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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 […]

March 31, 2015 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: DYSPRAXIA, ELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, SENSORY PROCESSING, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SPDSPECIAL EDUCATION, SPECIAL NEEDS, SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD, SPECIAL NEEDS PARENT, TALKTOOLS, TALKTOOLS THERAPY

ELIZABETH FINDS THE RIGHT FIT FOR HER

Something so unique about having a special needs child is that when most typical children are headed in one direction, you find yourself wondering if you should follow their lead, if it fits your child’s needs, or if you need to forge your own path, hope it fits your child’s needs and try to stand […]

November 19, 2014 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: BUBBLE, BUTTON PULL, DYSPRAXIA, ELIZABETH, ELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, IEP, KINDERGARTEN, OPT, ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPYPRESCHOOL, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SPD, SPECIAL NEEDS, TALKTOOLS, THERAPY

THE BEST GIFT FROM ELIZABETH

As our journey continued, I was able to revisit the “to do” category of a preschool for Elizabeth.  We initially had tried a preschool in our area that had half typical developing children and half special needs children attending.   We had thought it would be a nice fit for Elizabeth as she would get OT […]

November 15, 2014 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, DYSPRAXIA, ELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISESORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL STIMULATION, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SPD, SPEECH DELAYSPEECH IMPROVEMENT, SPEECH THERAPY, TALKTOOLS, THERAPY SUCCESS

SEEING THE TREES IN THE FOREST: ELIZABETH GROWS BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

I can remember that I was living so deeply “in the forest” this year that I did not “see the trees” I was so deep in concentrating on Elizabeth’s sensory needs, her therapies and their follow-ups at home as well as our older daughter’s needs and well…LIFE that I don’t think I looked up to […]

September 11, 2014 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: BITE BLOCKS, DYSPRAXIA, ELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, LIP BLOCKS, ORAL MOTOR THERAPYORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL STIMULATION, ORAL-MOTOR, PURPLE BITE BLOCKS, SENSORY FRIENDLY BITE BLOCKSSENSORY ISSUES, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SPD, STRAWS AS THERAPY, talk tools

Ask A Therapist: Developmental Delay & Cerebral Palsy

Hi, I have two clients that I need assistance with. The first little girl is 5 years old and has developmental delay.  She is mostly non-verbal and communicates using Makaton.  We have used various bits of TalkTools equipment, combined with speech sound work (discrimination and encouragement to imitate single sounds).  So far we have worked through […]

March 27, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA, APRAXIA KIT, APRAXIA PROGRAM, ASK A THERAPIST, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, BUBBLE THERAPY, BUBBLE TUBECEREBRAL PALSY, DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, HORN BLOWING, HORN KIT, JAW CLOSURE TUBES, LIP CLOSURE, LIP ROUNDING, LORI OVERLANDMAKATON, Oral Placement Therapy, RENEE ROY HILL, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SOUND PRODUCTIONSPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, TONGUE DEPRESSOR, TONGUE RETRACTION, VOCALIZATION, VOWEL PRODUCTIONVOWEL SOUND