Hi Debra,

Congratulations on your accomplishments.  Would you feel comfortable completing a surgical procedure from a handbook that you as a non physician purchased?  I don't think so.  This concern applies also to Beckman Oral Motor Assessment and Intervention.

I do not give permission for publication of the Beckman Oral Motor Interventions without the direct input of the therapist treating the child.  I have had several incidents of misuse of the information to the detriment of the child with negative impact for all of the therapists using Beckman Oral Motor Interventions.  You may certainly reference the material, but you may not publish the actual protocol and interventions for general use.  Do you have the correct citation information?

Debra Beckman

Beckman & Associates, Inc.

1211 Palmetto Ave

Winter Park, FL 32750

407-647-4740

dbec1998@...

--- On Mon, 6/9/08, Debra Rabin <drbabyfeed@...> wrote:

From: Debra Rabin <drbabyfeed@...>
Subject: Re: [bomri] Re: Inaugural Welcome from Debra Beckman
To: bomri@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, June 9, 2008, 12:38 AM

Hi Barbara and Debra,

I am finishing an advanced, distance masters degree (OT) from San Jose State University. My thesis title is "Transitioning to table food" and describes a holistic approach to helping children in the early intervention population transition from purees to table food. For my project (I tried to devise a research project but it fell apart half way through so I had to back pedal with a project) I am compiling a holistic guide for parents of suggestions to help them help their kids through this process, based on the most common and suggestions that I have been giving to parents for the last 20 years..

May I have permission to use, with full copywrite acknowledgement, a few of the Beckman Oral Motor protocol exercises in my guidebook? I realize that this may be counter to the policy of the protocol, and I am not suggesting that parents could begin to be competent based on a picture or description in a booklet. But I do use the Beckman exercises in my practice, and feel they are now an integral part of many therapist practice, and any compilation of suggestions would be lacking without at lest some Beckman exercises and acknowlegment. I will probably use only two or three of the exercises that are most easily explained by photo or drawing ( I don't know which ones yet). I would be happy to share the text of my thesis so far if you are interested.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if further information or discussion is needed to clarify any details of this querry.

Thank you,

Debra Rabin, OTR/L, CLC
Los Angeles, CA

On Tue, Feb 5, 2008 at 6:23 PM, bomedudir <bomedudir@yahoo. com> wrote:

If you would like a certificate documenting that you are an inaugural
member of the Beckman Oral Motor Research Institute (suitable for
framing), send an email to me at info@beckmanoralmot or.com, put in the
subject line "BOMRI" and in the body of your message provide your name
as you would like for it to appear on the certificate and the address
where the certificate is to be mailed. All requests for Inaugural
Member Certificates must be received by midnight February 14, 2008.
Certificates will be printed, signed and mailed to you on February 15,
2008. This is a one-time, limited-time, just for fun offer from your
friendly Beckman Oral Motor Education Director. ;)

Thank you for your interest in Beckman Oral Motor research.

Barbara McGowin