Success Story: Lily & Vanessa
LILY, 3 YEARS 4 MONTHS OLD, UNILATERAL CLEFT LIP AND PALATE When I saw that my former supervisor from my job during college and graduate school was adopting another special…
SPEECH CLARITY
A Modern Look at Van Riper’s Phonetic Placement Approach
by Robyn Merkel-Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP This poster was presented at the 2016 annual ASHA Connect Convention, Poster Session #PS02. Download the poster here ABSTRACT Presentation explores 1) traditional versus phonological…
Elizabeth: Speech Goals
GOALS. My wish list. Two things that I have carried with me since Elizabeth was born. Actually, more like since the minute she was diagnosed. Goals and my wish list.…
3 YEARS & 3 YEARS 1 MONTH: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LITTLE FIRE CRACKER!
3 Years She is 3! Happy birthday to this little fire cracker. Belle has MANY nicknames around our house including Beezy, Boppy, B-Belle, Belldozer, and Bops. She is very used…
2 YEARS 8&9 MONTHS: UPS AND DOWNS
2 Years 8 Months Hello! Today we were walking through the snack/cereal aisle at the grocery store, and Belle had spotted something so she ran ahead. She quickly grabbed a…
17 MONTHS: ATTENDING A COURSE AND IMPROVING HER EXERCISES
I recently attended the “Three-Part Treatment Plan for Oral Placement Therapy” and it was great. Monica was the presenter and I really learned a lot. It helped to show me…
16 MONTHS: SELF-FEEDING AND GETTING CHATTY
Earlier this month Annabelle was spitting out almost all of her food. It was extremely frustrating, to say the least. We knew that she needed all the calories that she…
Ask A Therapist: Vocalic /R/
Hi Ms. Rosenfeld-Johnson, I took your oral placement technique course in New York a few weeks ago. I have a few clients who have difficult with the /r/ and tried…