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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 families, and to educate the general public by fostering inclusive and integrated involvement with the Down syndrome community and society at large. The DSCBA has put together a […]

May 8, 2015 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details
Tags: DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CONNECTION, DS CONNECTION, DSCBA, FEEDING THERAPY, HEATHER PETERSON, HEATHER VUKELICHORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, SPEECH THERAPY, TalkTools News

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 times 🙂 Annabelle continues to eat well and is doing great with her new Straw #4. She has improved tremendously with her “chomping” exercises in the […]

April 30, 2015 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE THERAPY, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING EXERCISES, FEEDING THERAPY, HORN BLOWING, HORN THERAPY, JAW STRENGTH, SPEECH THERAPY, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHYSTRAW THERAPY

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 typical developing children and half special needs children attending.   We had thought it would be a nice fit for Elizabeth as she would get OT […]

November 15, 2014 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, DYSPRAXIA, ELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISESORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL STIMULATION, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SPD, SPEECH DELAYSPEECH IMPROVEMENT, SPEECH THERAPY, TALKTOOLS, THERAPY SUCCESS

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 have to keep up with her while feeding her pureed foods and puffs because she thinks this “camera thing” is quite the novelty.  While she […]

October 30, 2014 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: AIRFLOW, ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, HORN #1HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, HORN THERAPY, LIP CLOSURE, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL-MOTOR, SPEECH THERAPY, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, talk tools, TALKTOOLS, TONGUE RETRACTION

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 with my former clients in a children’s rehabilitation center. Now I work with elderly patients, primarily suffering from stroke but also with a wide spectra […]

August 5, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ADULT, ADULT CLIENT, ADULT PATIENT, AIRFLOW, ASK A THERAPIST, BITE TUBE SET, BITE TUBES, CHEWY TUBES, DEGENERATIVE DISEASEDYSARTHRIA, DYSPHAGIA, HORN BLOWING, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, HORN THERAPY, LEE SILVERMAN-METHOD, MSA, OPTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, PARKINSON, PARKINSONS, SPEECH THERAPY, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, STRAW THERAPYSTROKE RECOVERY