Annabelle's Progress 17 MONTHS: ATTENDING A COURSE AND IMPROVING HER EXERCISES I recently attended the “Three-Part Treatment Plan for Oral Placement Therapy” and it was great. Monica was the presenter and I really learned a lot. It helped to show me what exercises and goals… February 28, 2015 Annabelle's Progress From the Experts EARLY ORAL-MOTOR INTERVENTIONS FOR PEDIATRIC FEEDING PROBLEMS: WHAT, WHEN AND HOW “Early Oral-Motor Interventions for Pediatric Feeding Problems: What, When and How” Authors: Cecilia J. Manno, Catherine Fox, Peggy S. Eicher and MaryLouise E. Kerwin JEIBI VOLUME 2, ISSUE NO. 3,… February 26, 2015 From the Experts Annabelle's Progress 16 MONTHS: SELF-FEEDING AND GETTING CHATTY Earlier this month Annabelle was spitting out almost all of her food. It was extremely frustrating, to say the least. We knew that she needed all the calories that she could… January 31, 2015 Annabelle's Progress From the Experts SOME GREAT BLOG POSTS ON PEDIATRIC FEEDING Follow the link below to read 5 of 2014’s best blog posts on feeding. Topics range from “stepping away from the Sippy Cup” to the “Medical Side of Pediatric Feeding.” Pediatric Feeding Tops… January 9, 2015 From the Experts Annabelle's Progress 15 MONTHS: ANNABELLE’S CHRISTMAS UPDATE! Annabelle has seen incredible improvement over the past couple of months. Since her last update, Annabelle is continuing to eat table foods and drink from her Straw Cup using the Straw #2 in… December 30, 2014 Annabelle's Progress Elizabeth's Journey THE BEST GIFT FROM ELIZABETH As our journey continued, I was able to revisit the “to do” category of a preschool for Elizabeth.  We initially had tried a preschool in our area that had half… November 15, 2014 Elizabeth's Journey Success Stories Dashiell Wins the Award for Self-Advocacy Down Syndrome Self-Advocacy: Dashiell & TalkTools Home › Blog › Dashiell Wins the Award for Self-Advocacy Success Story Dashiell Wins the Award for Self-Advocacy How nearly a decade of TalkTools… November 4, 2014 Success Stories Annabelle's Progress 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… October 30, 2014 Annabelle's Progress Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist: Strong Gag Reflex Tervehdys!   I am speech pathologist from Finland, took your class about Feeding Therapy: a sensory-motor approach at Helsinki last May. I am sending you an e-mail, because I met a new… October 8, 2014 Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist: A Therapeutic Alternative to Mouthing Habits Hi Sara,   It has been awhile since we have seen you in Richmond! James is doing well. His speech seems pretty normal to us at this point (maybe some subtle… September 24, 2014 Ask A Therapist