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Success Stories Sharing the Gift of TalkTools with Those Living on Roatan, Honduras TalkTools Honduras OPT Outreach: Serving Roatan Children Home › Blog › TalkTools Honduras OPT Outreach: Serving Roatan Children Global Outreach TalkTools OPT Outreach: Transforming Lives in Honduras TalkTools Honduras OPT… March 20, 2017 Annabelle's Progress 4.5 YEARS: “NEAR PERFECT” ARTICULATION Belle is doing well and has been enjoying some spring-like weather in February! She has managed to stay healthy this season (minus her chronic runny nose). Belle’s good health has allowed… March 8, 2017 From the Experts A Sensory-Motor Aproach to CAS & Related Motor Speech Disorders: Why and How This presentation is going to be held at the Texas Speech-Language & Hearing Association 2017 Annual Convention, Thursday. Feb. 23, noon-1:30 p.m. Author: Renee Roy Hill, MS, CCC-SLP Abstract: Discuss treatment… February 22, 2017 Elizabeth's Journey How Music Therapy Became our Next Best Step For those who have been following our story on this site, you know that Elizabeth has struggled with speech and language throughout her life due to her disorders of Dyspraxia… February 20, 2017 TalkTools News THROAT SCOPE IS COMING TO TALKTOOLS! We are proud to announce that Throat Scope products will be arriving to TalkTools soon and are now available for pre-sale! Throat Scope is brought to you exclusively by TalkTools from… February 13, 2017 Annabelle's Progress 4.4 YEARS: MAKING UP HER OWN SILLY PHRASES Happy New Year! Belle’s year is off to a solid start! I am happy to report that we have been pretty consistent with our TalkTools oral motor program, created by Monica… February 8, 2017 Elizabeth's Journey Time For A Mid-Year Evaluation It is officially the middle of the school year. Okay, not officially-officially but to me it is. I find myself looking at the middle of January and realizing that fact and think WOW,… January 13, 2017 Annabelle's Progress 4 YEARS 2&3 MONTHS: COMMUNICATION GRANTS BELLE THE INDEPENDENCE SHE DESIRES 4 Years 2 Months Belle is doing well despite our crazy busy schedule and lack of consistency with her oral motor exercises.  She is not regressing in any way, but I can’t… December 26, 2016 From the Experts Brain Stem Stroke: A Case Study This case study was originally posted in Advance for Speech & Hearing on November 14, 2016. Retrieved from http://www.advanceweb.com/ Author: Gabrielle Zimmer, MS, CCC-SLP Brain Stem Stroke: A Case Study Rebuilding communication one subsystem at… December 21, 2016 From the Experts Tongue Ties & Speech Sound Disorders: What Are We Overlooking? “The conversation for tongue tie in the speech pathology community is growing louder among some groups of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) (ASHA Leader, 2015). An ASHA literature search has suggested a… December 14, 2016