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Ask a Therapist: Dystonic Cerebral Palsy Extension Patterns and Jaw Weakness

Hi there, I have just assessed an absolutely delightful little four-year-old boy with a diagnosis of Dystonic Cerebral Palsy. All four limbs are affected but the weakness is more apparent on the right side. My assessment has shown significant jaw weakness and instability—he begins to jaw jut and slide after three seconds of attempting a […]

May 6, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BILATERAL, BITE BLOCKS, BODY PLACEMENT, BODY POSITION, BODY SYMMETRY, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KITBUBBLE THERAPY, CEREBRAL PALSY, DYSTONIC CEREBRAL PALSY, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, HORN THERAPYJAW STRENGTH, JAW WEAKNESS, LORI OVERLAND, MIDLINE

Ask a Therapist: Horn Hierarchy – Should Clients Puff Their Cheeks?

Hi Sara, I took your three-day introductory course years ago and one video course with Renee a couple of years ago.  There is a basic tenant to horn therapy that I cannot find in my notes, and I’m hoping you can clear this up for me.  When a child is blowing on a horn, is it correct […]

April 16, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, CHEEK EXERCISES, CHEEK MUSCLES, HORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, HORN THERAPY, HORNSLIP PROTRUSION, ORAL PHASE OF FEEDING, PUFFING CHEEKS, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON

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

Horns, Whistles, Bite Blocks and Straws by Pam Marshalla

This excellent article by Pam Marshalla, MA, CCC-SLP is posted on the Oral Motor Institute site and discusses how some tools and methods have been categorized as “nonspeach oral motor exercises” (NSOME) but these same tools and methods were used by Van Riper and other pioneers of articulation therapy. Click here to Read PLEASE READ!

April 9, 2012 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: BITE BLOCKS, FROM THE EXPERTS, HORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, JAW GRADING BITE BLOCKS, NSOME OMIORAL MOTOR INSTITUTE, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTOR, PAM MARSHALLA, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW KIT, TALKTOOLS BITE BLOCKSTALKTOOLS HORN HIERARCHY, TALKTOOLS STRAW HIERARCHY, TALKTOOLS THERAPY

Ask A Therapist: “Fixing” During Horn Hierarchy Exercises

I use the horn hierarchy and really love the results. One of my clients, a young girl, tenses her muscles – shoulder, stomach, facial, etc, to blow and make the appropriate sound for appropriate duration. How do I stop this compensation? The client is “fixing” – using a compensatory pattern that lets the SLP know the client […]

February 7, 2012 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BODY POSTURE, HORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, TACTILE CUEING, TALKTOOLS HORN HIERARCHYTALKTOOLS HORN KIT