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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

2 YEARS 6&7 MONTHS: SEEING PROGRESS

2 Years 6 Months Here are a few recent pictures of Belle. (Yes, the second picture is of Belle letting us bury her in the sand.)   Belle just crossed the 100 word mark for words that she voluntarily verbalizes on her own! Some of her latest words include “doctor, swimsuit, goggles,” and “fruit chews.” She has […]

January 27, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BUBBLE BEAR, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE BLOWING HIERARCHY, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, DOWN SYNDROME, HORN #3, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, OPT, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ORIGINAL HORN KIT, TALKTOOLS BUBBLE KIT, TALKTOOLS HORN #3, TALKTOOLS HORN HIERARCHY, TALKTOOLS HORN KIT, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, WHITNEY PIMENTEL

TALKTOOLS INSTRUCTOR IN NORWAY, LINE AVERS IN MEDIA PLANET

In this article in Norwegian published in Media Planet, Line Avers discusses the need in many cases to look at the child´s foundational skills for feeding and speech. “In feeding therapy just as in speech therapy, it’s about doing exercises that contribute to strengthen mouth muscles and improve oral motor skills,” says TalkTools® Instructor in Norway, Line Avers. “Det er mange barn […]

January 19, 2016 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details
Tags: BARNAS SPRÅKSENTER, CEREBRAL PALSY, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING THERAPY, FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS, FROM THE EXPERTS, LINE AVERSNORWAY, NORWEGIAN, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, SENSORY FEEDING, SENSORY ISSUES, SENSORY PROCESSINGSENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SPEECH THERAPY

Effects of Limited or Excessive Jaw Mobility during Conversational Speech

by Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson This presentation was made at the 2015 annual ASHA Convention, Session #1080. Abstract: Practicing Speech-Language Pathologists report that many clients demonstrate limited or excessive up-and-down jaw movements during communication as compared to their typically developing peers.  The results of this retrospective study suggest that atypical jaw skills are related to deficits in speech clarity in […]

January 6, 2016 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: #ASHA15, #IAMTHEHONEYBEAR, AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, ASHA, ASHA CONVENTIONASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF THE JAW, BOTTOM JAW, BOTTOM JAW SHIFT, COMPLETE JAW PROGRAM, DYSARTHRIA, FROM THE EXPERTSHYPOTONIA, JAW BOOK, JAW CLOSURE, JAW CLOSURE TUBES, JAW DIFFERENTIATION, JAW GRADING BITE BLOCKS, JAW INSTABILITYJAW MOBILITY, JAW STABILITY, JAW WEAKNESS, MULTIPLE ARTICULATION DISORDER, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH DELAYSPEECH DISORDER, SPEECH MOTOR DELAY