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Hi, Would you be able to recommend some at home products? My daughter (8 yr. w/ Down Syndrome) is working on moving more air through the center of her mouth.…
Hi, Would you be able to recommend some at home products? My daughter (8 yr. w/ Down Syndrome) is working on moving more air through the center of her mouth.…
This excellent article by Pam Marshalla, MA, CCC-SLP is posted on the Oral Motor Institute site and discusses how some tools and methods have been categorized as “nonspeach oral motor…
I have been working with a 2, almost 3, year old patient for 10 months. He initially came to me with delayed speech — one-syllable words with limited vocabulary and…
I have a student that will be transitioning to straw #4. The ¼ of an inch varies depending on how she puts the straw in her mouth. Do you have…
A Sensory-Motor Approach to Feeding, Lori Overland, M.S., CCC/SLP In this paper published by ASHA Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia), Lori explores the oral phase of feeding and…
My child has no problems with eating or drinking, but grinds his teeth until I want to grind mine! His dentist says it’s common in kids with Down syndrome. I…
I use the horn hierarchy and really love the results. One of my clients, a young girl, tenses her muscles – shoulder, stomach, facial, etc, to blow and make the…
At TalkTools® we have developed a series of very user-friendly talk therapy tools that correspond with her hierarchical approach to oral placement therapy. Through the consistent improvement of these existing…