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Ask a Therapist: Lip Incompetence

Lip Incompetence Exercises: OPT Tips & Tools for SLPs | TalkTools® Skip to main content Free shipping on US orders over $99 Search products and courses Account 0 Cart Continuing Education New Courses Live Courses Self-Study Courses Course Bundles Become a Workshop Partner Learner Portal Shop Speech Tools Feeding Tools Sensory Tools Programs & Kits […]

January 22, 2024 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA TUBES, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUTTON PULL, JAW STABILITY, Jaw-lip dissociation, LIP CLOSURE, Lip Incompetence, LIP ROUNDING, Lip seal, Oral Placement Therapy (OPT), SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH THERAPY, STRAW HIERARCHY

Ask a Therapist: Sensory Processing Assistance with a Down Syndrome Client

Sensory Processing Chewing Down Syndrome | Ask a Therapist | TalkTools® Skip to main content Free shipping on US orders over $99 Search products and courses Account 0 Cart Continuing Education New Courses Live Courses Self-Study Courses Course Bundles Become a Workshop Partner Learner Portal Shop Speech Tools Feeding Tools Sensory Tools Programs & Kits […]

May 23, 2018 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, CHEEK MOBILITY, CHEWING HIERARCHY, CHEWY TUBES, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING BOOK, FEEDING COURSEFEEDING THERAPY, GAG, LIP CLOSURE, LORI OVERLAND, ORAL-MOTOR, SENSORY INTEGRATION, SENSORY PROCESSINGSENSORY-MOTOR APPROACH, TONGUE LATERALIZATION, TONGUE MOVEMENT, TONGUE PROTRUSION, TONGUE THRUST, VIBE FINE TIP, VIBE TIPSZ-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

13 MONTHS: FIRST TRY AT THE HORN HIERARCHY

At 13 months Belle has grown into having quite the personality. She finds it funny that we keep videoing her. She laughs and tries to follow the camera. We really have to keep up with her while feeding her pureed foods and puffs because she thinks this “camera thing” is quite the novelty.  While she […]

October 30, 2014 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: AIRFLOW, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, HORN #1HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, HORN THERAPY, LIP CLOSURE, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL-MOTOR, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, talk tools, TALKTOOLS, TONGUE RETRACTION

TalkTools Sponsor Spoon’S Feeding Therapy Work in Mauritius

Maureen Dykinga, MS, CCC-SLP, reached out to TalkTools last year to request a donation for SPOON Foundation‘s upcoming trip to Mauritius. The goal of this trip was to train the local caregivers to use good feeding techniques with children living in shelters. That mission was close to our heart as we strive to teach and spread good feeding techniques […]

August 1, 2014 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, CUT-OUT CUPS, DONATION, FEEDING CHALLENGES, FEEDING DISABILITIES, FEEDING EQUIPMENT, FEEDING ISSUESFEEDING POSITION, FEEDING PRACTICES, FEEDING SAFETY, FEEDING SKILLS, FEEDING TECHNIQUES, FEEDING THERAPY, FEEDING TOOLSFLEX, FLEXICUP, I CUPS, LIP CLOSURE, MALNUTRITION, MAROON SPOONS, MAURITIUS, SAFE FEEDING, SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTSPOON FOUNDATION, TALKTOOLS DONATION, VOLUNTEER WORK

Ask a Therapist: Cleft Palate & Feeding Therapy

Lori, I’ve taken your courses for Down’s syndrome and Assessment and Planning. I’m fairly new to feeding, but am having some success with Down’s clients (thank you and they thank you :). I just got a 15 month old with cleft on my caseload.  He’s had lip repair and his palate only has a small hole after surgery […]

August 20, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, CLEFT, CLEFT PALATE, CUP DRINKING, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, LIP CLOSURE, LIP MOBILITY, LIP REPAIRLIP ROUNDING, LIP STRETCH, LORI OVERLAND, STRAW DRINKING, TALKTOOLS COURSES

Ask A Therapist: Developmental Delay & Cerebral Palsy

Hi, I have two clients that I need assistance with. The first little girl is 5 years old and has developmental delay.  She is mostly non-verbal and communicates using Makaton.  We have used various bits of TalkTools equipment, combined with speech sound work (discrimination and encouragement to imitate single sounds).  So far we have worked through […]

March 27, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA, APRAXIA KIT, APRAXIA PROGRAM, ASK A THERAPIST, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, BUBBLE THERAPY, BUBBLE TUBECEREBRAL PALSY, DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, HORN BLOWING, HORN KIT, JAW CLOSURE TUBES, LIP CLOSURE, LIP ROUNDING, LORI OVERLANDMAKATON, Oral Placement Therapy, RENEE ROY HILL, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SOUND PRODUCTIONSPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, TONGUE DEPRESSOR, TONGUE RETRACTION, VOCALIZATION, VOWEL PRODUCTIONVOWEL SOUND