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12 MONTHS: SHE LOVES HER STRAWS

We have come a long way in the past several months, particularly since we teamed up with TalkTools to help provide therapy for our daughter Annabelle, who has Down syndrome. We love the progress our daughter has made in the past 12 months. She is so happy and lively, and frankly, we are too. She […]

August 30, 2014 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BABY FOOD, BABY WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDINGFEEDING THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTOR, SPEECH THERAPY AT HOMESTRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, talk tools, TALKTOOLS, TALKTOOLS CLIENT

Ask A Therapist: Straws & Tongue Placement

Hi Sara, I have taken your Oral Placement course and you currently have devised a plan regarding this program for my son Cole. I have a question however it is regarding something I am seeing in treatment (I am an OT) when using the straw program. I have a patient who has down syndrome, 6 months ago could […]

August 6, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE STRAWS, CHEEK CUEING, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENTORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL-MOTOR, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SINGLE SIP, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KITSTRAW PROGRAM, STRAW THERAPY, SUCKLE PATTERN, TONGUE PROTRUSION, 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

Ask a Therapist: Frontal Lisp

Hi, I am an SLP in an elementary school in Virginia. I have been recently viewing your course A Three-Part Treatment Plan for Oral Placement Therapy. I have found your information to be extremely fascinating and, although I have 2 more hours, I have learned so much through your training. I do have a question. I […]

July 22, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: /S/, ASK A THERAPIST, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, BUBBLE PROGRAM, BUBBLE THERAPY, FRONTAL LISPHORN HIERARCHY, HORN PROGRAM, HORN THERAPY, JAW ASSESSMENT, JAW PLACEMENT, SCHOOL BASED SLP, SCHOOL SLPSCHOOL THERAPIST, SPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, STRAW PROGRAM, TONGUE POSITION, TONGUE RETRACTIONWHITNEY PIMENTEL

Ask A Therapist: Developmental Delay & Cerebral Palsy

Hi, I have two clients that I need assistance with. The first little girl is 5 years old and has developmental delay.  She is mostly non-verbal and communicates using Makaton.  We have used various bits of TalkTools equipment, combined with speech sound work (discrimination and encouragement to imitate single sounds).  So far we have worked through […]

March 27, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: APRAXIA, APRAXIA KIT, APRAXIA PROGRAM, ASK A THERAPIST, BUBBLE HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, BUBBLE THERAPY, BUBBLE TUBECEREBRAL PALSY, DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY, HORN BLOWING, HORN KIT, JAW CLOSURE TUBES, LIP CLOSURE, LIP ROUNDING, LORI OVERLANDMAKATON, Oral Placement Therapy, RENEE ROY HILL, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SOUND PRODUCTIONSPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, TONGUE DEPRESSOR, TONGUE RETRACTION, VOCALIZATION, VOWEL PRODUCTIONVOWEL SOUND

Ask A Therapist: Straw Drinking Progression

I recently purchased the straw therapy kit for my 17 1/2 month old daughter with Down syndrome. She was breastfed for the first year and we began transitioning to a straw cup around 9-10 months old. I also have kept the tip of the straw short each time. She does not have tongue protrusion and only occasionally […]

December 14, 2012 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS, DOWN SYNDROME, MONICA PURDY, STRAW CUP, STRAW DRINKING, STRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KITSTRAW THERAPY, TONGUE RETRACTION