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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

3 YEARS 8&9 MONTHS: SHE IS READING!

3 Years 8 Months Belle got her palatal expander out this month! Her “princess jewelry,” as we referred to it, was in for a total of six months. Even though her speech didn’t improve as substantially as I had hoped, it was still a success overall. Belle proudly states, “me got my princess jewelry out […]

August 29, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ABCS, ANNABELLE BEETSMA, ANNABELLE UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, ARTICULATION, BELLE BEETSMABITE BLOCKS, CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DENTIST VISIT, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CHILD, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DOWN SYNDROME TODDLER, DOWN SYNDROME TODDLERHOOD, JAW GRADING BIT BLOCKS, LANIE BEETSMA LIZ SMITHSON, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, PALATE EXPANDER, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH DEVELOPMENT, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, SPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES, SPEECH THERAPY VIDEO, SUMMER SCHEDULE, TALKTOOLS CLIENT, TALKTOOLS EXERCISES, TALKTOOLS PROGRAM, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, THREE YEAR OLD, THREE YEAR OLD GIRL, TODDLER WITH DOWN SYNDROME, TODDLERHOOD

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 needs child from China, I was glued to their journey (the family had adopted a boy with cleft lip/palate from China previously). I watched from my computer screen […]

July 14, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANDERSON-SMITH SPEECH THERAPY, CHEWY TUBES, CLEFT LIP, CLEFT LIP AND PALATE, CLEFT PALATEFEEDING THERAPY, JAW STRENGTH, LIP CLOSURE, MUSCLE AWARENESS, OPT, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR SYSTEMORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR TRAINING ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, SENSORY SYSTEM, SENSORY WARM UP, SOUND PRODUCTIONSPECIAL NEEDS ADOPTION, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH PRODUCTION, SPEECH THERAPY STORY, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS HIERARCHY, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, THERAPY STORY, THERAPY SUCCESS, TUBE FEEDING, VANESSA ANDERSON-SMITH

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 therapy, 2) the sensory-motor system as it relates to speech, 3) the importance of tactile and proprioception in articulation therapy, 4) shaping placement of the articulators […]

July 11, 2016 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: #ASHACONNECT, AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, APRAXIA BILABIAL SHAPES, ARTICULATION THERAPY, ASHA CONNECTASHA CONVENTION, BITE BLOCKS, BOWEN, CLINICAL EVIDENCE, CONVENTION POSTER, DIANE BAHR, EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICEFROM THE EXPERTS, GREGORY LOF, HONEY BEAR, HONEY BEAR CUP, HONEY BEAR STRAW CUP, HONEY BEAR WITH FLEXIBLE STRAWJAW EXERCISER, JAW GRADING BITE BLOCKS, MERKEL-WALSH, MODERN THERAPY TOOLS, MYOFUNCTION, NSOM, NSOME, OMIORAL MOTOR EXERCISE, ORAL MOTOR INSTITUTE, ORAL MOTOR SUPPLIES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR TOOLS, ORAL PLACEMENT, ORAL PLACEMENT DISORDERORAL PLACEMENT RESEARCH, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL PLACEMENT TOOLS, PAM MARSHALLAPHONETIC PLACEMENT, PHONETIC PLACEMENT APPROACH, PHONETIC PLACEMENT CUE, PHONETIC PLACEMENT THERAPY, PHONOLOGICAL MODELPHONOLOGICAL THERAPY, PLACEMENT CUES, POSTER PRESENTATION, PPT, PROPRIOCEPTION, RED BITE BLOCKS, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSHSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SENSORY MOTOR SYSTEM, SENSORY-MOTOR ACTIVITY, SLP CONVENTION, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH MOVEMENTSPEECH THERAPY RESEARCH, SPEECH THERAPY SUPPLIES, SPEECH THERAPY TOOLS, TACTILE INTERVENTION, TACTILE THERAPYTACTILE-KINESTHETIC APPROACH, TACTILE-KINESTHETIC TECHNIQUE, THERAPY TOOLS, TRADITIONAL SPEECH THERAPY, VAN RIPER

