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• New Trends in Myofunctional Therapy, Saccmanno.Coceani Paskay
• Shut Your Mouth and Save Your Life, George Catlin (1870)
• Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, Dr. Weston Price, The
• Price-Pottinger foundation
• Cranial Osteopathy – www.cranialacademy.org
• The Brain Gym Program®, Paul & Gail Dennison
• Buteyko Breathing Technique, Patrick McKeown
• Orthotropics Facial Growth Guidance-Treatment age 2 years and up for early growth development
• International Association of Facial Growth Guidance, John & Michael Mew, DDS/William Hang, DDS
• North American Association of Facial Orthotropics (NAFFO)
• The Keys to Vocal Freedom, Suzanne Kiechle
• Tongue Tied, Richard Baxter
• AAMS, AOMT, IAOM — organizations of myofunctional therapists