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Year: 2017

4.10 & 4.11 YEARS: HELPING OTHER DOWN SYNDROME PARENTS

4 Years 10 Months Greetings from Lanie and Belle! Belle has thoroughly enjoyed her summer with trips to her grandma’s house, county fairs, baseball games, two big new cities, and a vacation in the mountains. While her routine has been anything but routine, her mind has certainly been busy with some new experiences to chat […]

September 26, 2017 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BACK TO SCHOOL, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME PARENTPRESCHOOL, SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, STRAW #6, TALKTOOLS COMMUNITY, TALKTOOLS SUCCESS STORIES, THERAPY SUCCESS STORY, TYPICAL STUDENTS

2017 THERAPY MISSION TRIP TO ROATAN HONDURAS 1/2

Hello TalkTools Family, We would like to thank you! With your support, TalkTools has a team going to Roatan Honduras to give back next week — and we couldn’t do it without you. We are really excited to be heading to Cattleya School in a couple of days with Monica Purdy, MA, CCC-SLP; Colette Ellis, M.Ed., CCC-SLP, BCS-S; Tara Ellis, […]

September 22, 2017 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details
Tags: 2017, CATTLEYA, COLETTE ELLIS, HONDURAS, KERRY TICHI, MISSION TRIPMONICA PURDY, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ROATAN, September, SPEECH THERAPY MISSION TRIP, SPEECH THERAPY TRIP, TALKTOOLS DONATION, TALKTOOLS GIVES BACK, THERAPY, THERAPY TRIP, VOLUNTEER MISSION TRIP

TALKTOOLS LIVE WEBINARS 2.0: SHORTER, INNOVATIVE, RELEVANT

We are excited to present TalkTools live webinar offering 2.0! We introduced speech & feeding live webinars in May 2017, starting with subjects like Oral Placement Therapy, Feeding, Autism and Apraxia, reflecting TalkTools most popular courses in other Continuing Education options (live workshops and self study). We now have new courses that are offered exclusively as live webinars, in a […]

August 31, 2017 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details
Tags: AOTA CEUS, APRAXIA WEBINAR, ASHA CEUS, BACK TO SCHOOL, CEU, COLETTE ELLISCONTINUING EDUCATION, DIGITAL EDUCATION, DYSPHAGIA WEBINARFEEDING THERAPY COURSE, FEEDING WEBINAR, FREE WEBINAR, HANDS-ON COURSEIEP GOAL, IEP MEETING, LIVE WEBINAR, MICHELE GIANETTI, MONICA PURDYONE-HOUR WEBINAR, ONLINE EDUCATION, OPT EDUCATION, OPT WEBINARORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY EDUCATION, PARENT WEBINARRENEE ROY HILL, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SHORT LIVE WEBINAR, SHORT WEBINAR, SPDSPEECH COURSE, SPEECH THERAPY COURSE, SPEECH THERAPY EDUCATIONSPEECH THERAPY WEBINAR, SPEECH WEBINAR, TALKTOOLS CLASSES, TALKTOOLS COURSES, TALKTOOLS EDUCATION, TALKTOOLS INSTRUCTORS, TALKTOOLS PRESENTERS, TALKTOOLS TRAINING, TALKTOOLS WEBINAR, TBI, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURYTWO-HOUR WEBINAR, VIRTUAL EDUCATION, WEB CONFERENCING, WEBINAR

Success Story: Noah Grows Up with Apraxia

When my son, Noah, was 2 years old, his speech therapist suspected he might have apraxia of speech. Noah had no intelligible language, almost no approximations and very poor oral motor skills. He did not have the motor coordination necessary to blow a bubble or produce any sound on a horn. He had weakened muscles […]

August 12, 2017 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA, APRAXIA BILABIAL SHAPES, APRAXIA OF SPEECH, APRAXIA SHAPES, APRAXIA TOOLS, APRAXIA TUBES, APRAXIA WALK, BITE TUBE SETCASANA, CHEWY TUBES, CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH, FIRST WORDS, HORN #7, HORN 1, HORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KITHORN THERAPY, TACTILE CUEING, TALKTOOLS HORN KIT

