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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 Placement Therapy (OPT) exercises. I only made her go to 10 on the horn, but she can do 25 fairly easily when I can her motivated. […]

October 26, 2015 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BUBBLE BEAR BUBBLE HIERARCHY, DOWN SYNDROME, HORN #2HORN HIERARCHY, OPT, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, WHITNEY PIMENTEL

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 may only understand about half of those without an interpretation. Belle has been working with Whitney, our Speech Language Pathologist with TalkTools, for about 18 […]

August 31, 2015 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, APRAXIA BILABIAL SHAPES, APRAXIA SHAPES, APRAXIA TOOLS, BITE TUBE SET, BITE TUBES, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE THERAPY, CHEWY TUBE, CHEWY TUBES, DOWN SYNDROME, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy

22 MONTHS: FAMILY TIME & HORN PROGRESS

We have some fun pictures in this update including one of Belle with her extremely loving brother and sister. You can also see Belle enjoying her veggie straws at therapy (notice her food placement on her side molars) and having fun with some Play-Doh.    Our family’s schedule has been quite busy lately, so I try my best to get […]

July 27, 2015 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING THERAPY, HORN 2, HORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN THERAPY, OPT, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, RECESSED LID CUP

21 MONTHS: REPEATING WORDS

Belle is continuing to progress month after month. She has become more vocal, and she has officially mastered walking. Belle is confident in her ability to walk anywhere she wants to go. She consistently says 23+ words and is trying to say several more but may leave the beginning or ending sounds off. For example, in […]

June 29, 2015 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, APRAXIA TACTILE TUBES, APRAXIA THERAPY, APRAXIA TOOLS, APRAXIA TUBES, DOWN SYNDROME, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN THERAPY, HOWN BLOWING, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, SPEECH THERAPY, TALKTOOLS TACTILE TUBES

18 MONTHS: CHEWING WITH HER NEW TEETH

Annabelle is continuing to do well with her straws and eating. Several of her teeth are coming in all at the same time so she is getting to eat a bigger variety of foods, which she enjoys. We continue to do her OPT exercises twice a day. She doesn’t love them, but I try to […]

March 31, 2015 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING THERAPY, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KITHORN THERAPY, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, TALKTOOLS

15 MONTHS: ANNABELLE’S CHRISTMAS UPDATE!

Annabelle has seen incredible improvement over the past couple of months. Since her last update, Annabelle is continuing to eat table foods and drink from her Straw Cup using the Straw #2 in the Straw Hierarchy. As many of you know, her progress and work with the Straw Hierarchy is right on track. Using the hierarchy appropriately will teach […]

December 30, 2014 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, CHRISTMAS, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, OPTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, SANTA, STRAW #2, STRAW DRINKING, TALKTOOLS

5 MONTHS: FIRST HONEY BEAR THERAPY SESSION

After Belle’s initial evaluation with Whitney Pimentel, TalkTools Oral Placement Speech and Feeding Therapist, we knew right away that this was the partnership we had been looking for in effort to provide our daughter with the best opportunity for success. We are so excited to have found a partner in this new journey! Having a […]

December 17, 2013 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BELLE, DOWN SYNDROME, HONEY BEAR, HONEY BEAR CUPHONEY BEAR WITH FLEX STRAW, LANIE, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTOR, STRAW CUPSTRAW DRINKING