SEEING THE TREES IN THE FOREST: ELIZABETH GROWS BEYOND EXPECTATIONS
I can remember that I was living so deeply “in the forest” this year that I did not “see the trees” I was so deep in concentrating on Elizabeth’s sensory…
Ask A Therapist: Pre-Feeding Suggestion
Hi, I was interested in a couple of your products and what would be suitable for both of my daughters. Anne is 5 and a half and has Autism. She…
Ask A Therapist: Bite Blocks & Bite Tubes for Trismus
Sara, I have an adult woman who has had surgery for oral cancer and has had resection of right hard palate. I have been treating her for Trismus using the…
12 MONTHS: SHE LOVES HER STRAWS
We have come a long way in the past several months, particularly since we teamed up with TalkTools to help provide therapy for our daughter Annabelle, who has Down syndrome.…
EFFECTS OF TALKTOOLS ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF THE JAW ON FEEDING IN CHILDREN WITH FEEDING AND/OR SWALLOWING DISORDERS
This poster was peer reviewed and accepted at the 2014 European Society for Swallowing Disorders (ESSD) Congress in Brussels, Belgium. Author: Karin van der Walt, Department of Clinical Speech and…
Ask A Therapist: Bite Tube Hierarchy for TMJ Stimulation
Dear TalkTools, My son, David, is 4 years old and has Down syndrome. He has, in the last year, started chewing on his tongue. I have tried giving him the…
Ask A Therapist: Therapy Cards & Bite Tube
Hi Sara, I am Jonathan’s speech therapist, his Mom and I had a few questions for you. 1. When working with your therapy cards should we provide jaw support due…
IT’S NOT A SPRINT, IT’S A MARATHON: ELIZABETH BEGINS THERAPY
The words did start to come but they were words that required a great deal of work to understand or as in the case of many, they required me to…
Ask A Therapist: Tongue Tip Position /S/ & /Z/
Hi Sara, My friend Diane told me that you have been exploring alternate tongue positions for sibilants and recommended that I ask you the following question: Assuming there are no…
Ask A Therapist: Straws & Tongue Placement
Hi Sara, I have taken your Oral Placement course and you currently have devised a plan regarding this program for my son Cole. I have a question however it is…