FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
ATP Affiliate Membership
Affiliate membership of the Association of Tongue-tie Practitioners (ATP) is open to health professionals (for example nurses, midwives, Health Visitors, doctors, dentists, osteopaths, speech and language therapists) and breastfeeding supporters (including breastfeeding peer supporters, breastfeeding counsellors, and lactation consultants) who have an interest or role in supporting parents of babies with tongue-tie and would like to benefit from sharing professional experiences.
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The video clip shows part of an assessment for tongue-tie
Assessment of a Tongue Tie video curtesy of Sarah Oakley, Registered Nurse, Health visitor and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant.
Cleft Palate Assessment Poster
The Cleft palate team are keen to hear your thoughts on this poster and if this has helped to change your practice through assessment. This is for use 'far and wide' and can be shared accross all disciplines.
Please share any feedback to jane.sibley@ouh.nhs.uk.
Who can assess for a tongue-tie restriction?
Baeza CK, Watson-Genna C, Murphy J, Hazelbaker A, Kaplan M, Martinelli RLdC, Marchesan I, Douglas PS, Smillie C (2017) "Assessment and Classification of Tongue-Tie" Clinical Lactation 8(3) p93-98 doi:10.1891/2158-0782.8.3.93.
Brooks E (2017) "IBCLC Scope of Practice for Tongue-Tie Assessment" Clinical Lactation-Tongue Tie Expert Roundtable vol 8(3) doi: 10.1891/2158-0782.8.3.121.
La Leche League USA (2020) Tongue tie and Lip ties https://lllusa.org/tongue-and-lip-ties#:~:text=An%20IBCLC%20cannot%20diagnose%20a,you%20suspect%20a%tongue%20tie.
Oakley S (2017) "The Health Visitor's role in supporting families with tongue-tie babies"
British Journal of Health Visiting https://doi.org/10.12968/johv.2917.5.12.594
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