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Success Story: Beth & Heather

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 are Beth Marafiote and Heather Peterson’s inspiring testimonials. “My name is Beth Marafiote and I live in Parker, Colorado. I discovered TalkTools and Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson many […]

March 17, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, ASHA, ASHA 2015, ASHA CONFERENCE, ASHA CONVENTION, BETH MARAFIOTECONTINUING EDUCATION, DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CONNECTION OF THE BAY AREADOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DROOLING, FEEDING TOOLS, HEATHER PETERSON, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH THERAPISTS, SPEECH TOOLS, SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS

2 YEARS 8&9 MONTHS: UPS AND DOWNS

2 Years 8 Months Hello! Today we were walking through the snack/cereal aisle at the grocery store, and Belle had spotted something so she ran ahead. She quickly grabbed a box of the shelf and came running back with it, exclaiming with all her excitement, “Daddy fruit chews!” Three words. Clear as day. No question […]

February 29, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, COMMUNICATION, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME COMMUNICATION, DOWN SYNDROME GIRL, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DR KINDER, JULIA KINDER, OPTORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH THERAPY FOR DOWN SYNDROME, TALKTOOLS CLIENT, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, VERBALIZATION, WHITNEY PIMENTEL

Success Story | Cora Rose

Miss Cora Rose, a TalkTools® client since an infant, will be featured in a 60-second Super Bowl commercial tomorrow night! She has been modeling for a shoe company called Livie and Luca under the “Changing the Face of Beauty” movement (pictures below) … And now is featured in a SunTrust commercial “Hold Your Breath” (video below), […]

February 6, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
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2 YEARS 6&7 MONTHS: SEEING PROGRESS

2 Years 6 Months Here are a few recent pictures of Belle. (Yes, the second picture is of Belle letting us bury her in the sand.)   Belle just crossed the 100 word mark for words that she voluntarily verbalizes on her own! Some of her latest words include “doctor, swimsuit, goggles,” and “fruit chews.” She has […]

January 27, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BUBBLE BEAR, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE BLOWING HIERARCHY, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, DOWN SYNDROME, HORN #3, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, OPT, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ORIGINAL HORN KIT, TALKTOOLS BUBBLE KIT, TALKTOOLS HORN #3, TALKTOOLS HORN HIERARCHY, TALKTOOLS HORN KIT, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, WHITNEY PIMENTEL

TALKTOOLS INSTRUCTOR IN NORWAY, LINE AVERS IN MEDIA PLANET

In this article in Norwegian published in Media Planet, Line Avers discusses the need in many cases to look at the child´s foundational skills for feeding and speech. “In feeding therapy just as in speech therapy, it’s about doing exercises that contribute to strengthen mouth muscles and improve oral motor skills,” says TalkTools® Instructor in Norway, Line Avers. “Det er mange barn […]

January 19, 2016 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details
Tags: BARNAS SPRÅKSENTER, CEREBRAL PALSY, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING THERAPY, FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS, FROM THE EXPERTS, LINE AVERSNORWAY, NORWEGIAN, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, SENSORY FEEDING, SENSORY ISSUES, SENSORY PROCESSINGSENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SPEECH THERAPY

2 YEARS 2&3 MONTHS: BECOMING CHATTY

2 Years 2 Months Belle is doing well and has really been enjoying being 2 🙂 She was a clown for Halloween and loved everything about that holiday. She even let me paint her face! Another picture shows her having fun at an outdoor lighting display, and the last is of Belle watching television while […]

November 30, 2015 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, DOWN SYNDROME, GUM CHEWING, KISSES EXERCISES, OPTORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, WHITNEY PIMENTEL

Ella Under the Spotlight

We are proud to show you this video of Ella Kinder, daughter of our presenter Dr. Julia Pewitt Kinder! Ella has Down Syndrome and this doesn’t prevent her from singing and dancing beautifully. When she was a little girl, she inspired her mom to develop products and services to help other parents with early education. […]

November 11, 2015 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CONSULTANT, DOWN SYNDROME SINGING, DOWN SYNDROME SPEECH THERAPYDOWN'S SYNDROME, ELLA KINDER, GIRL SINGING, JULIA KINDER, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORROOTS ACADEMY, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH THERAPY FOR DOWN SYNDROME, SUCCESS STORIES, TEEN SINGING, TEEN WITH DOWN SYNDROMEUNCATEGORIZED

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

Success Story: Maddox

Maddox Before & After TalkTools® Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) After our daughter Maddox was born, one of the first things her teacher said to us was, “Be sure that she can talk.”  Not just any kind of talk, but it was critical that Maddox learn to speak clearly.  As Miss Marie put it, “Intelligibility is […]

August 24, 2015 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: DOWN SYNDROME, MADDOX, OPT, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH THERAPYSUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, TONGUE THRUST