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Success Stories Ella Under the Spotlight Ella Under the Spotlight: Down Syndrome & Dance Home › Blog › Ella Under the Spotlight Success Story Ella Under the Spotlight Ella Kinder — daughter of TalkTools presenter Dr.… November 11, 2015 Elizabeth's Journey Learning to Behave in Public I think one of the hardest things to do when raising a child with special needs is to get the world to bend to them and their needs.  Trust me,… November 4, 2015 TalkTools News TALKTOOLS NEWS: ON-DEMAND EVALUATIONS NOW AVAILABLE After being available for pre-sale for two weeks, 11 new Speech Clarity Evaluation for Therapy Planning Videos On-Demand were finally released yesterday. TalkTools is proud to be offering this innovative way to help… November 2, 2015 Annabelle's Progress 2 YEARS 1 MONTH: KEEPING BELLE MOTIVATED Belle is now 2 years and 1 month old and is continuing to do well. You can see in the video below the improvement Belle has made with her Oral… October 26, 2015 TalkTools News COME & VISIT WITH US AT THE 2015 ASHA CONVENTION – BOOTH 417 The annual American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention is just around the corner and we are as excited as ever here at TalkTools. The 2015 convention will be in Denver, Colorado, November 12,… October 7, 2015 TalkTools News NOVEMBER 2015 LIVE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE We have speech and feeding therapy workshops across the U.S. this November. Our 1 and 2 day hands-on courses cover a variety of diagnoses including Down syndrome, Apraxia of Speech, Dysphagia, Autism (ASD), and Dyspraxia among… October 5, 2015 TalkTools News OCTOBER 2015 LIVE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE We have a very busy schedule this October with speech and feeding therapy workshops across the U.S. Our 1 and 2 day hands-on courses cover a variety of diagnoses including Down syndrome, Apraxia of Speech, Dysphagia,… September 7, 2015 Annabelle's Progress 23 MONTHS: ASSISTANCE FROM SLP Belle is doing well and consistently adds to the lively chatter in our home 🙂 She has approximately 35 words that she says regularly, although someone from outside our family… August 31, 2015 Success Stories Success Story: Maddox Maddox’s Down Syndrome OPT Home Practice Success Home › Blog › Success Story: Maddox Success Story Success Story: Maddox Maddox’s parents share how committing to 4-6 daily TalkTools OPT sessions… August 24, 2015 From the Experts Autism Spectrum Disorders: Clinical Parameters of Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) Authors: Robyn Merkel-Walsh M.A., CCC-SLP & Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson M.S., CCC-SLP Foreword: This article, in the original form, was published in Advance Magazine for Speech Pathologists. The article has been expanded upon and revised with… August 10, 2015