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Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist: Bite Block Speech Sounds Monica Purdy explains which speech sounds correspond to each jaw height in the TalkTools Bite Block Hierarchy: high (blocks 2–3), medium (blocks 4–5), and low (blocks 6–7) jaw positions. March 20, 2013 Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist: Tongue Placement Hi, I am hoping you can offer a suggestion. I am an SLP and see a 2 YO child who began sucking on his tongue and had a forward tongue… March 11, 2013 Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist: Tongue Thrust Therapy versus Appliance Use Hello, I am a speech language pathologist who has attended one of your presentations. I see an 8 year old girl who has a tongue thrust.  She has had a… February 24, 2013 Ask A Therapist From the Experts CHARGE SYNDROME WEBINAR We are happy to be partnering with the Charge Syndrome Foundation and The National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness to present  “Techniques to Improve Feeding Skills and Speech Clarity”.  The webinar, presented by Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson M.S. CCC-SLP was… February 22, 2013 From the Experts Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist: Straw Drinking Progression Ask A Therapist: Straw Drinking Progression | TalkTools® TalkTools › Blog › Ask a Therapist › Straw Drinking Progression Ask a Therapist Ask A Therapist: Straw Drinking Progression How long… December 14, 2012 Ask A Therapist From the Experts ARTICLE BY RISCA SOLOMON IN S&L WORLD MAGAZINE “ABA verbal” Great article by Risca Solomon MSc, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, UK.  Risca and Renee Roy Hill have worked together both in the UK and US. This article was published in S&L World in November!… December 10, 2012 From the Experts Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist: Biting through Chew Tools My 5-year-old son has Down syndrome and chews on grabbers (purple and green Ps). He chews and bites so hard that he bites through the tubes. Any recommendations? He only… October 8, 2012 Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist: Nutritive Feeding for Charge Syndrome I have a 4 year old student with CHARGE SYNDROME. He has minimal intake and could be looking at a feeding tube if this declines any more. Mom is totally… August 14, 2012 Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist: Feeding Therapy with Bite Straws Hi Lori. Without seeing the student, can you tell me if this sounds like accurate application of the Feeding Therapies we learned in your workshop? When using the bite straws with… July 30, 2012 Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist: Bite Block Hierarchy Application I bought the OPT Program, but am struggling with one part of it. I have a child who can hold the bite block #2 between her teeth on the L and R sides… July 23, 2012 Ask A Therapist