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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 posture before I started seeing him. Once I started working with him I had the family switch to straws only and eliminated the sippy cup. […]

March 11, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BUBBLE KIT, CHEWING HIERARCHY, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, HORN PROGRAM, HORN THERAPYORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SIPPY CUP, SPEECH PRODUCTION, SPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION, STRAW DRINKINGSTRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, STRAW PROGRAM, STRAW THERAPY, TONGUE, TONGUE MOVEMENT, TONGUE PLACEMENTTONGUE PROTRUSION, TONGUE SUCKING, TONGUE TIE

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 habit breaker that she has been wearing for a few years (the device that she wears on her front teeth and it stops the tongue […]

February 24, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, FRONTAL THRUST, HABIT BREAKER, INTERDENTAL THRUST, LATERAL THRUST, MYOFUNCTIONAL THERAPY, ORAL HABITSORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORTHODONTY, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SMILE PROGRAM, TONGUE THRUST, TONGUE THRUST PROGRAM

Ask A Therapist: Straw Drinking Progression

I recently purchased the straw therapy kit for my 17 1/2 month old daughter with Down syndrome. She was breastfed for the first year and we began transitioning to a straw cup around 9-10 months old. I also have kept the tip of the straw short each time. She does not have tongue protrusion and only occasionally […]

December 14, 2012 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS, DOWN SYNDROME, MONICA PURDY, STRAW CUP, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KITSTRAW THERAPY, TONGUE RETRACTION

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 eats pureed food, bananas, and Cheerios. He can chew chicken but doesn’t want to. Thanks,Susan It sounds like your son likes the sensory information he […]

October 8, 2012 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE TUBE HIERARCHY, BITE TUBE SET, CHEWING, CHEWING SKILLS, DOWN SYNDROMEFEEDING, GRABBER COMBO, GRABBERS, GREEN GRABBER, PREFEEDING, PURPLE GRABBER, SENSORY INPUT

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 fighting with him (holding one hand with her mouth, the other with her non-feeding hand and then spoon feeding with the other!). Feedings take at […]

August 14, 2012 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, CHARGE SYNDROME, FEEDING TUBE, FOOD INTAKE, LORI, LORI OVERLAND, NUTRITIVE FEEDING, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR SKILLS, SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD, SPECIAL NEEDS PARENT, SPOON FEEDING, TUBE FEEDING

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 a one year old girl with Down’s, she moves her head to the side to which the straw is presented to instantly suck the applesauce […]

July 30, 2012 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: A SENSORY-MOTOR APPROACH TO FEEDING, ASK A THERAPIST, BITE STRAWS, CHEWING HIERARCHY, CUP DRINKING, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING WORKSHOP, FEEDINGFEEDING THERAPY, LORI, LORI OVERLAND, STRAW DRINKING, TONGUE HUGS, TONGUE LATERALIZATIONTONGUE PROTRUSION, V SUPPORT

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 for 15 seconds with isometric pull. She can’t hold both of the bite blocks between her teeth at the same time with isometric pull (Exercise […]

July 23, 2012 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE BLOCK EXERCISES, BITE BLOCK HIERARCHY, BITE BLOCKS, BITE TUBE HIERARCHY, BITE TUBE SETJAW GRADING BITE BLOCKS, OPT BOOK, OPT PROGRAM, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY FOR SPEECH CLARITY AND FEEDINGSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, TALKTOOLS HIERARCHIES

Ask A Therapist: Complicated Premie with Feeding Issues

I am treating a beautiful, 4 month old baby born at 29 weeks gestation. Meyer was immediately intubated and sent to NICU where he experienced bouts of apnea. Meyer was given feeds on 2/3 for 5 days with good suck and intake, but subsequently required surgery for Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC – a gastrointestinal disease, that […]

July 16, 2012 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BRADYCARDIA, BRADYS, BREAST MILK, BREASTFEEDING, FEEDING, FEEDING TUBE, GERD, HABERMAN FEEDERLARYNGOMALACIA, LORI OVERLAND, NEC, NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS, NICU, OPMS, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR SKILLSORAL PHARYNGEAL MOTILITY STUDY, ORAL-MOTOR, PREMIE, THICKENED BREAST MILK

Ask A Therapist: Oral Motor Strengthening

I was just assigned a 13 month old who was diagnosed at birth with bells palsy. He is much better now and the weakness on one side only shows up when he smiles (mom showed me how it droops in pictures). I want to do some oral motor strengthening. I have chosen a combination of […]

July 9, 2012 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BECKMAN, BELLS PALSY, CHEEK RESISTANCE, CHEEK STRETCH, FEEDING THERAPY, FISH LIP POPS, LORI, LORI OVERLANDORAL MOTOR, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR STRENGHTENING, PRE-FEEDING EXERCISES