TalkTools is thrilled to present our first Live Q&A and Instagram takeover! TalkTools Level 4 Therapist Vanessa Anderson-Smith will be hosting a Q&A Facebook Live video on the TalkTools Therapy Facebook page on Thursday, February 1, 2018. Vanessa will also take over TalkTools Instagram for A Week in the Life of an SLP from Monday, January 29 – Friday, February 2, including demonstrations with patients, success stories and […]
Setting Goals & Defining Independence for Your Special Needs Child
I wanted to write about finding strength and the positive. I feel like I need to write about this because so much of the time, when you have a child with special needs, you can find yourself working hard towards a goal. What goal? It is different for all of us. But we know that […]
5.2 YEARS: COMPLEX THOUGHTS
5 Years 2 Months Hello! Belle is cruising along with dance classes and school this fall. I feel like her articulation is holding steady, but I do see an improvement in her complexity of thoughts. She will say things like, “It is already past my nap time, so me not have to take one today, right […]
3 WAYS TO LEARN ABOUT TOTS
Tethered Oral Tissue(s) or TOTs is a topic that has been more frequently discussed in the fields of lactation, speech pathology, oral surgery, orofacial myology and otolaryngology. Organizations such as the International Association of Orofacial Myology (IAOM) and the Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (AOMT) have been highlighting this diagnosis and implications for therapy and surgery. There […]