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Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist: Vent Weaning with the Horn Hierarchy Hi Sara,   I attended one of your conferences in April.  I typically work with preschoolers with speech motor issues.  But my question is actually about a teenage boy on… November 6, 2013 Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist: YOU are your Child’s Best Advocate! Hi, I was recently at the NDSC conference in Denver where I heard Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson speak and saw her video about the improvements in speech that are possible among young adults with… October 17, 2013 Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist: Sensory Feeding for an Infant with Medical Issues Dear Lori, I attended the Sensory Feeding Course in England in June, and would like to thank you for a full two days of professional input.  Before I left Manchester, I had… September 26, 2013 Ask A Therapist Ask a Therapist: Down Syndrome Program Plan Hi Lori, I recently took your “Feeding Therapy: A Sensory-Motor Approach” workshop and it was great!!  In the past year I’ve completed the “Oral-Motor Therapy: Assessment & Program Plan Development” DVD… September 23, 2013 Ask A Therapist Ask a Therapist: Feeding Therapy Self-Study Follow-Up ear Lori, I just completed your “Feeding Therapy: A Sensory-Motor Approach” DVD. What an amazing course! It certainly gave me a great deal of confidence in working with children with… September 16, 2013 From the Experts IN PRIVATE PRACTICE: NO MORE NO-SHOWS We are honored that TalkTools Instructor Robyn Merkel Walsh MA CCC SLP was published in the ASHA Leader.  The article is for therapists and titled:  “In Private Practice: No More No-Shows”. You can… September 4, 2013 TalkTools News HORN #10 AND OTHER HORN HIERARCHY UPDATES Hi Therapists and Parents, I just wanted to let everyone know that we have made a change to the TalkTools Horn Hierarchy.  After much consideration we determined that the hierarchy can… August 28, 2013 Ask A Therapist Ask a Therapist: Cleft Palate & Feeding Therapy Lori, I’ve taken your courses for Down’s syndrome and Assessment and Planning. I’m fairly new to feeding, but am having some success with Down’s clients (thank you and they thank you… August 20, 2013 Ask A Therapist Ask a Therapist: Down Syndrome Infant Treatment Ideas Hi, I have used your therapy approach for a while and would like to know what Sara would recommend for me as I am starting with a 7 month old… August 13, 2013 Ask A Therapist Ask a Therapist: OPT with Adult Suffering from MSA Hi! I am a trained speech-language pathologist, working in Sweden. I have taken part of the video-based course in the OPT-method and have very positive experiences from using the program… August 5, 2013