters
- Recognize facial, oral, and behavioral patterns linked to airway instability
- Use a practical screening tool before medical, dental, or allied health consultations
- Prepare thoughtfully for interdisciplinary evaluations
When parents arrive informed, conversations are clearer, questions are stronger, and care is more collaborative.
Inside the Guide
• Daytime Signs of Potential Sleep-Disordered Breathing
• Mouth Breathing: An Important Symptom
• Recognizing Signs & Symptoms of Chronic Mouth Breathing
• Cultivating the Sleep Detective in Each of Us
• The “Don’t Miss Dozen” Screening Checklist
• What Screening Patterns May Indicate
• Resources for Next Steps
Why This Matters
Breathing patterns influence craniofacial development, oral function, nervous system regulation, and learning readiness.
Observing early allows families to advocate calmly and confidently.
This guide is designed to support awareness — not alarm.
