6 MONTHS: CONTINUED USE OF HONEY BEAR BOTTLE
Belle is now 6 months old and we have been working with the Honey Bear for over a month. She is doing a fantastic job learning how to drink out of a…
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5 MONTHS: FIRST HONEY BEAR THERAPY SESSION
After Belle’s initial evaluation with Whitney Pimentel, TalkTools Oral Placement Speech and Feeding Therapist, we knew right away that this was the partnership we had been looking for in effort…
Ask a Therapist: Feeding after Attending TalkTools’ Feeding Course
Hi Lori, I attended your Feeding Therapy: Sensory Motor Approach 2 day course. It was terrific and I’ve been implementing a lot of what I learned. I’ve seen some progress already. One…
ORAL MOTOR DEFICITS IN SPEECH-IMPAIRED CHILDREN WITH AUTISM
New article published in Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience of a cooperative research group that included: The Groden Centre, USA Division of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom Center for the Study of Human…
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…
Horns, Whistles, Bite Blocks and Straws by Pam Marshalla
This excellent article by Pam Marshalla, MA, CCC-SLP is posted on the Oral Motor Institute site and discusses how some tools and methods have been categorized as “nonspeach oral motor exercises” (NSOME)…
Ask A Therapist: Tongue Thrust
I have been working with a 2, almost 3, year old patient for 10 months. He initially came to me with delayed speech — one-syllable words with limited vocabulary and…
Ask A Therapist: Straw #4
I have a student that will be transitioning to straw #4. The ¼ of an inch varies depending on how she puts the straw in her mouth. Do you have guidelines…