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ASHA CONVENTION IS NEXT WEEK! COME SEE US AT BOOTH 423, SESSIONS 1205 & 1689 ;)

Who’s excited for the annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention next week? The convention is happening November 17-19 in Philadelphia, PA. We are ready to blow your mind both at presentations and at booth #423 and serve you the best we can! THE BOOTH At the booth, you will be able to view and handle […]

November 10, 2016 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details
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A Modern Look at Van Riper’s Phonetic Placement Approach

by Robyn Merkel-Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP This poster was presented at the 2016 annual ASHA Connect Convention, Poster Session #PS02. Download the poster here ABSTRACT Presentation explores 1) traditional versus phonological therapy, 2) the sensory-motor system as it relates to speech, 3) the importance of tactile and proprioception in articulation therapy, 4) shaping placement of the articulators […]

July 11, 2016 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: #ASHACONNECT, AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, APRAXIA BILABIAL SHAPES, ARTICULATION THERAPY, ASHA CONNECTASHA CONVENTION, BITE BLOCKS, BOWEN, CLINICAL EVIDENCE, CONVENTION POSTER, DIANE BAHR, EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICEFROM THE EXPERTS, GREGORY LOF, HONEY BEAR, HONEY BEAR CUP, HONEY BEAR STRAW CUP, HONEY BEAR WITH FLEXIBLE STRAWJAW EXERCISER, JAW GRADING BITE BLOCKS, MERKEL-WALSH, MODERN THERAPY TOOLS, MYOFUNCTION, NSOM, NSOME, OMIORAL MOTOR EXERCISE, ORAL MOTOR INSTITUTE, ORAL MOTOR SUPPLIES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR TOOLS, ORAL PLACEMENT, ORAL PLACEMENT DISORDERORAL PLACEMENT RESEARCH, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL PLACEMENT TOOLS, PAM MARSHALLAPHONETIC PLACEMENT, PHONETIC PLACEMENT APPROACH, PHONETIC PLACEMENT CUE, PHONETIC PLACEMENT THERAPY, PHONOLOGICAL MODELPHONOLOGICAL THERAPY, PLACEMENT CUES, POSTER PRESENTATION, PPT, PROPRIOCEPTION, RED BITE BLOCKS, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSHSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SENSORY MOTOR SYSTEM, SENSORY-MOTOR ACTIVITY, SLP CONVENTION, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH MOVEMENTSPEECH THERAPY RESEARCH, SPEECH THERAPY SUPPLIES, SPEECH THERAPY TOOLS, TACTILE INTERVENTION, TACTILE THERAPYTACTILE-KINESTHETIC APPROACH, TACTILE-KINESTHETIC TECHNIQUE, THERAPY TOOLS, TRADITIONAL SPEECH THERAPY, VAN RIPER

Grace Kauk’s Oral Placement Therapy Work in Bulgaria

Grace Kauk writes about her Oral Placement Therapy work in Bulgaria. “I met Steve and Tanja Pankratz over email in February of 2015. Three weeks later, I was making plans to move to Bulgaria. The Pankratz’ are missionaries in Bulgaria through SEND International. Their 8-year-old son, Jaden, has Down Syndrome. When he was born, God began to […]

June 17, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
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Effects of Limited or Excessive Jaw Mobility during Conversational Speech

by Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson This presentation was made at the 2015 annual ASHA Convention, Session #1080. Abstract: Practicing Speech-Language Pathologists report that many clients demonstrate limited or excessive up-and-down jaw movements during communication as compared to their typically developing peers.  The results of this retrospective study suggest that atypical jaw skills are related to deficits in speech clarity in […]

January 6, 2016 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
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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
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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: Tongue Thrust

I have been working with a 2, almost 3, year old patient for 10 months. He initially came to me with delayed speech — one-syllable words with limited vocabulary and reduced intelligibility. He now uses 5-6 word sentences spontaneously, intelligibility has increased, he has added new speech sounds and errors are primarily /th/ and blends. […]

March 29, 2012 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE BLOCKS, FRENUM, JAW GRADING BITE BLOCKS, ORAL-MOTOR, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, TALKTOOLS BITE BLOCKSTONGUE THRUST