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4 YEARS 1 MONTH: WORKING ON SPEECH ACCURACY AND CLARITY

We love working with Monica at TalkTools! She is full of knowledge and experience. When a speech issue comes up with Belle, and I am viewing it as a really big problem that we are going to be stuck on forever, Monica handles it so gracefully and gives me hope. She has years of experience with oral motor therapy […]

November 28, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ABC, ANNABELLE BEETSMA, ANNABELLE UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, ARTICULATIONCOMMUNICATION SKILLS, FOUR YEAR OLD, MONICA PURDY, Oral Placement Therapy, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH DEVELOPMENTSPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, SPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES, SPEECH THERAPY VIDEO, TALKTOOLS CLIENTTALKTOOLS EXERCISES, TALKTOOLS PROGRAM, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, TODDLER WITH DOWN SYNDROME, TODDLERHOOD, VOCABULARY

3 YEARS 10&11 MONTHS: GETTING BACK-TO-SCHOOL AFTER DISNEY WORLD MAGIC

3 Years 10 Months Summer continues in our household! This month, Belle has enjoyed swimming lessons (and lots of pool time), a slip’n slide party, BBQs, fairs, a trip to the lake, and a full week at Walt Disney World! While our hearts may be full, our routine is not. 🙂 However… Belle continues to do […]

September 30, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE BEETSMA, ANNABELLE UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, ARTICULATION, BACK TO SCHOOLBACK TO SCHOOL ROUTINE, BELLE BEETSMA, BELLE UPDATES, CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, COUNTING, DISNEYLAND, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DOWN SYNDROME TODDLER, DOWN SYNDROME TODDLERHOOD, DOWN SYNDROMEDOWN SYNDROME CHILD, LANIE BEETSMAMONICA MITCHELL, MONICA PURDY, NUMBER PUZZLE, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH DEVELOPMENTSPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, SPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES, SPEECH THERAPY VIDEO, SUMMER SCHEDULE, SUMMER TIME, TALKTOOLS CLIENTTALKTOOLS EXERCISES, TALKTOOLS PROGRAM, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, TEACHING NUMBERS, THREE YEAR OLD, THREE YEAR OLD GIRLTODDLER WITH DOWN SYNDROME, TODDLERHOOD, VISUAL AID, VOCABULARY, WALT DISNEY WORLD

How to Plan After-School Activities for Your Special Needs Child (and their friends!)

You know the feeling of the first few weeks of a new school year.  There is the shopping for backpacks and school supplies.  Clothing and shoes and if you are like my son, a great number of very specific shirts.  Even if your child is in a preschool setting, there are still so many things […]

September 19, 2016 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES, CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, CHILDREN, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIESELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, FALL ACTIVITIES, FALL MADNESS, FAMILY ACTIVITIES, HOME THERAPY, I BELIEVE IN YOU, KIDSKIDS ACTIVITIES, MICHELE GIANETTI, MOTHERHOOD, NON-SPEECH ORAL-MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISESORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY EXERCISES, ORGANIZATION, PARENTING, SIBLINGS, SPECIAL NEEDS ACTIVITIES, SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDSPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS, SPECIAL NEEDS SIBLINGS, SPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES, THERAPY EXERCISES, TYPICAL CHILDTYPICAL CHILDREN, TYPICAL SIBLINGS, WEEK SCHEDULE

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

3 YEARS 6&7 MONTHS: WHAT “WORK” LOOKS LIKE

3 Years 6 Months   This month I decided to include videos of Belle doing her oral motor exercises. They are not super exciting videos, but that’s what “work” looks like sometimes. I know we have to put in the time to see the results. And as I have said so many times previously, it’s […]

