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TALKTOOLS INSTRUCTOR IN NORWAY, LINE AVERS IN MEDIA PLANET

In this article in Norwegian published in Media Planet, Line Avers discusses the need in many cases to look at the child´s foundational skills for feeding and speech. “In feeding therapy just as in speech therapy, it’s about doing exercises that contribute to strengthen mouth muscles and improve oral motor skills,” says TalkTools® Instructor in Norway, Line Avers. “Det er mange barn […]

January 19, 2016 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details
Tags: BARNAS SPRÅKSENTER, CEREBRAL PALSY, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING THERAPY, FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS, FROM THE EXPERTS, LINE AVERSNORWAY, NORWEGIAN, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, SENSORY FEEDING, SENSORY ISSUES, SENSORY PROCESSINGSENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SPEECH THERAPY

AAPPSPA Position Statement – Oral-Motor Therapy

Good news! The American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology (AAPPSPA) has accepted a position statement TalkTools® Instructor Robyn Merkel-Walsh proposed on Oral Motor Therapy. American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology (AAPPSPA) Position Statement – Oral-motor Therapy Originally posted on AAPPSPA website. By Robyn Merkel-Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP Foreword: In order to investigate […]

December 2, 2015 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: AAPPSPA, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PRIVATE PRACTICE IN SPEECH PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY, ASHA SIG13, AUDITORY AND VISUAL CUEINGCLINICAL EVIDENCE, CUE FADING, DYSARTHRIA, DYSPHAGIA, EBP, EVIDENCED BASED PRACTICE, FEEDING THERAPY, FROM THE EXPERTSGREGORY LOF, IAOM INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF OROFACIAL MYOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OROFACIAL MYOLOGY, LOFMOTO-KINESTHETIC SPEECH TRAINING, MOTOR-BASED DIAGNOSES, MUSCLE-BASED DIAGNOSES, MUSCLES OF THE ABDOMENMYOFUNCTIONAL THERAPY, NON-SPEECH ORAL-MOTOR EXERCISES, NSOME, OMD, OPD, OPT, ORAL IMITATION TASKS, ORAL MOTOR INSTITUTE, ORAL MOTOR THERAPYORAL PLACEMENT DISORDER, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL SPEECH TOOLS, ORAL-MOTOR TREATMENTOROFACIAL MYOFUNCTIONAL DISORDERS, OROFACIAL MYOLOGIST, PERSPECTIVES ON SWALLOWING AND SWALLOWING DISORDERSPHONETIC PLACEMENT THERAPY, PPT, PRE-FEEDING EXERCISES, PROMPT FACIAL CUE, SENSORY-MOTOR DYSFUNCTIONSPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION, SWALLOWING EXERCISES, TACTILE INTERVENTION, TACTILE-KINESTHETIC FACILITATION TECHNIQUETACTILE-KINESTHETIC TECHNIQUE, THE FEEDBACK MODEL, THERAPY TOOL

2 YEARS 2&3 MONTHS: BECOMING CHATTY

2 Years 2 Months Belle is doing well and has really been enjoying being 2 🙂 She was a clown for Halloween and loved everything about that holiday. She even let me paint her face! Another picture shows her having fun at an outdoor lighting display, and the last is of Belle watching television while […]

November 30, 2015 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, DOWN SYNDROME, GUM CHEWING, KISSES EXERCISES, OPTORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, WHITNEY PIMENTEL

Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) vs. Non-Speech Oral Motor Exercises (NSOME): Understanding the Debate

By: Robyn Merkel-Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP & Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, MS, CCC-SLP This poster was presented at the 2015 annual ASHA Convention, Session #9333, Poster Board #602. INTRODUCTION Presentation explores 1) defining Non-Speech Oral Motor Exercises, 2) defining Oral Placement Therapy, 3) understanding the difference between NSOME and OPT, 4) clinical implications for Evidenced Based Practice. Two widely used models of articulation […]

