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Success Story: Josh & Kelly

Josh is a 15-year-old with cerebral palsy who has been seen for speech and feeding therapy for the past 12 months. Josh’s mother initially sought out speech therapy services due to increased concerns with his safety and independence during drinking and eating, along with poor saliva management. The initial evaluation revealed moderate to severe oral motor […]

March 27, 2018 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANDERSON-SMITH SPEECH THERAPY, CEREBRAL PALSY, DROOLING, KELLY, STRAW THERAPY, VANESSA ANDERSON-SMITH

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

Dashiell Wins the Award for Self-Advocacy

“When our son Dashiell was born in early 2004 with Down syndrome, we immediately began researching possible intervention and therapy options. We realized that in our talkative family, speech would be our priority. When we found an article by Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, MS, CCC-SLP about her oral-motor therapy, the connections between feeding and speech really made sense to […]

November 4, 2014 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: BITE BLOCKS, BUTTON PULL, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CLASS, DOWN SYNDROME COURSE, FEEDING THERAPY, JAW EXERCISERLORI OVERLAND, MUSCLE TONE, OPT, ORAL HABITS, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, SPEECH THERAPYSTRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW PROGRAM, STRAW THERAPY, SUCCESS STORIES, TONGUE DEPRESSOR

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: Tongue Placement

Hi, I am hoping you can offer a suggestion. I am an SLP and see a 2 YO child who began sucking on his tongue and had a forward tongue posture before I started seeing him. Once I started working with him I had the family switch to straws only and eliminated the sippy cup. […]

March 11, 2013 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BUBBLE KIT, CHEWING HIERARCHY, HORN HIERARCHY, HORN KIT, HORN PROGRAM, HORN THERAPYORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, SIPPY CUP, SPEECH PRODUCTION, SPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION, STRAW DRINKINGSTRAW HIERARCHY, STRAW KIT, STRAW PROGRAM, STRAW THERAPY, TONGUE, TONGUE MOVEMENT, TONGUE PLACEMENTTONGUE PROTRUSION, TONGUE SUCKING, TONGUE TIE