August 1, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE BEETSMA, ANNABELLE UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BELLE BEETSMA, BITE BLOCKSCHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CHILD, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DOWN SYNDROME TODDLERDOWN SYNDROME TODDLERHOOD, JAW GRADING BIT BLOCKS, LANIE BEETSMA, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, RED BITE BLOCKS, SPEECH CLARITYSPEECH DEVELOPMENT, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, SPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES, SPEECH THERAPY VIDEO, TALKTOOLS BITE BLOCKSTALKTOOLS CLIENT, TALKTOOLS EXERCISES, TALKTOOLS PROGRAM, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, THREE YEAR OLD, THREE YEAR OLD GIRLTODDLER WITH DOWN SYNDROME, TODDLERHOOD, TONGUE TIP ELEVATION, TONGUE TIP LATERALIZATION, TONGUE TIP TOOL

3 YEARS 4&5 MONTHS: EATING PROPERLY

3 Years 4 Months   Here are Miss Belle at 3 years 4 months. I think her dental appliance is making her smile change a bit. The cape that she is wearing has been a daily staple in her wardrobe for the past few weeks. During our TalkTools session last week with Whitney, I told her I […]

June 30, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE BEETSMA, ANNABELLE UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BELLE BEETSMACHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, CROSSBITE, DOWN SYNDROME CHILD, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DOWN SYNDROME TODDLERDOWN SYNDROME TODDLERHOOD, FEEDING SKILLS, LANIE BEETSMA, MEALTIME, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, PLAYING DOLLS, PRETEND PLAYSPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH DEVELOPMENT, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, SPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES, SPEECH THERAPY VIDEO, TALKTOOLS CLIENTTALKTOOLS EXERCISES, TALKTOOLS PROGRAM, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, THREE YEAR OLD, THREE YEAR OLD GIRL, TODDLER WITH DOWN SYNDROMETODDLERHOOD, UNDERBITE

Elizabeth: Our Summer Speech Therapy Schedule

So many parents, at this time of year, find themselves throwing out old notebooks, half used crayons, semi-dried-out markers, ripped folders all with the excited feeling that it is summer! Time to just relax. Right? Well, if you have a child with special needs, that time of sheer freedom does not arrive in quite the […]

June 10, 2016 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: BUBBLE BEAR, BUBBLE BEAR REFILL, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE REFILL, BUBBLE SOLUTION, BUBBLE SUPPLY, CHILD FUNELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, HOME THERAPY, HORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, IEP, IEP GOAL, IEP MEETING, LIP ROUNDING, OPTORAL MOTOR EXERCISE, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT EXERCISE, ORAL PLACEMENT EXERCISESORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL STIMULATION, PLAY THERAPY, SCHEDULE BOARD, SCHEDULE BOARD KIT, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDERSPD, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES, SPEECH THERAPY FUN, SPEECH THERAPY SCHEDULE, STRAW DRINKINGSTRAW HIERARCHY, SUMMER FUN, SUMMER SCHEDULE, SUMMER THERAPY, TALKTOOLS HORNS, TALKTOOLS SCHEDULE BOARDTHERAPY AT HOME, THERAPY FUN, THERAPY PLANNING, THERAPY SCHEDULE, VISUAL STIMULATION

3 YEARS 2&3 MONTHS: GETTING INDEPENDENT

3 Years 2 Months Hi everyone! We are now in full swing with our new updated oral motor program that was revamped by Whitney last month. We also were able to meet this month so we could ensure that I am implementing the exercises correctly for Belle. We have progressed to some higher level activities which […]

May 31, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE BEETSMA, ANNABELLE UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BELLE BEETSMA, CHILD INDEPENDENCE, CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DAIRY FREE DIET, DOWN SYNDROME CHILD, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DOWN SYNDROME TODDLER, DOWN SYNDROME TODDLERHOOD, ELEVATION AND LATERALIZATION, GLUTEN FREE DIET, GREEN TOOL, LANIE BEETSMA, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, SPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES, SPEECH THERAPY VIDEO, TALKTOOLS PROGRAM, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, THREE YEAR OLD, THREE YEAR OLD GIRL, TODDLER WITH DOWN SYNDROMETODDLERHOOD, TONGUE TIP ELEVATION, TONGUE TIP LATERALIZATION, TONGUE TIP LATERALIZATION & ELEVATION TOOLS, TONGUE TIP TOOL