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Success Story: Kamdyn & Vanessa

3 years ago I was seeing a little boy named Kamdyn who had just turned 2 a couple months prior, through our state’s early intervention program. I was presented with some general background info such as scores, goals of the family, and his limited verbal productions. Also, he had 18 documented ear infections! All signs […]

June 16, 2017 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA, BITE TUBE HIERARCHY, BITE TUBE SET, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, CAS, CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH, EAR INFECTIONS, EARLY INTERVENTION, GUM CHEWING, HIERARCHICAL APPROACH, HIGH PALATEHORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, JAW ASYMMETRY, JAW STABILITY, JAW STRENGTH, LIP ROUNDING, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISESORAL PLACEMENT EXERCISES, Oral Placement Therapy, REVERSE SWALLOW, SENSORY WARMUP, SEVERE APRAXIA, SLOW FEEDSPEECH EVALUATION, SPEECH PRODUCTION, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, THERAPY SUCCESS, TONGUE TIEVANESSA ANDERSON-SMITH, Z-VIBE

Success Story: Lily & Vanessa

LILY, 3 YEARS 4 MONTHS OLD, UNILATERAL CLEFT LIP AND PALATE When I saw that my former supervisor from my job during college and graduate school was adopting another special needs child from China, I was glued to their journey (the family had adopted a boy with cleft lip/palate from China previously). I watched from my computer screen […]

July 14, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANDERSON-SMITH SPEECH THERAPY, CHEWY TUBES, CLEFT LIP, CLEFT LIP AND PALATE, CLEFT PALATEFEEDING THERAPY, JAW STRENGTH, LIP CLOSURE, MUSCLE AWARENESS, OPT, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR SYSTEMORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR TRAINING ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, SENSORY SYSTEM, SENSORY WARM UP, SOUND PRODUCTIONSPECIAL NEEDS ADOPTION, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH PRODUCTION, SPEECH THERAPY STORY, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS HIERARCHY, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, THERAPY STORY, THERAPY SUCCESS, TUBE FEEDING, VANESSA ANDERSON-SMITH

19 MONTHS: 18 WORDS & 18 SIGNS

Belle is starting to imitate words more which I am excited about. To date, she has approximately 18 words and 18 signs. She is very animated and quite dramatic at times 🙂 Annabelle continues to eat well and is doing great with her new Straw #4. She has improved tremendously with her “chomping” exercises in the […]

April 30, 2015 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE THERAPY, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING EXERCISES, FEEDING THERAPY, HORN BLOWING, HORN THERAPY, JAW STRENGTH, SPEECH THERAPY, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHYSTRAW THERAPY

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

Baby T and Her Ties

“When our daughter was born with a tongue and lip tie, we were presented with a problem that we didn’t know how to address. Breastfeeding is important to us and we really wanted to give it our best effort. Feeling overwhelmed after having an unsuccessful tongue tie revision, we turned to Lori Overland, MS, CCC-SLP, C/NDT and the […]

August 1, 2014 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: BREASTFEEDING, FEEDING SAFETY, FEEDING THERAPY, JAW STRENGTH, LIP TIE, LIP TIE REVISION, LORI OVERLAND, OPTORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, SUCCESS STORIES, SUCCESS STORY, TESTIMONIAL, TONGUE TIETONGUE TIE REVISION

Ask A Therapist: Teeth Grinding

My child has no problems with eating or drinking, but grinds his teeth until I want to grind mine! His dentist says it’s common in kids with Down syndrome. I saw your teeth grinding items and wondered if they might help? He is 5 years old, does not speak much – he imitates sounds, growls […]

December 16, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE BLOCKS, BITE TUBE HIERARCHY, BITE TUBE SET, BITE TUBES, DOWN SYNDROME JAW BOOKJAW GRADING BITE BLOCKS, JAW INSTABILITY, JAW STIMULATION, JAW STRENGTH, JAW WEAKNESS, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSONTEETH GRINDING, TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT, TMJ, TMJ STIMULATION

Ask A Therapist: Teeth Grinding

My child has no problems with eating or drinking, but grinds his teeth until I want to grind mine! His dentist says it’s common in kids with Down syndrome. I saw your teeth grinding items and wondered if they might help? He is 5 years old, does not speak much – he imitates sounds, growls […]

December 16, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE BLOCKS, BITE TUBE HIERARCHY, BITE TUBE SET, BITE TUBES, JAW INSTABILITY, JAW STIMULATION, JAW STRENGTH, JAW WEAKNESS, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSONTEETH GRINDING, TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT, TMJ, TMJ STIMULATION