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Month: July 2013

Ask a Therapist: Feeding after Attending TalkTools’ Feeding Course

Hi Lori, I attended your Feeding Therapy: Sensory Motor Approach 2 day course.  It was terrific and I’ve been implementing a lot of what I learned.  I’ve seen some progress already.  One of my students did such a great job drinking from a straw the other day! What an improvement from the liquid being squeezed into her […]

July 29, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, CHEEK CONTRACTION, FEEDING, FEEDING COURSE, FEEDING THERAPY, HONEY BEAR, JAW PROTRUSIONLIP ROUNDING, LORI OVERLAND, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTOR, PRE-FEEDING, PREFEEDING, SCHOOL BASED SLP, SCHOOL SLPSCHOOL THERAPIST, STRAW DRINKING, TONGUE RETRACTION

Ask a Therapist: Frontal Lisp

Hi, I am an SLP in an elementary school in Virginia. I have been recently viewing your course A Three-Part Treatment Plan for Oral Placement Therapy. I have found your information to be extremely fascinating and, although I have 2 more hours, I have learned so much through your training. I do have a question. I […]

July 22, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: /S/, ASK A THERAPIST, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, BUBBLE PROGRAM, BUBBLE THERAPY, FRONTAL LISPHORN HIERARCHY, HORN PROGRAM, HORN THERAPY, JAW ASSESSMENT, JAW PLACEMENT, SCHOOL BASED SLP, SCHOOL SLPSCHOOL THERAPIST, SPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, STRAW PROGRAM, TONGUE POSITION, TONGUE RETRACTIONWHITNEY PIMENTEL

Ask a Therapist: Horn Hierarchy Targeting Specific Phonemes?

Hi, I have a student that backs sounds meaning he has difficulty making /t/ & /d/ sounds.  Do you sell a horn that would help?   School-Based Speech-Language Pathologist Hi, I am so pleased you decided to contact us as the Horn program has been very beneficial for so many of our child clients with muscle-based articulation […]

July 9, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: /D/, ASK A THERAPIST, HORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, HORN PROGRAM, HORN THERAPY, OPTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SCHOOL BASED SLP, SCHOOL SLP, SCHOOL THERAPIST, SPEECH SOUND PRODUCTIONTALKTOOLS HIERARCHIES, T

CLEFT AND CRANIOFACIAL AWARENESS

Craniofacial anomalies (CFA) are a diverse group of deformities in the growth of the head and facial bones. There are several common CFAs which include cleft palate. Speech-language pathologists provide evaluations and treatment of four communication parameters for patients with clefts and craniofacial anomolies, from infancy to adulthood. These parameters include resonance, articulation, phonation, and language […]

July 1, 2013 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: CFA, CLEFT, CLEFT PALATE, FROM THE EXPERTS, VELOPHARYNGEAL, VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY, VELOPHARYNGEAL MECHANISM