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The Changing Minds Meeting
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A Meeting of Minds
November 21-22, 2025
"It’s not just people that need the healing. It’s the system that has to be indicted and transformed." - Dr. Nneka Jones Tapia
Oral habits and movement patterns fulfill an inner need. The disconnection of the neural circuits that support an efficient swallowing pattern may be influenced by early childhood trauma. These disconnections are often misunderstood and aggressively treated. As a result, they may affect a patient's ability to regulate emotions and physical sensations due to constant glucocorticoid (stress hormone) exposure from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). This impaired response flexibility can then lead to increased inflammation and chronic disease.
The goal of this meeting is to provide resources for identification of and treatment options for the often invisible influencers of sleep dysfunction and overall wellness as they affect almost every aspect of human existence.
Hello
Welcome
The Synergy Academy is an organization with the goal of providing quality educational opportunities that are on the leading edge of available technologies, innovative concepts and the implementation of clinical techniques that optimize patient care with a focus on the craniofacial region of the body.
Comprehensive Courses
ALF Evolution
The goal of the natural, organic, gentle and individualized approach to improvements in both form and function for patients of all ages is at the heart of ALF Therapy.
This course has been designed for the dental or orthodontic provider in their utilization of customized dental devices designed to create signaling to support the developmen
The goal of the natural, organic, gentle and individualized approach to improvements in both form and function for patients of all ages is at the heart of ALF Therapy.
This course has been designed for the dental or orthodontic provider in their utilization of customized dental devices designed to create signaling to support the development of functional neural circuits, an efficient swallowing pattern and craniofacial growth.
This class is an introduction to ALF Therapy and its principals.It will cover the utilization of the ALF Family of appliances in all three age groups: Genesis (0-5), Grow (6-11) and Guide (12 +)
Learn the fundamentals/basics of ALF Therapy and take them back to your practice to apply immediately. Limited to 8 providers. Assistants who work in your office are welcome to attend to encourage efficient implementation into the clinical workflow.
Advanced classes that go more in depth into appliances and age groups are covered in Genesis, Grow and Guide.
RestOralase
The RestOralase approach combines the best of two laser wavelengths as well as dental devices and and manual therapies to support ongoing wellness. The RestOralase course instructs on the application of BabyLase, OraLase and the wireless devices in the ALF Therapy family of appliances
By simultaneously addressing the impactful neurologic
The RestOralase approach combines the best of two laser wavelengths as well as dental devices and and manual therapies to support ongoing wellness. The RestOralase course instructs on the application of BabyLase, OraLase and the wireless devices in the ALF Therapy family of appliances
By simultaneously addressing the impactful neurological and fascial restrictions that often create oral functional deficits, we strive to optimize treatment efficiency and improve treatment outcomes for tongue tie, airway and dental expansion-based therapies.
Providers who are legally allowed to own and operate a class 4 laser in their state or province are welcome to participate in this course.
This course can also serve as a refresher/update course for those who have previously taken the OraLase/BabyLase course and want to take advantage of the additional content that is currently being instructed including the utilization of dental appliances and the dual wavelength technique known as OraLase+.
Course size is limited to 10 Providers.
Neurodevelopmental Dentistry
Neurodevelopmental Dentistry
The Neurodevelopmental Dentistry Course combines the best of both world by combining the use of clinical assessments and practical implementation of neuromodulatory tools technologies and techniques.
This course has been developed to introduce the concepts and assessments to create a common language for treatment teams that are hoping to
The Neurodevelopmental Dentistry Course combines the best of both world by combining the use of clinical assessments and practical implementation of neuromodulatory tools technologies and techniques.
This course has been developed to introduce the concepts and assessments to create a common language for treatment teams that are hoping to improve treatment outcomes for tongue tie, airway, bodywork and dental expansion-based therapies by optimizing the neural circuits of the craniofacial region. Providers who can benefit from this course include babyworkers, bodyworkers, orofacial myofunctional therapists who work within treatment teams with a provider who is offering ALF Therapy, OraLase, RestOralase and BabyLase services in their practices.
It will include instruction on the:
ACORN Assessment
(Assessment of Craniofacial Oral Reflexive Neurology)
GROW Assessment
(Guided Reflexive Orofacial Wellness)
STARFISH Assessment
(Moro Retained Primitive Reflex)
STOP Assessment
(Subjective Test of Pain)
SWITCH Assessment
(Strength With Integration of Trigeminal and Cranial Harmony)
The R&B's Technique
The soft tissue Releases & Cranial Balancing techniques that support ongoing neuromodulation through physical touch as an adjunct to the techniques utilized in Neurodevelopmental Dentistry
as well as practical clinical implementation of techniques to include:
- Appliance design and selection
- Appliance adjustments
- Treatment sequencing
- Appropriate referrals
Your Education, Our Priority
Continued Commitment to Continued Education
We receive a great deal of feedback that our course participants value our commitment in providing continuing education credit for their commitment to attending our courses. All of our hands-on courses offer 21 hours of AGD PACE approved CE to apply toward provider credentialing and licensing.