4.9 YEARS: FULL SUMMER MODE!

We are in full summer mode here! Belle has been enjoying some horseback riding lessons, swimming, cheering on her siblings at baseball games, and finishing up a great dancing year with a big dance recital. The recital took up a substantial part of the beginning of our summer, so that’s where all our pictures came from […]

August 1, 2017 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE BEETSMA, CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DANCE RECITAL, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME SPEECH THERAPY, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, GIRL WITH DOWN SYNDROME, HORN #6, LANIE BEETSMA, MONICA PURDY, OPT, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, SPEECH DEVELOPMENT, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY FOR DOWN SYNDROME, TONGUE RETRACTION, VOCABULARY

3 Presentations at NDSC 2017!

TalkTools was represented in 3 presentations at this year’s National Down Syndrome Congress. Thank you all for attending! EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATION AND SPEECH CLARITY FOR CHILDREN WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF DOWN SYNDROME Presenter: Jennifer Gray, MS, CCC-SLP Age range: Birth to 8 Course description: This presentation will focus on effective communication strategies for children, birth to […]

July 24, 2017 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: AIRWAY, BRIAN HOCKEL, CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, COMMUNICATION DISORDER, CONVENTION PRESENTATION, DOWN SYNDROMEDOWN SYNDROME CONFERENCE, HEATHER PETERSON, HEATHER VUKELICH, JENNIFER GRAY, MONICA PURDY, NDSC, ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPYORTHODONTICS, SENSORY DIFFERENCES, SENSORY INTEGRATION, SENSORY PROCESSING, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SENSORY SYSTEMSLEEP APNEA, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH THERAPY

Elizabeth: Mindfulness

I know we have all heard the term Mindfulness. And we are all made aware of the good of “being in the moment.” To be “in the moment” requires that you are thinking, feeling and immersing yourself in whatever task you are doing or whatever place you are. It means using all your senses to really […]

July 10, 2017 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: COMMUNICATION, DYSPRAXIA, MINDFUL MINDFULNESS, PSYCHOLOGY, SENSORY AWARENESS, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SPDSPECIAL NEEDS, SUMMER TIME

WE’RE ON THE MOVE!

In June 2017, TalkTools has made an exciting move to a brand-new location. Please remove our old address from your records: OLD LOCATION: 2209 Mechanic Street Charleston, SC 29405 As they say, out with the old, and in with the new! NEW LOCATION: 2681 Spruill Avenue, Suite A Charleston, SC 29405 888-529-2879 Please note: all […]

June 26, 2017 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details
Tags: CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON SC, MOVE, MOVING, TALKTOOLS HEADQUARTERSTALKTOOLS OFFICE, TALKTOOLS STAFF, TALKTOOLS TEAM, TALKTOOLS WAREHOUSE

Success Story: Kamdyn & Vanessa

3 years ago I was seeing a little boy named Kamdyn who had just turned 2 a couple months prior, through our state’s early intervention program. I was presented with some general background info such as scores, goals of the family, and his limited verbal productions. Also, he had 18 documented ear infections! All signs […]

June 16, 2017 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA, BITE TUBE HIERARCHY, BITE TUBE SET, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, CAS, CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH, EAR INFECTIONS, EARLY INTERVENTION, GUM CHEWING, HIERARCHICAL APPROACH, HIGH PALATEHORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, JAW ASYMMETRY, JAW STABILITY, JAW STRENGTH, LIP ROUNDING, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISESORAL PLACEMENT EXERCISES, Oral Placement Therapy, REVERSE SWALLOW, SENSORY WARMUP, SEVERE APRAXIA, SLOW FEEDSPEECH EVALUATION, SPEECH PRODUCTION, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, THERAPY SUCCESS, TONGUE TIEVANESSA ANDERSON-SMITH, Z-VIBE

4.8 YEARS: WORKING ON TONGUE PLACEMENT

Here is Belle working on her spoon slurp exercises: And here working on proper tongue placement for sounds /t, d, n, l/ with the help of bite blocks. Belle had a fabulous time at our in-depth session with Monica Mitchell, our TalkTools speech therapist, this month. We worked through our entire oral motor program and assessed Belle’s progress as […]

June 9, 2017 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: /D/, /L/, /N/, BITE BLOCKS, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING THERAPY, MONICA PURDY, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISESORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY, SPOON SLURPS, T, TONGUE PLACEMENT, TONGUE RETRACTION