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Year: 2016

3 YEARS & 3 YEARS 1 MONTH: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LITTLE FIRE CRACKER!

3 Years She is 3! Happy birthday to this little fire cracker. Belle has MANY nicknames around our house including Beezy, Boppy, B-Belle, Belldozer, and Bops. She is very used to her nicknames and answers to all of them graciously . The nickname that I have been calling her lately, however, is Chatty Cathy. Three years ago I would […]

April 25, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE BEETSMA, ANNABELLE UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, ARTICULATION, BIRTHDAYCOMMUNICATION, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, FAMILY REUNION, FAMILY ROAD TRIP, GIRL WITH DOWN SYNDROMEORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH THERAPY, TALKTOOLS, TALKTOOLS CLIENT, TALKTOOLS PROGRAM, TALKTOOLS THERAPYTHREE YEAR OLD, THREE YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY, WHITNEY PIMENTEL

2 YEARS 10&11 MONTHS: FIVE WORD PHRASES!

2 Years 10 Months Summer has gotten the best of us, in a good way. We have been busy with family reunions, lake trips, and a long road trip to a beach vacation. Belle enjoyed each of these adventures immensely, but I have to admit that we have not been consistent with our oral motor exercises this month. With that […]

March 30, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE BEETSMA, ANNABELLE UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, COMMUNICATION, DOWN SYNDROMEDOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, FAMILY REUNION, FAMILY ROAD TRIP, GIRL WITH DOWN SYNDROME, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, POTTY TRAININGSPEECH THERAPY, TALKTOOLS, TALKTOOLS CLIENT, TALKTOOLS PROGRAM, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, TWO YEAR OLD, WHITNEY PIMENTEL

Cerebral Palsy Treated with OPT in Norway

Posted by Deborah Grauzam on March 23, 2016 In a recent article published in the Norwegian publication Cerebral Palsy Magazine,  TalkTools® Instructor Line Avers, MS, SLP is featured along with one of her long date client diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. The main focus of the article is TalkTools Therapy and the huge gains that this little girl has made. TalkTools® Instructor Renee Roy Hill, […]

March 23, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: CEREBRAL PALSY, CEREBRAL PALSY SPEECH THERAPY, CEREBRAL PALSY THERAPY, CHILD WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, LINE AVERSNORWAY SPEECH THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR TRAINING, ORAL PLACEMENT EXERCISESORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY EXERCISES, PENN STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI, PSU ALUMNISPEECH THERAPY FOR CEREBRAL PALSY, SPEECH THERAPY IN NORWAY, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS DISTRIBUTOR, TALKTOOLS INSTRUCTORTALKTOOLS THERAPIST, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, TALKTOOLS TRAINED THERAPIST

Success Story: Beth & Heather

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 are Beth Marafiote and Heather Peterson’s inspiring testimonials. “My name is Beth Marafiote and I live in Parker, Colorado. I discovered TalkTools and Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson many […]

March 17, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, ASHA, ASHA 2015, ASHA CONFERENCE, ASHA CONVENTION, BETH MARAFIOTECONTINUING EDUCATION, DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CONNECTION OF THE BAY AREADOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DROOLING, FEEDING TOOLS, HEATHER PETERSON, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH THERAPISTS, SPEECH TOOLS, SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS

Performing A VFSS that Communicates Positive Results: Adult & Pediatric Patients

We are delighted to share with you a description of TalkTools® Instructor Jennifer Jones’s four-hour presentation at the annual MSHA Convention, March 3, 2016. “Performing a VFSS that Communicates Positive Results: Adult and Pediatric Patients” By Jennifer Jones, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCS-S, C/NDT ABSTRACT The VFSS is the standard for instrumental evaluation of swallowing disorders, but if clinicians don’t communicate the […]

March 2, 2016 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: ADULT DYSPHAGIA, CHILD DYSPHAGIA, DYSPHAGIA, DYSPHAGIA COURSE, FROM THE EXPERTS, JENNIFER JONES, MBSS, MISSISSIPPI ASHAMS ASHA, MSHA, MSHA CONVENTION, PEDIATRIC DYSPHAGIA, SWALLOWING, SWALLOWING DISORDER, SWALLOWING DISORDERSSWALLOWING EXERCISES, SWALLOWING STUDY, VFSS, VIDEOFLUOROSCOPIC SWALLOW STUDY

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