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Success Story: Colter & Vanessa

In April of 2015, I received an e-mail about a little boy with Down syndrome named Colter. His mother was desperately seeking help…he couldn’t chew his food and she was at her wits end trying to figure out how to teach him. Even though this is “speech therapy,” his actual speech was not an issue […]

September 23, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: A SENSORY-MOTOR APPROACH TO FEEDING, ANDERSON-SMITH SPEECH THERAPY, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, FEEDING THERAPYFEEDING THERAPY: A SENSORY-MOTOR APPROACH, HONEY BEAR, HONEY BEAR CUP, HONEY BEAR WITH FLEXIBLE STRAW, LIP CLOSURELIP ROUNDING, LORI OVERLAND, LOW TONE, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR SYSTEM, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR TRAININGORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, PRE-FEEDING, PRE-FEEDING EXERCISES, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH PRODUCTION, SPEECH THERAPY STORY, STRAW DRINKING, TALKTOOLS HIERARCHY, TALKTOOLS HONEY BEAR, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, THERAPY STORY, THERAPY SUCCESSTONGUE LATERALIZATION, VANESSA ANDERSON-SMITH

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

Ask A Therapist: Pre-Feeding Suggestion

Hi,   I was interested in a couple of your products and what would be suitable for both of my daughters.   Anne is 5 and a half and has Autism. She has been doing a Son-Rise program for over a year. We have seen some great progress with her responsiveness and social skills, but […]

September 10, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, AUTISM, DYSPRAXIA, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, JAW STABILITY, MOUTH BREATHING, OPEN MOUTH POSTUREORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTOR, PRE-FEEDING EXERCISES, ROBYN MERKEL WALSHSON-RISE, talk tools, TALKTOOLS

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