TALKTOOLS INSTRUCTOR IN NORWAY, LINE AVERS IN MEDIA PLANET
In this article in Norwegian published in Media Planet, Line Avers discusses the need in many cases to look at the child´s foundational skills for feeding and speech. “In feeding…
SPEECH THERAPY
TALKTOOLS NEWS: ON-DEMAND EVALUATIONS NOW AVAILABLE
After being available for pre-sale for two weeks, 11 new Speech Clarity Evaluation for Therapy Planning Videos On-Demand were finally released yesterday. TalkTools is proud to be offering this innovative…
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Clinical Parameters of Oral Placement Therapy (OPT)
Authors: Robyn Merkel-Walsh M.A., CCC-SLP & Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson M.S., CCC-SLP Foreword: This article, in the original form, was published in Advance Magazine for Speech Pathologists. The article has been expanded…
21 MONTHS: REPEATING WORDS
Belle is continuing to progress month after month. She has become more vocal, and she has officially mastered walking. Belle is confident in her ability to walk anywhere she wants…
THE DSCBA MAKES A BIG IMPACT
The Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area’s mission is to promote the unique contributions of children and adults with Down syndrome by providing direct services to them and their…
19 MONTHS: 18 WORDS & 18 SIGNS
Belle is starting to imitate words more which I am excited about. To date, she has approximately 18 words and 18 signs. She is very animated and quite dramatic at…
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…
13 MONTHS: FIRST TRY AT THE HORN HIERARCHY
At 13 months Belle has grown into having quite the personality. She finds it funny that we keep videoing her. She laughs and tries to follow the camera. We really…
Ask a Therapist: OPT with Adult Suffering from MSA
Hi! I am a trained speech-language pathologist, working in Sweden. I have taken part of the video-based course in the OPT-method and have very positive experiences from using the program…
Ask A Therapist: Teeth Grinding
My child has no problems with eating or drinking, but grinds his teeth until I want to grind mine! His dentist says it’s common in kids with Down syndrome. I…