Ask A Therapist: Bite Block Speech Sounds
Hi I am an SLP who attended the “A Three-Part Treatment Plan for Oral Placement Therapy” workshop. I would like to find out if there is a set of speech…
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Ask A Therapist: Tongue Placement
Hi, I am hoping you can offer a suggestion. I am an SLP and see a 2 YO child who began sucking on his tongue and had a forward tongue…
Ask A Therapist: Tongue Thrust Therapy versus Appliance Use
Hello, I am a speech language pathologist who has attended one of your presentations. I see an 8 year old girl who has a tongue thrust. She has had a…
Ask A Therapist: Straw Drinking Progression
I recently purchased the straw therapy kit for my 17 1/2 month old daughter with Down syndrome. She was breastfed for the first year and we began transitioning to a…
Ask A Therapist: Biting through Chew Tools
My 5-year-old son has Down syndrome and chews on grabbers (purple and green Ps). He chews and bites so hard that he bites through the tubes. Any recommendations? He only…
Ask A Therapist: Nutritive Feeding for Charge Syndrome
I have a 4 year old student with CHARGE SYNDROME. He has minimal intake and could be looking at a feeding tube if this declines any more. Mom is totally…
Ask A Therapist: Feeding Therapy with Bite Straws
Hi Lori. Without seeing the student, can you tell me if this sounds like accurate application of the Feeding Therapies we learned in your workshop? When using the bite straws…
Ask A Therapist: Bite Block Hierarchy Application
I bought the OPT Program, but am struggling with one part of it. I have a child who can hold the bite block #2 between her teeth on the L…
Ask A Therapist: Complicated Premie with Feeding Issues
I am treating a beautiful, 4 month old baby born at 29 weeks gestation. Meyer was immediately intubated and sent to NICU where he experienced bouts of apnea. Meyer was…
Ask A Therapist: Oral Motor Strengthening
I was just assigned a 13 month old who was diagnosed at birth with bells palsy. He is much better now and the weakness on one side only shows up…