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Month: August 2016

3 YEARS 8&9 MONTHS: SHE IS READING!

3 Years 8 Months Belle got her palatal expander out this month! Her “princess jewelry,” as we referred to it, was in for a total of six months. Even though her speech didn’t improve as substantially as I had hoped, it was still a success overall. Belle proudly states, “me got my princess jewelry out […]

August 29, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ABCS, ANNABELLE BEETSMA, ANNABELLE UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, ARTICULATION, BELLE BEETSMABITE BLOCKS, CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DENTIST VISIT, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CHILD, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DOWN SYNDROME TODDLER, DOWN SYNDROME TODDLERHOOD, JAW GRADING BIT BLOCKS, LANIE BEETSMA LIZ SMITHSON, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, PALATE EXPANDER, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH DEVELOPMENT, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, SPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES, SPEECH THERAPY VIDEO, SUMMER SCHEDULE, TALKTOOLS CLIENT, TALKTOOLS EXERCISES, TALKTOOLS PROGRAM, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, THREE YEAR OLD, THREE YEAR OLD GIRL, TODDLER WITH DOWN SYNDROME, TODDLERHOOD

Back-to-School & IEP Tips

I looked my 10 year old in the eye just yesterday and said: “Michael, you know we have a mere 16 days left of summer”? It was hard to say and so much harder to believe.  Where did the summer go?  How is it possible that three months went like THAT?! But the truth is […]

August 22, 2016 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: BACK TO SCHOOL, BACK TO SCHOOL ADVICE, BACK TO SCHOOL TIPS, ELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, END OF SUMMER, IEP, IEP GOALIEP GOALS, IEP MEETING, ORGANIZATION TIPS, PARENTING, PARENTING TIPS, SCHOOL SETTING, SCHOOL SPEECH THERAPISTSCHOOL THERAPIST, SCHOOL YEAR, SPECIAL EDUCATION, SPECIAL NEEDS, SPECIAL NEEDS ADVICE, SPECIAL NEEDS MOMSPECIAL NEEDS PARENT, SPECIAL NEEDS TEEN, SPEECH THERAPY GOALS, SPEECH THERAPY IN SCHOOL SETTING, TEEN WITH SPECIAL NEEDSTHERAPY SUCCESS, THERAPY SUCCESSES

VAN RIPER IS ALIVE AND WELL AT ASHA CONNECT! (REPOST)

This is a repost from Ages and Stages Blog, owned by Diane Bahr, MS, CCC-SLP, CIMI. As reported by Robyn Merkel-Walsh MA, CCC-SLP in New Jersey, USA August 2016 The ASHA Connect conference was held in Minneapolis, MN July 8th-10th, 2016. This conference was a new concept bringing together school, private practice, and healthcare speech-language pathologists (SLPs). SLPs […]

August 12, 2016 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details
Tags: #ASHACONNECT, AGES AND STAGES, ASHA CONNECT, ASHA CONVENTION, ASHA POSTERDIANE BAHR, MODERN SPEECH THERAPY, MODERN SPEECH THERAPY TOOLSPHONETIC PLACEMENT, PHONETIC PLACEMENT APPROACH, PHONETIC PLACEMENT CUEPHONETIC PLACEMENT THERAPY, PHONOLOGICAL THERAPY, POSTER PRESENTATION, PPAROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SENSORY APPROACH, SPEECH THERAPY CONVENTIONSPEECH THERAPY INNOVATION, SPEECH THERAPY POSTER, SPEECH THERAPY PRESENTATIONSPEECH THERAPY RESEARCH, SPEECH THERAPY SCIENCE, SPEECH THERAPY TECHNIQUESSPEECH THERAPY THEORY, TACTILE THERAPY, TalkTools News, TALKTOOLS THERAPYVAN RIPER

3 YEARS 6&7 MONTHS: WHAT “WORK” LOOKS LIKE

3 Years 6 Months   This month I decided to include videos of Belle doing her oral motor exercises. They are not super exciting videos, but that’s what “work” looks like sometimes. I know we have to put in the time to see the results. And as I have said so many times previously, it’s […]

August 1, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE BEETSMA, ANNABELLE UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BELLE BEETSMA, BITE BLOCKSCHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CHILD, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DOWN SYNDROME TODDLERDOWN SYNDROME TODDLERHOOD, JAW GRADING BIT BLOCKS, LANIE BEETSMA, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, RED BITE BLOCKS, SPEECH CLARITYSPEECH DEVELOPMENT, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, SPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES, SPEECH THERAPY VIDEO, TALKTOOLS BITE BLOCKSTALKTOOLS CLIENT, TALKTOOLS EXERCISES, TALKTOOLS PROGRAM, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, THREE YEAR OLD, THREE YEAR OLD GIRLTODDLER WITH DOWN SYNDROME, TODDLERHOOD, TONGUE TIP ELEVATION, TONGUE TIP LATERALIZATION, TONGUE TIP TOOL