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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 — a boy with severe Childhood Apraxia of Speech whose missed diagnosis and late OPT intervention still produced remarkable, rapid results. TT TalkTools Team TalkTools Blog […]

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

Diane Felton: TalkTools Transforms SLP Practice Home › Blog › Success Story: Diane Success Story Success Story: Diane Durham SLP Diane Felton shares how TalkTools and Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson’s guidance helped her transform her most challenging cases — including a nonverbal TBI teen and a premature triplet — into fully verbal individuals. TT Diane Felton, MA, […]

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

Baby T: Tongue Tie & Lip Tie Oral Motor Journey Home › Blog › Baby T and Her Ties Success Story Baby T and Her Ties An anonymous parent shares how TalkTools oral motor exercises and Lori Overland’s guidance helped Baby T overcome tongue and lip ties — restoring breastfeeding and resolving feeding struggles within […]

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