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Vibration Tools in Feeding Therapy: The Talk with April Anderson

Vibration Tools in Feeding Therapy: The Talk with April Anderson | TalkTools® Home › Blog › The Talk with April Anderson › Vibration Tools in Feeding Therapy The Talk with April Anderson Vibration Tools in Feeding Therapy: The Talk with April Anderson Vibration tools in feeding therapy can be extremely powerful and versatile. However, many […]

October 6, 2025 jayne The Talk with April Anderson Comments (0) Details
Tags: caregiver coaching, desensitization, feeding therapy tools, HYPOSENSITIVITY, IBCLC, LOW TONE, neuromotor, oral aversion, oral awareness, oral sensory, ORAL-MOTOR, PEDIATRIC DYSPHAGIA, pediatric feeding therapy, Sensi, sensory defensiveness, SLP, TALKTOOLS, The Talk with April Anderson, tube to oral transition, vibrating toothbrush, vibration

Ask A Therapist: Feeding Difficulty

Ask A Therapist: Feeding Difficulty in a 3-Year-Old | 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 Books […]

January 22, 2024 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: food aversion, LORI OVERLAND, LOW TONE, OPEN MOUTH POSTURE, ORAL-MOTOR, PEDIATRIC FEEDING, Pre-feeding skills, Sensory-motor feeding, TalkTools feeding course, Task analysis, Toddler feeding difficulty

Success Story: Colter & Vanessa

Down Syndrome Feeding Therapy: Colter’s Chewing Progress Home › Blog › Down Syndrome Feeding Therapy: Colter’s Chewing Progress Success Story Down Syndrome Feeding Therapy: Colter’s Chewing Progress Colter’s Down syndrome feeding therapy journey shows how targeted oral motor work and the TalkTools pre-feeding hierarchy helped him move from unsafe swallowing to successful chewing. TT Vanessa […]

September 23, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: A SENSORY-MOTOR APPROACH TO FEEDING, ANDERSON-SMITH SPEECH THERAPY, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, FEEDING THERAPYFEEDING THERAPY: A SENSORY-MOTOR APPROACH, HONEY BEAR, HONEY BEAR CUP, HONEY BEAR WITH FLEXIBLE STRAW, LIP CLOSURELIP ROUNDING, LORI OVERLAND, LOW TONE, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR SYSTEM, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR TRAININGORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, PRE-FEEDING, PRE-FEEDING EXERCISES, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH PRODUCTION, SPEECH THERAPY STORY, STRAW DRINKING, TALKTOOLS HIERARCHY, TALKTOOLS HONEY BEAR, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, THERAPY STORY, THERAPY SUCCESSTONGUE LATERALIZATION, VANESSA ANDERSON-SMITH

Ask A Therapist: Trouble Blowing

Hello. I recently purchased the parent kit to use with my son, Patrick. Patrick is 4 years old, has autism and low muscle tone, and is not yet speaking. I would like to begin the program with him as soon as possible, but he does not understand how to blow yet. I have begun to […]

January 9, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: AIRFLOW, APRAXIA, ASK A THERAPIST, AUTISM, CORE STRENGTH, HORN BLOWING, LOW MUSCLE TONE, LOW TONE, PARENT KITROBYN MERKEL-WALSH

Ask a Therapist: Down Syndrome Program Plan

Hi Lori, I recently took your “Feeding Therapy: A Sensory-Motor Approach” workshop and it was great!!  In the past year I’ve completed the “Oral-Motor Therapy: Assessment & Program Plan Development” DVD as well and started volunteering with the local Down Syndrome Association to practice what I’ve learned. My current client is a 4 year old boy […]

September 23, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, CHEECK STRETCH, CHEWY HIERARCHY, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION, DOWN SYNDROME PROGRAM PLANFACIAL MASSAGE, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, LORI OVERLAND, LOW TONE, ORAL MOTOR SKILLS, PRE-FEEDING PROGRAM, PROGRAM PLANTACTILE DEFENSIVENESS, TONGUE PROTRUSION