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Month: February 2016

2 YEARS 8&9 MONTHS: UPS AND DOWNS

2 Years 8 Months Hello! Today we were walking through the snack/cereal aisle at the grocery store, and Belle had spotted something so she ran ahead. She quickly grabbed a box of the shelf and came running back with it, exclaiming with all her excitement, “Daddy fruit chews!” Three words. Clear as day. No question […]

February 29, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, COMMUNICATION, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME COMMUNICATION, DOWN SYNDROME GIRL, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DR KINDER, JULIA KINDER, OPTORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH THERAPY FOR DOWN SYNDROME, TALKTOOLS CLIENT, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, VERBALIZATION, WHITNEY PIMENTEL

TALKTOOLS WORKSHOP HOSTS SPEAK UP

“Everyone really enjoyed the course.  All of the feedback I’ve gotten has also been positive.  Lori did a wonderful job presenting.  Chad did a great job handling everything on site.  It all went very smoothly.  And Linda was great to work with as well.  I appreciate all her help as we were getting ready for […]

February 23, 2016 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details

AN INTERVIEW WITH DIANE BAHR, MS, CCC-SLP, CIMI BEFORE HER FIRST TALKTOOLS WORKSHOP

While Diane Bahr’s first workshop with TalkTools is approaching, we wanted to highlight her recent addition to the team. TalkTools: What was your first encounter with Oral Placement Therapy (OPT)? Diane:  I took courses with Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson and Lori Overland when they were first teaching workshops. I have been using TalkTools products and programs in my own treatment, as well as teaching about […]

February 23, 2016 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details
Tags: AGES AND STAGES, CEUS CONTINUING EDUCATION, DIANE BAHR, LIVE WORKSHOPNEW YORK WORKSHOP, NY WORKSHOP, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR WORKSHOPORAL PLACEMENT WORKSHOP, PEDIATRICS WORKSHOP, RAY KENTSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, SPEECH THERAPY CONFERENCESPEECH THERAPY WORKSHOP, SPEECH WORKSHOP, TALKTOOLS TEAM, TALKTOOLS THERAPYTALKTOOLS WORKSHOP

TALKTOOLS SPONSORS A SPEECH THERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY TRIP TO UKRAINE

Last November, TalkTools sponsored a mission trip to Ukraine made by five Curtin University Health Sciences (Australia) Alumni, through the program “Go Global.” They trained parents of children with Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy needs, partly using products donated by TalkTools. Here is how it went, in their own words. Photographs from left to right: […]

February 19, 2016 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details
Tags: AUSTRALIAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, AUSTRALIAN SPEECH THERAPIST, BITE TUBE SETCHEWING HIERARCHY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN UKRAINE, PARENT TRAININGSPEECH THERAPY IN UKRAINE, T, TALKTOOLS BITE TUBE SET, TALKTOOLS NEWSTALKTOOLS TRAINING, UKRAINE, UKRAINE INVASION, UKRAINIAN ORPHANSVOLUNTEER GROUP, VOLUNTEER MISSION, VOLUNTEER SPEECH THERAPISTVOLUNTEER TRIP, VOLUNTEERING

Socialization at School

Sometimes it is weird how you will look back on certain times in your life and see the struggles you had quite clearly.  But at the time, you are simply so in the moment that you don’t really realize just how tough it was.  I will use the example of how we handled the socialization […]

February 10, 2016 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: COMMUNICATE WITH TEACHERS, COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATION BOARD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, CONVERSATIONCONVERSATION WITH CHILDREN, ELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, KINDERGARTEN, LANGUAGE DELAY, PARENT-CHILD CONVERSATIONPRE-K PROGRAM, PUBLIC SCHOOL, SCHOOL, SCHOOL SETTING, SENSORY INTEGRATION, SENSORY ISSUES, SENSORY PROCESSINGSENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SENSORY SYSTEM, SHARING, SOCIAL SKILLS, SOCIAL STORIES, SOCIALIZATION, SPD, SPEECH DELAYTALK WITH CHILDREN, VERBAL SKILLS

Success Story | Cora Rose

Miss Cora Rose, a TalkTools® client since an infant, will be featured in a 60-second Super Bowl commercial tomorrow night! She has been modeling for a shoe company called Livie and Luca under the “Changing the Face of Beauty” movement (pictures below) … And now is featured in a SunTrust commercial “Hold Your Breath” (video below), […]

February 6, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: #DOWNSYNDROME, #ONUP, #SPECIALNEEDS, BANK COMMERCIAL, CHANGING THE FACE OF BEAUTY, CHILD ACTING, CHILD MODELINGCHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, CORA ROSE, DIFFERING ABILITIES, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CONNECTION OF THE BAY AREADOWN SYNDROME GIRL, EASTER SEALS, EASTER SEALS OF THE BAY AREA, FEEDING THERAPY, GIRL WITH DOWN SYNDROME, HEATHER PETERSONHEATHER VUKELICH, HOLD YOUR BREATH, LIVIE AND LUCA, SPECIAL NEEDS, SPECIAL NEEDS ACCEPTANCE, SPECIAL NEEDS AWARENESSSPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY, SPECIAL NEEDS INCLUSION, SPECIAL NEEDS WIN, SPEECH DEVELOPMENT, SPEECH THERAPY, SUCCESS STORIESSUNTRUST, SUNTRUST COMMERCIAL, SUPER BOWL, SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL, TALKTOOLS CLIENT, TALKTOOLS THERAPISTTALKTOOLS THERAPY

HOW THIS RESEARCHER TOOK A STEP TOWARD CLINICIANS: RAY D. KENT, PHD’S LATEST FINDINGS

Recently, Ray D. Kent, PhD has published a review article entitled “Nonspeech Oral Movements and Oral Motor Disorders: A Narrative Review,” in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, November 2015, Vol. 24, 763-789. In this article, Kent proposes careful definitions and task descriptions to analyze if nonspeech oral movements have substantial clinical value to oral motor disorders. This […]

February 3, 2016 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details
Tags: AJSLP, AUDITORY AND VISUAL CUEING, DIANE BAHR, DR KENT, DYSARTHRIA, EVIDENCED BASED PRACTICE, HIERARCHICAL APPROACHNONSPEECH, NONSPEECH ORAL MOVEMENTS, NSOM, NSOME, NSOMS, OMD, OMDS, OPT, ORAL MOTOR DISORDERORAL MOTOR DISORDERS, ORAL MOTOR PERFORMANCE, Oral Placement Therapy, OROFACIAL MYOFUNCTIONAL THERAPY, OROFACIAL MYOLOGYRAY D. KENT, RAY KENT, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, TALKTOOLS NEWSTALKTOOLS THERAPY, TRADITIONAL SPEECH THERAPY