Techniques that are included in our curriculum
Techniques and Therapies at a Glance
ALF Therapy: Creating simultaneous improvements in oral form and function through the simple sophistication of nature-based dental appliances
•OraLase: The use of NdYAG 1064 nm wavelength to improve oral and neurological function for patients 2 and older
•BabyLase: Providing gentle, effective and conservative care to improve oral and neurological function for patients 0-2
•OraLase+: The use of dual wavelengths of NdYAG and ErYAG to non-surgically improve oral and neurological function
•RestOralase: Combining wavelengths, techniques and appliances for a comprehensive approach to wellness
•FasciaLase: Expanding OraLase to address fascial restrictions in the body (coming soon)
•Beyond the Airway: Addressing the neural circuits and metabolic requirements of sleep physiology
Neurodevelopmetnal Dental: Instruction for therapists who are working in a Functional Integrative Team with an ALF Therapy or Laser Therapy provider (RestOralase/BabyLase/OraLase) and are looking to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to complement patient care at the level of incorporating the integration of neural circuits, cranial mechanics and fascial restrictions into a comprehensive approach to care.
Descriptions and Acronyms
Sanity Curriculum
Sanity Curriculum
Self-paced
Activities for
Neuroplastic
Influence
Training with
Year-long access
The SANITY Curriculum has been designed to make the most of our valuable time by integrating a hybrid on-demand and hands-on opportunity to integrate treatment teams from different professions.
HOLA Modules
Sanity Curriculum
Hybrid
Online
Learning
Activities
Carefully curated to create continuity between courses while delivering convenient and self-paced educational opportunities.
SWITCH Assessment
Strength
With
Integration of
Trigeminal and
Cranial
Harmony
The neurologic assessment of the trigeminal afferrents as they are influenced by the swallow and dental occlusion. This assessment allows the provider to assess the functionality of the trigeminal neural circuits to guide treatment decisions.
STOP Assessment
Subjective
Test
Of
Pain
This assessment allows the provider to explore muscular and fascial pain patterning to assess for compensations and refine treatment decisions.
Oralase, BabyLase and RestOralase providers will use this information to determine both treatment sequencing and exposure times to address the hyaluronic acid restrictions that accompany or are the root cause of many tongue ties/tethers and infant feeding challenges.
R&B's
Release
&
Balancing
Reflexercises
A series of soft tissue releases and cranial balancing techniques developed to gently mobilize the structure and stabilize the neural circuits.
CARE Release
Careful
Assessment &
Restriction
Elimination
Assessment of the neurological, fascial and structural restrictions prior to a surgical intervention allows the CARE Release provider to optimize treatment outcomes though addressing restrictions invisible to the naked eye, yet critical to overall function.
Advanced course curriculum.
Striving to meet the needs of our community
Please be aware that our courses are limited in size and usually fill up very quickly. We understand that life is busy and schedules change. However, when a student reserves a spot in a course with so few spaces available, cancellations are very detrimental as we strive to serve the needs of our ALF family of providers.
Our cancellation policy has been developed to ensure that those who are dedicated to taking the courses are able to attend. We truly appreciate at least 90 days advance notice if a course registration needs to be cancelled. If cancellation occurs within 30 days and we are unable to fill the seat, full tuition will be charged. There will be a 50% tuition rate charge if a course is cancelled within 60 days. Due to the amount of administrative expenses involved in rearranging schedules for multiple providers, we reserve the right to charge a $500 administrative fee to move registration dates for a course.Courses must be moved with 60 days notice or course tuition is still charged unless we can fill your seat. If you are on a payment plan you may not move course dates and tuition is due in full regardless of attendance as your spot was held from someone else.
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- Memory: 2 GB RAM (32-bit) 4 GB RAM (64-bit)
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AGD PACE Approved Contuing Education Credits Offered
All courses sponsored through The Synergy Academy will provide AGD PACE approved credit for both lecture and live participation hours. CE credit is not given if you leave a course early. CE is not given for online courses. You must be present for the entire time of a hands on class or conference to get your CE. We do not individualize CE credit.
Synergy Academy formerly ALF InterFACE Academy
Nationally Approved PACE Program Provider for FAGD/MAGD credit.
Approval does not imply acceptance by
any regulatory authority or AGD endorsement.
Provider ID# 378959