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Ask A Therapist: YOU are your Child’s Best Advocate!

Hi, I was recently at the NDSC conference in Denver where I heard Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson speak and saw her video about the improvements in speech that are possible among young adults with Down syndrome. My son is 12 and today I spoke with his school SLP who told me the following: 1. Oral motor therapies are not […]

October 17, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, ASHA POSTER, ASHA PRESENTATION, ASK A THERAPIST, DOWN SYNDROME, EBPEVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE, GREGORY LOF, NSOME, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, PARENT ADVOCACY, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH

Ask A Therapist: Nutritive Feeding for Charge Syndrome

I have a 4 year old student with CHARGE SYNDROME. He has minimal intake and could be looking at a feeding tube if this declines any more. Mom is totally fighting with him (holding one hand with her mouth, the other with her non-feeding hand and then spoon feeding with the other!). Feedings take at […]

August 14, 2012 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, CHARGE SYNDROME, FEEDING TUBE, FOOD INTAKE, LORI, LORI OVERLAND, NUTRITIVE FEEDING, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR SKILLS, SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD, SPECIAL NEEDS PARENT, SPOON FEEDING, TUBE FEEDING

Ask A Therapist: Bite Block Hierarchy Application

I bought the OPT Program, but am struggling with one part of it. I have a child who can hold the bite block #2 between her teeth on the L and R sides for 15 seconds with isometric pull. She can’t hold both of the bite blocks between her teeth at the same time with isometric pull (Exercise […]

July 23, 2012 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE BLOCK EXERCISES, BITE BLOCK HIERARCHY, BITE BLOCKS, BITE TUBE HIERARCHY, BITE TUBE SETJAW GRADING BITE BLOCKS, OPT BOOK, OPT PROGRAM, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY FOR SPEECH CLARITY AND FEEDINGSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, TALKTOOLS HIERARCHIES

Ask A Therapist: Complicated Premie with Feeding Issues

I am treating a beautiful, 4 month old baby born at 29 weeks gestation. Meyer was immediately intubated and sent to NICU where he experienced bouts of apnea. Meyer was given feeds on 2/3 for 5 days with good suck and intake, but subsequently required surgery for Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC – a gastrointestinal disease, that […]

July 16, 2012 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BRADYCARDIA, BRADYS, BREAST MILK, BREASTFEEDING, FEEDING, FEEDING TUBE, GERD, HABERMAN FEEDERLARYNGOMALACIA, LORI OVERLAND, NEC, NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS, NICU, OPMS, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR SKILLSORAL PHARYNGEAL MOTILITY STUDY, ORAL-MOTOR, PREMIE, THICKENED BREAST MILK

Ask A Therapist: Oral Motor Strengthening

I was just assigned a 13 month old who was diagnosed at birth with bells palsy. He is much better now and the weakness on one side only shows up when he smiles (mom showed me how it droops in pictures). I want to do some oral motor strengthening. I have chosen a combination of […]

July 9, 2012 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BECKMAN, BELLS PALSY, CHEEK RESISTANCE, CHEEK STRETCH, FEEDING THERAPY, FISH LIP POPS, LORI, LORI OVERLANDORAL MOTOR, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR STRENGHTENING, PRE-FEEDING EXERCISES