November 18, 2015 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: ARTICULATORS, ASHA 2015, ASHA POSTER SESSION, BILABIAL CLARITY, BILABIAL PRODUCTION, EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE, FEEDBACK MODELFROM THE EXPERTS, GREGORY LOF, LOF, NON-SPEECH ORAL MOTOR, NSOME, OPT, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL PLACEMENTORAL PLACEMENT DISORDER, ORAL-MOTOR, PHONATORY CONTROL, PHONETIC PLACEMENT APPROACHPHONETIC PLACEMENT CUE, PHONETIC PLACEMENT THERAPY, PHONOLOGICAL MODEL, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSONSPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH THERAPY POSTER, TONGUE WAGGING, TRADITIONAL MODEL, VAN RIPER

Ella Under the Spotlight

We are proud to show you this video of Ella Kinder, daughter of our presenter Dr. Julia Pewitt Kinder! Ella has Down Syndrome and this doesn’t prevent her from singing and dancing beautifully. When she was a little girl, she inspired her mom to develop products and services to help other parents with early education. […]

November 11, 2015 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CONSULTANT, DOWN SYNDROME SINGING, DOWN SYNDROME SPEECH THERAPYDOWN'S SYNDROME, ELLA KINDER, GIRL SINGING, JULIA KINDER, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORROOTS ACADEMY, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH THERAPY FOR DOWN SYNDROME, SUCCESS STORIES, TEEN SINGING, TEEN WITH DOWN SYNDROMEUNCATEGORIZED

2 YEARS 1 MONTH: KEEPING BELLE MOTIVATED

Belle is now 2 years and 1 month old and is continuing to do well. You can see in the video below the improvement Belle has made with her Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) exercises. I only made her go to 10 on the horn, but she can do 25 fairly easily when I can her motivated. […]

October 26, 2015 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BUBBLE BEAR BUBBLE HIERARCHY, DOWN SYNDROME, HORN #2HORN HIERARCHY, OPT, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, WHITNEY PIMENTEL

23 MONTHS: ASSISTANCE FROM SLP

Belle is doing well and consistently adds to the lively chatter in our home 🙂 She has approximately 35 words that she says regularly, although someone from outside our family may only understand about half of those without an interpretation. Belle has been working with Whitney, our Speech Language Pathologist with TalkTools, for about 18 […]

August 31, 2015 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, APRAXIA BILABIAL SHAPES, APRAXIA SHAPES, APRAXIA TOOLS, BITE TUBE SET, BITE TUBES, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE THERAPY, CHEWY TUBE, CHEWY TUBES, DOWN SYNDROME, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy

Success Story: Maddox

Maddox Before & After TalkTools® Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) After our daughter Maddox was born, one of the first things her teacher said to us was, “Be sure that she can talk.”  Not just any kind of talk, but it was critical that Maddox learn to speak clearly.  As Miss Marie put it, “Intelligibility is […]

August 24, 2015 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: DOWN SYNDROME, MADDOX, OPT, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH THERAPYSUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, TONGUE THRUST

Autism Spectrum Disorders: Clinical Parameters of Oral Placement Therapy (OPT)

Authors: Robyn Merkel-Walsh M.A., CCC-SLP & Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson M.S., CCC-SLP Foreword: This article, in the original form, was published in Advance Magazine for Speech Pathologists. The article has been expanded upon and revised with current Evidenced Based Practice. Abstract: Autism is a developmental disability that affects, often severely, a person’s ability to communicate and socially interact with others. Autism Spectrum […]

August 10, 2015 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: AUTISM, FROM THE EXPERTS, HORN HIERARCHY, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSHSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SENSORY PROCESSING, SPEECH THERAPY, STRAW HIERARCHY, TALKTOOLS THERAPY

Success Story – Ozzie’s World

We recently asked our Facebook fans to share their experience using TalkTools® therapy techniques, and we received some great responses. One of our favorites was from Jason Smith who wrote about his son, Ozzie. Here is what Jason had to say about his family’s experience using the TalkTools® Honey Bear:    “Ozzie was born on June 1, […]

August 3, 2015 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: DOWN SYNDROME, HONEY BEAR, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, OZZIE'S WORLD, SUCCESS STORIES