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Month: June 2016

3 YEARS 4&5 MONTHS: EATING PROPERLY

3 Years 4 Months   Here are Miss Belle at 3 years 4 months. I think her dental appliance is making her smile change a bit. The cape that she is wearing has been a daily staple in her wardrobe for the past few weeks. During our TalkTools session last week with Whitney, I told her I […]

June 30, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE BEETSMA, ANNABELLE UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BELLE BEETSMACHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, CROSSBITE, DOWN SYNDROME CHILD, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DOWN SYNDROME TODDLERDOWN SYNDROME TODDLERHOOD, FEEDING SKILLS, LANIE BEETSMA, MEALTIME, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, PLAYING DOLLS, PRETEND PLAYSPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH DEVELOPMENT, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, SPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES, SPEECH THERAPY VIDEO, TALKTOOLS CLIENTTALKTOOLS EXERCISES, TALKTOOLS PROGRAM, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, THREE YEAR OLD, THREE YEAR OLD GIRL, TODDLER WITH DOWN SYNDROMETODDLERHOOD, UNDERBITE

Success Story: Diane

In celebration of 30 years of successful therapy, we asked you to share your success stories with us at the last ASHA Convention and the response was amazing! Here is Diane Felton’s inspiring testimonial. “I’m Diane Felton. I’m a speech therapist in Durham, North Carolina. I first met Sara through a patient who was referred […]

June 23, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: #ASHA15, AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, APRAXIA, APRAXIA OF SPEECH, ASHA, ASHA 2015 ASHA CONFERENCEASHA CONVENTION, CAROLINAS SPEECH THERAPY, CONTINUING EDUCATION, DIANE FELTON, DROOLING, FEEDING TOOLS, HEATHER PETERSONNORTH CAROLINA SPEECH THERAPIST, OPT, ORAL APRAXIA, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, SPEECH RATE, SPEECH SPEED, SPEECH SUCCESSSPEECH SUCCESS STORY, SPEECH THERAPISTS, SPEECH TOOLS, SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLSTALKTOOLS THERAPY, THERAPY PROGRESS, THERAPY SUCCESS, VERBAL APRAXIA

Grace Kauk’s Oral Placement Therapy Work in Bulgaria

Grace Kauk writes about her Oral Placement Therapy work in Bulgaria. “I met Steve and Tanja Pankratz over email in February of 2015. Three weeks later, I was making plans to move to Bulgaria. The Pankratz’ are missionaries in Bulgaria through SEND International. Their 8-year-old son, Jaden, has Down Syndrome. When he was born, God began to […]

June 17, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: A THREE PART TREATMENT PLAN FOR ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE KIT, BULGARIA CHARITY, CHARITABLE TRIPCHARITABLE WORK, DISABILITY IN BULGARIA, DONATING, DONATION, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, GRACE KAUKHANDICAP IN BULGARIA, JAW GRADING BITE BLOCKS, NOVA STUPKE, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, PORTAGE, RED BITE BLOCKSSELF EDUCATION, SELF-STUDY, SEND, SMILE, SPECIAL NEEDS IN BULGARIA, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS BUBBLE KIT, TALKTOOLS NEWSTALKTOOLS THERAPY, VIDEO ON DEMAND, VOLUNTEERING

Elizabeth: Our Summer Speech Therapy Schedule

So many parents, at this time of year, find themselves throwing out old notebooks, half used crayons, semi-dried-out markers, ripped folders all with the excited feeling that it is summer! Time to just relax. Right? Well, if you have a child with special needs, that time of sheer freedom does not arrive in quite the […]

June 10, 2016 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: BUBBLE BEAR, BUBBLE BEAR REFILL, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE REFILL, BUBBLE SOLUTION, BUBBLE SUPPLY, CHILD FUNELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, HOME THERAPY, HORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, IEP, IEP GOAL, IEP MEETING, LIP ROUNDING, OPTORAL MOTOR EXERCISE, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT EXERCISE, ORAL PLACEMENT EXERCISESORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL STIMULATION, PLAY THERAPY, SCHEDULE BOARD, SCHEDULE BOARD KIT, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDERSPD, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES, SPEECH THERAPY FUN, SPEECH THERAPY SCHEDULE, STRAW DRINKINGSTRAW HIERARCHY, SUMMER FUN, SUMMER SCHEDULE, SUMMER THERAPY, TALKTOOLS HORNS, TALKTOOLS SCHEDULE BOARDTHERAPY AT HOME, THERAPY FUN, THERAPY PLANNING, THERAPY SCHEDULE, VISUAL STIMULATION