Christina Goodheart SLP

08/12/2025

Thank you Bobby Ghaheri MD

The Importance of Education

Over the last week, I have gotten several emails from parents describing very avoidable but quite serious complications from a tongue tie release. I am entering my 13th year in treating these ties and I am still amazed that people who are doing this procedure. do not understand basic concepts of how to do it correctly. Many people come to my office and think that I am some sort of tongue tie Messiah, only to recognize that what I am doing is very simple, but has to follow very specific goals.

Over time, I have become increasingly less diplomatic when I have to interact with these providers to let them know what they have done. In almost every case, it is very clear that they have no formal training in the procedure. One of these complications was from an ENT with a pair of scissors. One was from a supposed tongue tie expert in his community who was a dentist using a laser. In each case, these problems occur because of a lack of basic understanding of surgical principles and of the underlying physiology of what the tongue is supposed to be doing. I am tired. I am tired of having to explain to parents why this occurred. I am even more tired that 13 years into this, people are making the same mistakes.

I do not care how experienced you think you are. For almost all of you, you have more to learn. How do I know that? Because I am still learning. This is not meant to be some advertisement for my course, but I cannot help but shake my head, knowing that what is in my course would've prevented both of these complications. These courses will not be around forever because of my personal goals to just be in my garden and tend to my crops. Seriously, take the course and learn.

https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0078-0031-6EE53EC166354A5CBFCAC265115ABCE5

08/01/2025

Great video that highlights the impact of thumb sucking

06/30/2025

💙 do not fear controversy, fear complacency

Today I learned the world has changed
We have lost a great amongst us
Prof John Mew passed this week gone.
He was a delight to speak to. He was a delight to know. I never met him, but we came to speak often. I think the following is a beautiful speech…

From Beyond the Veil

“If you’re hearing my words now, it means my time among you has passed. But ideas — the true ones — don’t die. They live on in minds that dare to question and in hearts brave enough to change.

I spent my life asking questions no one wanted to ask — and offering answers many were not ready to hear. I was not always welcomed. I was often misunderstood. But I never lost sight of the simple truth:

We are not born broken.
We are shaped — by habit, by environment, by culture.

The face is not just a canvas of beauty; it is the map of your health, your development, your identity. How you breathe. How you hold your head. Where your tongue rests. These things matter — more than most will ever realize.

I challenged an entire profession not to criticize it, but to wake it up. Because orthodontics, as it stands, too often treats symptoms, not causes. And children suffer in silence when their growth is misunderstood.

To parents: start early. Guide gently. A child’s future — their airway, their posture, their confidence — lies in your hands.

To professionals: do not fear controversy. Fear complacency. The truth has never belonged to the majority, but to those willing to seek it, even when it’s uncomfortable.

And to the next generation: you are the guardians of a new way. Build a world where form follows function, and health begins not in treatment, but in understanding.

I may be gone from the world of flesh and breath, but my voice, my message, my hope — they remain.

Let the face grow forward. Let the child grow free. Let truth grow louder than fear.”

06/27/2025

So grateful for our little visitors !

06/22/2025

06/12/2025

Thank you so much to our friends ! and I are so grateful for the support and love 😍 now on to planning a grand opening ! 🤩 .reals and thank to to for this beautiful arrangement 🎈

05/23/2025

🎉 Big News!  We’re Officially OPEN! 🎉

Goodheart Speech & Swallow and Move to Grow are thrilled to welcome you to our brand-new shared space—and we’re proud to offer collaborative care under one roof! 💬🤸‍♀️

📍 New Location:
1565 Richmond Road
Staten Island, NY 10304

✨ Move to Grow will also continue to serve families at:
110 Peare Place
Staten Island, NY 10312

Whether you’ve been with us from the beginning or are just discovering our pediatric and adult therapy center, you can always count on the same compassionate care, expert support, and welcoming environment. 💛

Stay tuned for upcoming group classes, community events, and exciting updates! We are so grateful to be growing with you—thank you for being part of our journey! 🌱

05/09/2024

So grateful to Inspire Sleep Apnea Innovation supporting my dream of interdisciplinary events on Staten Island. We had a wonderful presentation from Dr. Michael A. Blasco ENT from Staten Island University Hospital to help us understand the process for patients that qualify for devices. This is such an innovation for patients that would otherwise be receiving minimal improvement from traditional interventions. We also saved time for The Airway Revolution to spread the mission and show their amazing trailer. We had 55 people register for this event ! And 50 showed up 🤩. Team work makes the dream work🤓 This is the best way to build a community of resources for providers to improve outcomes for our patients! Having providers come to together and participate in evidence based discussions is amazing for our community.

04/13/2024

I cannot wait to share what I have been doing at this amazing TalkTools conference.

Don't miss this opportunity to join this amazing lineup. This is learning beyond the basics. We will be discussing common questions like the different phases of wound healing, various surgical tools, why surgeons choose the types of wounds they create and how they heal, breastfeeding and airway health, FEES and dysphagia, team building, updates on research, complex differential diagnosis and more.

This LIVE event is also a meeting of local networking teams and fun social events. REGISTER before we sell out as we limit seats to enhance learning. Convenient to NYC and a local major shopping epicenter in NJ.

TalkTools® is bringing all things TOTs LIVE and IN-PERSON to the New York Metro region, AGAIN! That's right. Our resident TOTs experts, Lori Overland and Robyn Merkel-Walsh are leading our 2nd annual TOTs In-Person Conference...

04/13/2024

Cannot wait to be with for their Mother May I event! Which is also helping support 🤩 Come learn about airway disorders, experience CranioSacral therapy, and gift basket we will raffle! 🥰 we will also have some great tools for sale! Hope to see you there 🥳