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Ask a Therapist: Lip Incompetence

Lip Incompetence Exercises: OPT Tips & Tools for SLPs | TalkTools® Skip to main content Free shipping on US orders over $99 Search products and courses Account 0 Cart Continuing Education New Courses Live Courses Self-Study Courses Course Bundles Become a Workshop Partner Learner Portal Shop Speech Tools Feeding Tools Sensory Tools Programs & Kits […]

January 22, 2024 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA TUBES, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUTTON PULL, JAW STABILITY, Jaw-lip dissociation, LIP CLOSURE, Lip Incompetence, LIP ROUNDING, Lip seal, Oral Placement Therapy (OPT), SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH THERAPY, STRAW HIERARCHY

4.10 & 4.11 YEARS: HELPING OTHER DOWN SYNDROME PARENTS

4 Years 10 Months Greetings from Lanie and Belle! Belle has thoroughly enjoyed her summer with trips to her grandma’s house, county fairs, baseball games, two big new cities, and a vacation in the mountains. While her routine has been anything but routine, her mind has certainly been busy with some new experiences to chat […]

September 26, 2017 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BACK TO SCHOOL, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME PARENTPRESCHOOL, SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, STRAW #6, TALKTOOLS COMMUNITY, TALKTOOLS SUCCESS STORIES, THERAPY SUCCESS STORY, TYPICAL STUDENTS

4.9 YEARS: FULL SUMMER MODE!

We are in full summer mode here! Belle has been enjoying some horseback riding lessons, swimming, cheering on her siblings at baseball games, and finishing up a great dancing year with a big dance recital. The recital took up a substantial part of the beginning of our summer, so that’s where all our pictures came from […]

August 1, 2017 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE BEETSMA, CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DANCE RECITAL, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME SPEECH THERAPY, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, GIRL WITH DOWN SYNDROME, HORN #6, LANIE BEETSMA, MONICA PURDY, OPT, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, SPEECH DEVELOPMENT, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY FOR DOWN SYNDROME, TONGUE RETRACTION, VOCABULARY

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 […]

July 24, 2017 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: AIRWAY, BRIAN HOCKEL, CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, COMMUNICATION DISORDER, CONVENTION PRESENTATION, DOWN SYNDROMEDOWN SYNDROME CONFERENCE, HEATHER PETERSON, HEATHER VUKELICH, JENNIFER GRAY, MONICA PURDY, NDSC, ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPYORTHODONTICS, SENSORY DIFFERENCES, SENSORY INTEGRATION, SENSORY PROCESSING, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SENSORY SYSTEMSLEEP APNEA, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH THERAPY

4.8 YEARS: WORKING ON TONGUE PLACEMENT

Here is Belle working on her spoon slurp exercises: And here working on proper tongue placement for sounds /t, d, n, l/ with the help of bite blocks. Belle had a fabulous time at our in-depth session with Monica Mitchell, our TalkTools speech therapist, this month. We worked through our entire oral motor program and assessed Belle’s progress as […]

June 9, 2017 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: /D/, /L/, /N/, BITE BLOCKS, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING THERAPY, MONICA PURDY, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISESORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY, SPOON SLURPS, T, TONGUE PLACEMENT, TONGUE RETRACTION

4.7 YEARS: MORE INTELLIGIBLE THAT I THOUGHT

Hello! Belle has been a little under the weather this month, and I have been a little concerned that her level of articulation has declined a bit as we have opted out of oral motor exercises so she can catch an afternoon nap or doctor’s appointment, etc. Overall, I think she is starting to feel better as […]

May 10, 2017 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ARTICULATION, DOWN SYNDROME, INTELLIGIBILITY, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, PRESCHOOL SCREENING, READING, READING SKILLSSPEECH ASSESSMENT, SPEECH THERAPY

Sharing the Gift of TalkTools with Those Living on Roatan, Honduras

Kerry Tichi, MS CCC/SLP received a donation from TalkTools a few months ago to use with children and young adults with special needs during her trip to Roatan, Honduras. She writes about her experience and the impact it made on this population. “It is with much privilege and gratitude that I have been able to share the […]

March 20, 2017 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: CATTLEYA, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING THERAPY, HONDURAS, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN THERAPY, KERRY TICHI, OPT, OPT ASSESSMENTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ROATAN, SPECIAL NEEDS, SPEECH THERAPY, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW THERAPY, TALKTOOLS DONATIONTHERAPY ASSESSMENT, THERAPY SUCCESS, THIRD WORLD

4.4 YEARS: MAKING UP HER OWN SILLY PHRASES

Happy New Year! Belle’s year is off to a solid start! I am happy to report that we have been pretty consistent with our TalkTools oral motor program, created by Monica Purdy. We have been staying on track except for the 4 days that Belle stayed with her siblings and grandparents while we got away for […]

February 8, 2017 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: #TALKTOOLSWORKS, ABC, ABCS, ALPHABET, ANNABELLE, ARTICULATION, CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, COMMUNICATION SKILLSDOWN SYNDROME, FOUR YEAR OLD, MONICA PURDY, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, Oral Placement Therapy, PARENTING, SIBLINGSSPEECH DEVELOPMENT, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, SPEECH THERAPY HOMEWORK, TALKTOOLS CLIENT, TALKTOOLS HOMEWORKTALKTOOLS PROGRAM, TODDLER, TODDLER WITH DOWN SYNDROME, TODDLERHOOD

4 YEARS 2&3 MONTHS: COMMUNICATION GRANTS BELLE THE INDEPENDENCE SHE DESIRES

4 Years 2 Months Belle is doing well despite our crazy busy schedule and lack of consistency with her oral motor exercises.  She is not regressing in any way, but I can’t say that I have seen significant gains in her speech clarity this month.  It’s a marathon, not a sprint, right?  Her congestion has returned in full […]

December 26, 2016 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE BEETSMA, ANNABELLE UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, ARTICULATION, CHEWING EXERCISES, CHEWING SKILLS, CHRISTMASCOMMUNICATION SKILLS, DOWN SYNDROME, FIRST SLEEPOVER, FOUR YEAR OLD, GUM CHEWING, GUM EXERCISES, NSOMEORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, Oral Placement Therapy, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH DEVELOPMENT, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOMESPEECH THERAPY EXERCISES, SPEECH THERAPY VIDEO, TALKTOOLS CLIENT, TALKTOOLS EXERCISES, TALKTOOLS PROGRAM, TALKTOOLS THERAPYTODDLER WITH DOWN SYNDROME, TODDLERHOOD

Tongue Ties & Speech Sound Disorders: What Are We Overlooking?

“The conversation for tongue tie in the speech pathology community is growing louder among some groups of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) (ASHA Leader, 2015). An ASHA literature search has suggested a correlation between tongue ties and difficulty producing lingual alveolar phonemes (Merkel-Walsh & Jahn, 2014). Furthermore, Eschler, Klein, and Overby (2010) indicated that SLPs’ diagnostic criteria, […]

December 14, 2016 administrator From the Experts Comments (0) Details
Tags: AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, ANKYLOGLOSSIA, ASHA, ASHA CONVENTION, ASHA POSTER, ASHLEY MEAUXCOURTNEY GONSOULIN, FEEDING DISORDER, FEEDING ISSUE, FEEDING THERAPY, FRENULUM, HEALTHCARE, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITYMEGHAN SAVAGE, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY, SPEECH DISORDER, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGYSPEECH RESEARCH, SPEECH SOUND DISORDER, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY RESEARCH, TONGUE, TONGUE TIE