General Understanding Oral Placement Therapy Understanding Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) Home › General › Understanding Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) General Understanding Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) A comprehensive guide to improving speech clarity, feeding skills, and… February 4, 2026 General General Oral Habits: Why They Exist and How to Eliminate Them Oral Habits: Why They Exist and How to Eliminate Them Home › General › Oral Habits: Why They Exist and How to Eliminate Them General Oral Habits: Why They Exist… November 2, 2025 General General Bite Tubes 101: How TalkTools Bite Tube Supports Jaw Stability, Safer Chewing, and Speech Clarity Bite Tubes 101: TalkTools Bite Tubes for Jaw Stability Home › General › Bite Tubes 101 General Bite Tubes 101: How TalkTools Bite Tubes Support Jaw Stability, Safer Chewing, and… October 14, 2025 General Weekly Therapy Tip Speech Therapy Tools for Speech Clarity Clear speech isn’t learned by listening alone—it’s learned by feeling accurate movements. That’s why many clinicians use speech therapy tools for speech clarity to give kids precise, repeatable tactile cues… October 2, 2025 Weekly Therapy Tip Ask A Therapist Ask a Therapist: Differentiating Between Bite Blocks and Bite Tube Answer: The difference between bite blocks and bite tubes is that bite blocks target isometric jaw stability at set jaw positions (often 2–7), while bite tubes target dynamic jaw grading… March 13, 2024 Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist Ask a Therapist: Lip Incompetence Lip Incompetence Exercises: OPT Tips & Tools for SLPs | TalkTools® TalkTools › Blog › Ask a Therapist › Lip Incompetence Exercises Ask a Therapist Ask a Therapist: Lip Incompetence… January 22, 2024 Ask A Therapist Success Stories Success Story: Kamdyn & Vanessa Kamdyn & Vanessa: Severe CAS Oral Motor Success Home › Blog › Success Story: Kamdyn & Vanessa Success Story Success Story: Kamdyn & Vanessa Therapist Vanessa Anderson-Smith revisits Kamdyn —… June 16, 2017 Success Stories From the Experts 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… January 6, 2016 From the Experts Success Stories Success Story: Terrance & Vanessa Terrance & Vanessa: TalkTools Feeding Therapy Win Home › Blog › Success Story: Terrance & Vanessa Success Story Success Story: Terrance & Vanessa Therapist Vanessa Anderson-Smith shares how Terrance —… December 14, 2015 Success Stories Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist: Jaw Stability Protocol for Severe Underbite Hi Therapists, What do I do for a 19 year old student with a severe underbite (a gap of ½ inch between top and bottom teeth) when trying to use… February 25, 2015 Ask A Therapist