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Success Story: Noah Grows Up with Apraxia

When my son, Noah, was 2 years old, his speech therapist suspected he might have apraxia of speech. Noah had no intelligible language, almost no approximations and very poor oral motor skills. He did not have the motor coordination necessary to blow a bubble or produce any sound on a horn. He had weakened muscles […]

August 12, 2017 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA, APRAXIA BILABIAL SHAPES, APRAXIA OF SPEECH, APRAXIA SHAPES, APRAXIA TOOLS, APRAXIA TUBES, APRAXIA WALK, BITE TUBE SETCASANA, CHEWY TUBES, CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH, FIRST WORDS, HORN #7, HORN 1, HORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KITHORN THERAPY, TACTILE CUEING, TALKTOOLS HORN KIT

Success Story: Kamdyn & Vanessa

3 years ago I was seeing a little boy named Kamdyn who had just turned 2 a couple months prior, through our state’s early intervention program. I was presented with some general background info such as scores, goals of the family, and his limited verbal productions. Also, he had 18 documented ear infections! All signs […]

June 16, 2017 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA, BITE TUBE HIERARCHY, BITE TUBE SET, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, CAS, CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH, EAR INFECTIONS, EARLY INTERVENTION, GUM CHEWING, HIERARCHICAL APPROACH, HIGH PALATEHORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, JAW ASYMMETRY, JAW STABILITY, JAW STRENGTH, LIP ROUNDING, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISESORAL PLACEMENT EXERCISES, Oral Placement Therapy, REVERSE SWALLOW, SENSORY WARMUP, SEVERE APRAXIA, SLOW FEEDSPEECH EVALUATION, SPEECH PRODUCTION, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, THERAPY SUCCESS, TONGUE TIEVANESSA ANDERSON-SMITH, Z-VIBE

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 of clients diagnosed with apraxia of speech and related motor speech disorders. Explore 1) Childhood Apraxia of Speech 2) Related Motor Speech Disorders 3) Van […]

February 22, 2017 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: #TSHA17, APRAXIA, APRAXIA OF SPEECH, CAS, DIANE BAHR, GREGORY LOF, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, PRESENTATIONRENEE ROY HILL, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, TEXAS SPEECH-LANGUAGE & HEARING ASSOCIATION, TSHA, TSHA CONVENTION, VAN RIPER

Success Story: Diane

In celebration of 30 years of successful therapy, we asked you to share your success stories with us at the last ASHA Convention and the response was amazing! Here is Diane Felton’s inspiring testimonial. “I’m Diane Felton. I’m a speech therapist in Durham, North Carolina. I first met Sara through a patient who was referred […]

June 23, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: #ASHA15, AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, APRAXIA, APRAXIA OF SPEECH, ASHA, ASHA 2015 ASHA CONFERENCEASHA CONVENTION, CAROLINAS SPEECH THERAPY, CONTINUING EDUCATION, DIANE FELTON, DROOLING, FEEDING TOOLS, HEATHER PETERSONNORTH CAROLINA SPEECH THERAPIST, OPT, ORAL APRAXIA, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, SPEECH RATE, SPEECH SPEED, SPEECH SUCCESSSPEECH SUCCESS STORY, SPEECH THERAPISTS, SPEECH TOOLS, SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLSTALKTOOLS THERAPY, THERAPY PROGRESS, THERAPY SUCCESS, VERBAL APRAXIA

Ask A Therapist: Proper Tongue Elevation & Retraction

I need advice please! I am seeing a 5 year old child with severe childhood apraxia of speech together with dysarthria (specifically weakness of tongue and lips). So far his lip strength and movement has improved a lot, but I am really struggling with his tongue. He can protrude his tongue beautifully, retraction we are working […]

February 18, 2015 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA, ASK A THERAPIST, CAS, DYSARTHRIA, OPT, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, RENEE ROY HILL, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, TONGUE, TONGUE ELEVATION, TONGUE MOVEMENT, TONGUE RETRACTION, TONGUE THERAPY, TONGUE TIP

STEPPING OUT OF THE OASIS AND BACK INTO LIFE

It is funny or maybe not funny, but ironic that with a special needs child all the things you have in place and are working one minute can become things that need changed and adjusted the very next. I know the same can be said for life with typical developing children as I have two also, but the […]

February 3, 2015 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA, DYSARTHIA, DYSPRAXIA, ELIZABETH, ELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, I BELIEVE IN YOU, LEARNING DISABILITYSENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SPD, SPECIAL ED, SPECIAL EDUCATION, SPECIAL NEEDS, SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD, SPECIAL NEEDS PARENTTALKTOOLS, TALKTOOLS THERAPY

Ask A Therapist: Trouble Blowing

Hello. I recently purchased the parent kit to use with my son, Patrick. Patrick is 4 years old, has autism and low muscle tone, and is not yet speaking. I would like to begin the program with him as soon as possible, but he does not understand how to blow yet. I have begun to […]

January 9, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: AIRFLOW, APRAXIA, ASK A THERAPIST, AUTISM, CORE STRENGTH, HORN BLOWING, LOW MUSCLE TONE, LOW TONE, PARENT KITROBYN MERKEL-WALSH

Ask A Therapist: Developmental Delay & Cerebral Palsy

Hi, I have two clients that I need assistance with. The first little girl is 5 years old and has developmental delay.  She is mostly non-verbal and communicates using Makaton.  We have used various bits of TalkTools equipment, combined with speech sound work (discrimination and encouragement to imitate single sounds).  So far we have worked through […]

March 27, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA, APRAXIA KIT, APRAXIA PROGRAM, ASK A THERAPIST, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, BUBBLE THERAPY, BUBBLE TUBECEREBRAL PALSY, DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, HORN BLOWING, HORN KIT, JAW CLOSURE TUBES, LIP CLOSURE, LIP ROUNDING, LORI OVERLANDMAKATON, Oral Placement Therapy, RENEE ROY HILL, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SOUND PRODUCTIONSPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, TONGUE DEPRESSOR, TONGUE RETRACTION, VOCALIZATION, VOWEL PRODUCTIONVOWEL SOUND