By: Lori L. Overland MS, CCC-SLP,C/NDT,CLC, FOM I am asked regularly by parents, therapists, physicians and participants who attend my courses how to address drooling. Copious drooling can be both a health and a social issue. I developed this webinar to explore the research on saliva production , and explore what is normal vs. abnormal […]
Summer Update!
Summer Update! Just Do It Softly So, we are entering July! What does that mean to our little neck of the woods? It means that we took our vacation in mid-June and that Elizabeth has started to be quite vocal about how loud sounds “make me so nervous!” This is unusual for her as we […]
How to Tend to Special Needs Child on Thanksgiving
Raise your hand if you cannot believe we are one day away from Thanksgiving, the official unofficial beginning of the holiday season. I feel like I just shut my door at the end of Halloween and then … BAM, we are talking turkey, stuffing, days off and then … gulp … Christmas. I try to […]
3 Presentations at NDSC 2017!
TalkTools was represented in 3 presentations at this year’s National Down Syndrome Congress. Thank you all for attending! EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATION AND SPEECH CLARITY FOR CHILDREN WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF DOWN SYNDROME Presenter: Jennifer Gray, MS, CCC-SLP Age range: Birth to 8 Course description: This presentation will focus on effective communication strategies for children, birth to […]
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 […]
Interning in Advocacy
I left everyone last month by saying that Elizabeth was going to school! What an accomplishment for her and her strength. Yes our little Elizabeth is in school. Everyday of every week she is in school. She has a great intervention teacher and a very nice inclusion teacher. The inclusion teacher is the one who […]