Annabelle's Progress 8 MONTHS: SENSORY WARM-UP AND FEEDING THERAPY Belle has been progressing nicely in her therapy program developed by TalkTools. This month we continued working on her Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) by introducing pureed foods. We like to… May 1, 2014 Annabelle's Progress Annabelle's Progress 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… January 29, 2014 Annabelle's Progress Annabelle's Progress 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… December 17, 2013 Annabelle's Progress Ask A Therapist 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… July 29, 2013 Ask A Therapist From the Experts 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… June 26, 2013 From the Experts Ask A Therapist 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… July 16, 2012 Ask A Therapist From the Experts 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)… April 9, 2012 From the Experts Ask A Therapist 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… March 29, 2012 Ask A Therapist Ask A Therapist 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… March 20, 2012 Ask A Therapist