Success Story: Diane

In celebration of 30 years of successful therapy, we asked you to share your success stories with us at the last ASHA Convention and the response was amazing! Here is Diane Felton’s inspiring testimonial. “I’m Diane Felton. I’m a speech therapist in Durham, North Carolina. I first met Sara through a patient who was referred […]

June 23, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: #ASHA15, AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, APRAXIA, APRAXIA OF SPEECH, ASHA, ASHA 2015 ASHA CONFERENCEASHA CONVENTION, CAROLINAS SPEECH THERAPY, CONTINUING EDUCATION, DIANE FELTON, DROOLING, FEEDING TOOLS, HEATHER PETERSONNORTH CAROLINA SPEECH THERAPIST, OPT, ORAL APRAXIA, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, SPEECH RATE, SPEECH SPEED, SPEECH SUCCESSSPEECH SUCCESS STORY, SPEECH THERAPISTS, SPEECH TOOLS, SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLSTALKTOOLS THERAPY, THERAPY PROGRESS, THERAPY SUCCESS, VERBAL APRAXIA

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. I have carried these things around like two best friends. I checked in with them often, planned things around them, and happily checked things off […]

May 18, 2016 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: ADULT DYSPRAXIA, ADULT SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, ANXIETY, ARTICULATION, COMMUNICATE WITH CHILDREN, COMMUNICATIONCONVERSATION, DYSPRAXIA, ELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, MISARTICULATION, SELF-ESTEEM, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDERSOCIAL SPEECH, SPD, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH CLASSES, SPEECH THERAPIST, SPEECH THERAPY, TEEN DYSPRAXIA, TEEN SELF-ESTEEM

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 to her nicknames and answers to all of them graciously . The nickname that I have been calling her lately, however, is Chatty Cathy. Three years ago I would […]

April 25, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE BEETSMA, ANNABELLE UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, ARTICULATION, BIRTHDAYCOMMUNICATION, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, FAMILY REUNION, FAMILY ROAD TRIP, GIRL WITH DOWN SYNDROMEORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH THERAPY, TALKTOOLS, TALKTOOLS CLIENT, TALKTOOLS PROGRAM, TALKTOOLS THERAPYTHREE YEAR OLD, THREE YEAR OLD BIRTHDAY, WHITNEY PIMENTEL

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 box of the shelf and came running back with it, exclaiming with all her excitement, “Daddy fruit chews!” Three words. Clear as day. No question […]

February 29, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, COMMUNICATION, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME COMMUNICATION, DOWN SYNDROME GIRL, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DR KINDER, JULIA KINDER, OPTORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH THERAPY FOR DOWN SYNDROME, TALKTOOLS CLIENT, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, VERBALIZATION, WHITNEY PIMENTEL

Ella Under the Spotlight

We are proud to show you this video of Ella Kinder, daughter of our presenter Dr. Julia Pewitt Kinder! Ella has Down Syndrome and this doesn’t prevent her from singing and dancing beautifully. When she was a little girl, she inspired her mom to develop products and services to help other parents with early education. […]

November 11, 2015 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CONSULTANT, DOWN SYNDROME SINGING, DOWN SYNDROME SPEECH THERAPYDOWN'S SYNDROME, ELLA KINDER, GIRL SINGING, JULIA KINDER, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORROOTS ACADEMY, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH THERAPY FOR DOWN SYNDROME, SUCCESS STORIES, TEEN SINGING, TEEN WITH DOWN SYNDROMEUNCATEGORIZED

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 what exercises and goals we will continue to progress towards. I know that Belle has a long way to go, but being in a routine of daily exercises for the […]

February 28, 2015 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, MONICA PURDYOPEN MOUTH POSTURE, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, SPEECH CLARITY, TALKTOOLS, TALKTOOLS THERAPY