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Ask A Therapist: TMJ Sensory Feedback for Calming

Hey Sara, Recently you had a parent open question meeting in Corpus Christi, TX. I was there with my 8 month old baby. You were talking to a woman who’s 5-ish son with Down syndrome was repeatedly hitting his chin. You mentioned he was satisfying a feeling that was in his jaw by that action. […]

November 12, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BABY WITH DOWN SYNDROME, BITE TUBE HIERARCHY, BITE TUBE SET, BITE TUBES, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDINGFEEDING THERAPY, JAW STRENGTH, JAW WEAKNESS, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SENSORY FEEDBACK, SENSORY INPUT, talk tools, TALKTOOLS, TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT, TMJTMJ STIMULATION

Ask A Therapist: Optimal Bite & Structural Cross Bite

Hello Sara, I took your course in NYC Sept 2013. I have a question, if you don’t mind answering, I have a student with down’s syndrome who is 12 years old and up until now has not been motivated to work many aspects of speech and language.  This year she is more motivated and feel […]

November 5, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, CROSS BITE, DOWN SYNDROME, JAW STRENGTH, OPTIMAL BITE, ORTHODONTICS, POSITIONAL CROSS BITESARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, STRUCTURAL CROSS BITE

Dashiell Wins the Award for Self-Advocacy

“When our son Dashiell was born in early 2004 with Down syndrome, we immediately began researching possible intervention and therapy options. We realized that in our talkative family, speech would be our priority. When we found an article by Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, MS, CCC-SLP about her oral-motor therapy, the connections between feeding and speech really made sense to […]

November 4, 2014 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: BITE BLOCKS, BUTTON PULL, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CLASS, DOWN SYNDROME COURSE, FEEDING THERAPY, JAW EXERCISERLORI OVERLAND, MUSCLE TONE, OPT, ORAL HABITS, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, SPEECH THERAPYSTRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW PROGRAM, STRAW THERAPY, SUCCESS STORIES, TONGUE DEPRESSOR

13 MONTHS: FIRST TRY AT THE HORN HIERARCHY

At 13 months Belle has grown into having quite the personality. She finds it funny that we keep videoing her. She laughs and tries to follow the camera. We really have to keep up with her while feeding her pureed foods and puffs because she thinks this “camera thing” is quite the novelty.  While she […]

October 30, 2014 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: AIRFLOW, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, HORN #1HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, HORN THERAPY, LIP CLOSURE, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL-MOTOR, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, talk tools, TALKTOOLS, TONGUE RETRACTION

ANNABELLE’S 1ST YEAR CONCLUSION

The past 12 months have taken us on a new and unexpected journey. We are so blessed to have the support of many as we reflect on Belle’s 1st year. At the top of our support list would be our inspiring Therapist, Whitney, as well as the knowledgeable staff at TalkTools. They have enabled us to […]

September 30, 2014 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BABY WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPYFINGER CUFF, INFANT TOOTHBRUSH, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTOR, SPEECH THERAPYSPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, talk tools, TALKTOOLS, THERAPY TOOTHBRUSH

12 MONTHS: SHE LOVES HER STRAWS

We have come a long way in the past several months, particularly since we teamed up with TalkTools to help provide therapy for our daughter Annabelle, who has Down syndrome. We love the progress our daughter has made in the past 12 months. She is so happy and lively, and frankly, we are too. She […]

August 30, 2014 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BABY FOOD, BABY WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDINGFEEDING THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTOR, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOMESTRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, talk tools, TALKTOOLS, TALKTOOLS CLIENT

Ask A Therapist: Bite Tube Hierarchy for TMJ Stimulation

Dear TalkTools, My son, David, is 4 years old and has Down syndrome. He has, in the last year, started chewing on his tongue. I have tried giving him the P & Q to chew on and also the Gator Jiggler. The Gator works for a time and the P’s and Q’s do not seem […]

August 27, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, CHEWY HIERARCHY, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, LOW MUSCLE TONE, LOW TONEMUSCLE WEAKNESS, ORAL HABITS, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTOR, TALK TOOLSTALKTOOLS, TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT, TMJ, TMJ STIMULATION

Ask A Therapist: Therapy Cards & Bite Tube

Hi Sara, I am Jonathan’s speech therapist, his Mom and I had a few questions for you. 1. When working with your therapy cards should we provide jaw support due to his jaw sliding or just stay on lower level cards that don’t cause his jaw to slide until his jaw strengthens from the OPT […]

August 20, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE BLOCKS, BITE TUBE SET, BITE TUBES, CHEWY HIERARCHY, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDINGFEEDING THERAPY, OPT CARD SET, OPT CARDS, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTOR, PROGRAM PLAN, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH THERAPY CARDS, talk tools, TALKTOOLSTALKTOOLS CARD SET, THERAPY CARDS

Ask A Therapist: Tongue Tip Position /S/ & /Z/

Hi Sara,   My friend Diane told me that you have been exploring alternate tongue positions for sibilants and recommended that I ask you the following question: Assuming there are no airway issues, how important is it to correct the resting posture of the tongue in order to enable correct production of sibilants?   I […]

August 13, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: /S/, /Z/, ASK A THERAPIST, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL-MOTOR, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SIBILANTS, talk tools, TALKTOOLS, TONGUE RESTING POSTURETONGUE TIP ELEVATION, TONGUE TIP LATERALIZATION, TONGUE TIP POSITION, TONGUE TIP TOOLS

Ask A Therapist: Straws & Tongue Placement

Hi Sara, I have taken your Oral Placement course and you currently have devised a plan regarding this program for my son Cole. I have a question however it is regarding something I am seeing in treatment (I am an OT) when using the straw program. I have a patient who has down syndrome, 6 months ago could […]

August 6, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE STRAWS, CHEEK CUEING, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL-MOTOR, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SINGLE SIP, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KITSTRAW PROGRAM, STRAW THERAPY, SUCKLE PATTERN, TONGUE PROTRUSION, TONGUE RETRACTION