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13 MONTHS: FIRST TRY AT THE HORN HIERARCHY

At 13 months Belle has grown into having quite the personality. She finds it funny that we keep videoing her. She laughs and tries to follow the camera. We really have to keep up with her while feeding her pureed foods and puffs because she thinks this “camera thing” is quite the novelty.  While she […]

October 30, 2014 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: AIRFLOW, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, HORN #1HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, HORN THERAPY, LIP CLOSURE, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL-MOTOR, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, talk tools, TALKTOOLS, TONGUE RETRACTION

Ask A Therapist: Tongue Tip Position /S/ & /Z/

Hi Sara,   My friend Diane told me that you have been exploring alternate tongue positions for sibilants and recommended that I ask you the following question: Assuming there are no airway issues, how important is it to correct the resting posture of the tongue in order to enable correct production of sibilants?   I […]

August 13, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: /S/, /Z/, ASK A THERAPIST, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL-MOTOR, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SIBILANTS, talk tools, TALKTOOLS, TONGUE RESTING POSTURETONGUE TIP ELEVATION, TONGUE TIP LATERALIZATION, TONGUE TIP POSITION, TONGUE TIP TOOLS

Ask A Therapist: Straws & Tongue Placement

Hi Sara, I have taken your Oral Placement course and you currently have devised a plan regarding this program for my son Cole. I have a question however it is regarding something I am seeing in treatment (I am an OT) when using the straw program. I have a patient who has down syndrome, 6 months ago could […]

August 6, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE STRAWS, CHEEK CUEING, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL-MOTOR, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SINGLE SIP, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KITSTRAW PROGRAM, STRAW THERAPY, SUCKLE PATTERN, TONGUE PROTRUSION, TONGUE RETRACTION

Ask A Therapist: Down Syndrome & OPT

Hello. I have a 10 year old daughter with Down Syndrome and severe speech and language delays. I am interested in your program, but don’t know if it is appropriate for my daughter. Most of the information I could find seemed to refer to infants and very young children. Last year at the NDSC conference […]

June 30, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, JAW WEAKNESS, NDSC, OPT, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL-MOTOR, PARENT TRAINING, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, STRAWS AS THERAPY, talk tools, TALKTOOLS