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Ask a Therapist: Sensory Processing Assistance with a Down Syndrome Client

Sensory Processing Chewing Down Syndrome | Ask a Therapist | TalkTools® Skip to main content Free shipping on US orders over $99 Search products and courses Account 0 Cart Continuing Education New Courses Live Courses Self-Study Courses Course Bundles Become a Workshop Partner Learner Portal Shop Speech Tools Feeding Tools Sensory Tools Programs & Kits […]

May 23, 2018 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, CHEEK MOBILITY, CHEWING HIERARCHY, CHEWY TUBES, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING BOOK, FEEDING COURSEFEEDING THERAPY, GAG, LIP CLOSURE, LORI OVERLAND, ORAL-MOTOR, SENSORY INTEGRATION, SENSORY PROCESSINGSENSORY-MOTOR APPROACH, TONGUE LATERALIZATION, TONGUE MOVEMENT, TONGUE PROTRUSION, TONGUE THRUST, VIBE FINE TIP, VIBE TIPSZ-VIBE

Ask A Therapist: Down Syndrome & Feeding

Hello, my daughter is almost 2 years old and has Down Syndrome. We had the opportunity to meet Lori Overland when my daughter was about 9 months old. I feel so fortunate to have found TalkTools while my daughter was very young, although we still have some struggles. Our OT is familiar with TalkTools and […]

May 23, 2018 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, ASK A THERAPIST, BITE BLOCKS, BITE TUBE SET, BITE TUBES, CHEWY TUBES, DOWN SYNDROMEDOWN SYNDROME COURSE, FIND A THERAPIST, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, LORI OVERLAND, REVERSE SWALLOW, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSHSPECIAL NEEDS CHILD, SPECIAL NEEDS PARENT, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHY, SUCKLING, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, TONGUE PROTRUSIONTONGUE THRUST

Success Story: Noah Grows Up with Apraxia

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 […]

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: Lily & Vanessa

Lily & Vanessa: Cleft Palate OPT Speech Therapy Home › Blog › Success Story: Lily & Vanessa Success Story Success Story: Lily & Vanessa Therapist Vanessa Anderson-Smith details how TalkTools OPT tools helped Lily — born with unilateral cleft lip and palate and tube-fed — achieve 3-4 word sentences consistently by age 3. TT Vanessa […]

July 14, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANDERSON-SMITH SPEECH THERAPY, CHEWY TUBES, CLEFT LIP, CLEFT LIP AND PALATE, CLEFT PALATEFEEDING THERAPY, JAW STRENGTH, LIP CLOSURE, MUSCLE AWARENESS, OPT, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR SYSTEMORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR TRAINING ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, SENSORY SYSTEM, SENSORY WARM UP, SOUND PRODUCTIONSPECIAL NEEDS ADOPTION, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH PRODUCTION, SPEECH THERAPY STORY, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS HIERARCHY, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, THERAPY STORY, THERAPY SUCCESS, TUBE FEEDING, VANESSA ANDERSON-SMITH

Success Story: Terrance & Vanessa

Terrance & Vanessa: TalkTools Feeding Therapy Win Home › Blog › Success Story: Terrance & Vanessa Success Story Success Story: Terrance & Vanessa Therapist Vanessa Anderson-Smith shares how Terrance — a 26-month-old told he would ‘never chew properly’ — learned to eat everything at the family dinner table within 6 months of TalkTools OPT. TT […]

December 14, 2015 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANDERSON-SMITH SPEECH THERAPY, BUBBLE BLOWING HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, CHEWING HIERARCHY, CHEWY TUBES, FEEDING THERAPYFEEDING THERAPY ASSESSMENT, HONEY BEAR, HORN 1, HORN HIERARCHY, JAW STABILITY, LIP ROUNDING, OPT, ORAL MOTOR THERAPYORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY ASSESSMENT, ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY PLAN, PRE-FEEDING EXERCISESRED CHEWY TUBE, RENEE ROY HILL, SENSORY MOTOR SYSTEM, SPEECH THERAPY ASSESSMENT, SPEECH THERAPY PLANSPEECH THERAPY TREATMENT PLAN, STRAW #3, STRAW HIERARCHY, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS TRAINED THERAPIST, TERRANCETHERAPY SUCCESS STORY, TONGUE RETRACTION, VANESSA ANDERSON-SMITH, YELLOW CHEWY TUBE

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

Ask A Therapist: Jaw Stability Protocol for Severe Underbite

Hi Therapists, What do I do for a 19 year old student with a severe underbite (a gap of ½ inch between top and bottom teeth) when trying to use the jaw stability protocol? Thank you. When you are working on the Bite Blocks for jaw stability and the Bite Tube hierarchy, you will want to make sure […]

February 25, 2015 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE BLOCKS, BITE TUBE SET, BITE TUBES, CHEWY TUBE, CHEWY TUBES, DENTAL STRUCTURE, JAW STABILITY, MONICA PURDY, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORTHODONTY, TALKTOOLS, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, UNDERBITE

Ask A Therapist: Jaw Instability and Parent “Homework”?

Hi TalkTools,   I recently completed the self-study course “A Three Part Plan for Oral Placement Therapy.” Really enjoyed the course and hoping to use the knowledge with patients. I have 2 questions to start:   1) I see that the jaw assessment is done with bite blocks and then the bite blocks are used for therapy as […]

December 12, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE BLOCKS, BITE TUBE HIERARCHY, BITE TUBE SET, CHEWY TUBES, JAW GRADING BITE BLOCKS, JAW INSTABILITY, RENEERENEE ROY HILL, SPEECH HOMEWORK, SPEECH THERAPY HOMEWORK

Ask a Therapist: OPT with Adult Suffering from MSA

Hi! I am a trained speech-language pathologist, working in Sweden. I have taken part of the video-based course in the OPT-method and have very positive experiences from using the program with my former clients in a children’s rehabilitation center. Now I work with elderly patients, primarily suffering from stroke but also with a wide spectra […]

August 5, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ADULT, ADULT CLIENT, ADULT PATIENT, AIRFLOW, ASK A THERAPIST, BITE TUBE SET, BITE TUBES, CHEWY TUBES, DEGENERATIVE DISEASEDYSARTHRIA, DYSPHAGIA, HORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, HORN THERAPY, LEE SILVERMAN-METHOD, MSA, OPTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, PARKINSON, PARKINSONS, SPEECH THERAPY, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, STRAW THERAPYSTROKE RECOVERY