Tag: APRAXIA

Deverron Robinson: Apraxia & ASD Speech Progress Home › Blog › “Share Your Story” Winner: Deverron Robinson Share Your Story “Share Your Story” Winner: Deverron Robinson Deverron Robinson shares how TalkTools kits helped his son Shamel, who has ASD, overcome apraxia and begin communicating after years of being nonverbal. TT Deverron Robinson TalkTools Blog May […]

Childhood Apraxia & Cerebral Palsy: Andrew’s OPT Success Story Home › Blog › Success Story: Andrew & Vanessa Success Story Childhood Apraxia & Cerebral Palsy: How OPT Helped Andrew Find His Voice Childhood apraxia of speech combined with cerebral palsy presents unique therapy challenges. Learn how Vanessa Anderson-Smith used TalkTools oral placement therapy to help […]

Apraxia Horn Hierarchy TalkTools: Noah’s Success Story Home › Blog › Apraxia horn hierarchy TalkTools: Noah’s Success Story Success Story Apraxia Horn Hierarchy TalkTools: Noah’s Success Story Noah had no speech at age 2, yet daily work with the TalkTools Horn Hierarchy and bite tubes helped him build oral motor skills, produce sounds, and reach […]

Kamdyn & Vanessa: Severe CAS Oral Motor Success Home › Blog › Success Story: Kamdyn & Vanessa Success Story Success Story: Kamdyn & Vanessa Therapist Vanessa Anderson-Smith revisits Kamdyn — a boy with severe Childhood Apraxia of Speech whose missed diagnosis and late OPT intervention still produced remarkable, rapid results. TT TalkTools Team TalkTools Blog […]

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 […]

TalkTools SLP Practice Transformation: Diane Felton’s Success Story Home › Blog › Success Story: Diane Success Story TalkTools SLP Practice Transformation: Diane Felton’s Success Story Durham SLP Diane Felton shares how TalkTools SLP practice transformation and Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson’s guidance helped her transform her most challenging cases — including a nonverbal TBI teen and a premature […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]