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TalkTools Success Stories: Real Customer Spotlights & Proven Results

TalkTools Success Stories: Real-World Results Home › Blog › TalkTools Success Stories: Customer Spotlights & Real-World Results Success Story TalkTools Success Stories: Customer Spotlights & Real-World Results Meet three voices behind real TalkTools success stories — a clinician and mom who advanced to Level 4 OPT, a parent whose child found his voice with the […]

October 26, 2025 jayne Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: Caregivers, Clinicians, COMMUNICATION, Customer Spotlight, Epilepsy, FEEDING THERAPY, Home Practice, HORN KIT, Motor Learning, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, Pediatric Therapy, SPEECH THERAPY, STRAW KIT, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS, Torticollis

Supported Employment Success: Elizabeth’s Promotion

Because growth doesn’t stop after graduation, supported employment success is built one small win at a time. Elizabeth’s story shows how those wins add up to big independence. Elizabeth just got what we are calling a promotion. The catering company where she has worked since high school invited her to take on the monthly “set” […]

September 26, 2025 jayne Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: catering job, disability inclusion, Oral Placement Therapy, parent stories, SUCCESS STORIES, supported employment, TALKTOOLS, transition to adulthood, vocational skills, workplace communication

Success Story: Lily & Vanessa

Diane Felton: TalkTools Transforms SLP Practice Home › Blog › Success Story: Diane Success Story Success Story: Diane Durham SLP Diane Felton shares how TalkTools and Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson’s guidance helped her transform her most challenging cases — including a nonverbal TBI teen and a premature triplet — into fully verbal individuals. TT Diane Felton, MA, […]

July 14, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANDERSON-SMITH SPEECH THERAPY, CHEWY TUBES, CLEFT LIP, CLEFT LIP AND PALATE, CLEFT PALATEFEEDING THERAPY, JAW STRENGTH, LIP CLOSURE, MUSCLE AWARENESS, OPT, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR SYSTEMORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR TRAINING ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, SENSORY SYSTEM, SENSORY WARM UP, SOUND PRODUCTIONSPECIAL NEEDS ADOPTION, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH PRODUCTION, SPEECH THERAPY STORY, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS HIERARCHY, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, THERAPY STORY, THERAPY SUCCESS, TUBE FEEDING, VANESSA ANDERSON-SMITH

Success Story: Diane

TalkTools SLP Practice Transformation: Diane Felton’s Success Story Home › Blog › Success Story: Diane Success Story TalkTools SLP Practice Transformation: Diane Felton’s Success Story Durham SLP Diane Felton shares how TalkTools SLP practice transformation and Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson’s guidance helped her transform her most challenging cases — including a nonverbal TBI teen and a premature […]

June 23, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: #ASHA15, AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, APRAXIA, APRAXIA OF SPEECH, ASHA, ASHA 2015 ASHA CONFERENCEASHA CONVENTION, CAROLINAS SPEECH THERAPY, CONTINUING EDUCATION, DIANE FELTON, DROOLING, FEEDING TOOLS, HEATHER PETERSONNORTH CAROLINA SPEECH THERAPIST, OPT, ORAL APRAXIA, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY, SPEECH RATE, SPEECH SPEED, SPEECH SUCCESSSPEECH SUCCESS STORY, SPEECH THERAPISTS, SPEECH TOOLS, SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLSTALKTOOLS THERAPY, THERAPY PROGRESS, THERAPY SUCCESS, VERBAL APRAXIA

Grace Kauk’s Oral Placement Therapy Work in Bulgaria

Grace Kauk: Oral Placement Therapy in Bulgaria Home › Blog › Grace Kauk’s Oral Placement Therapy Work in Bulgaria Global Outreach Grace Kauk’s Oral Placement Therapy Work in Bulgaria Grace Kauk traveled to Bulgaria to support Jaden — a child with Down syndrome — and the Nova Stupke foundation, bringing TalkTools OPT tools and training […]

June 17, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: A THREE PART TREATMENT PLAN FOR ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, BUBBLE BLOWING, BUBBLE KIT, BULGARIA CHARITY, CHARITABLE TRIPCHARITABLE WORK, DISABILITY IN BULGARIA, DONATING, DONATION, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, GRACE KAUKHANDICAP IN BULGARIA, JAW GRADING BITE BLOCKS, NOVA STUPKE, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, PORTAGE, RED BITE BLOCKSSELF EDUCATION, SELF-STUDY, SEND, SMILE, SPECIAL NEEDS IN BULGARIA, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS BUBBLE KIT, TALKTOOLS NEWSTALKTOOLS THERAPY, VIDEO ON DEMAND, VOLUNTEERING

Cerebral Palsy Treated with OPT in Norway

Cerebral Palsy Treated with OPT in Norway Home › Blog › Cerebral Palsy Treated with Oral Placement Therapy in Norway Global Outreach Cerebral Palsy Treated with Oral Placement Therapy in Norway TalkTools Instructor Line Avers describes her work with Vilde — a child with cerebral palsy in Norway — whose chewing, food acceptance, and speech […]

March 23, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: CEREBRAL PALSY, CEREBRAL PALSY SPEECH THERAPY, CEREBRAL PALSY THERAPY, CHILD WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, LINE AVERSNORWAY SPEECH THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR EXERCISES, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL MOTOR TRAINING, ORAL PLACEMENT EXERCISESORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY EXERCISES, PENN STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI, PSU ALUMNISPEECH THERAPY FOR CEREBRAL PALSY, SPEECH THERAPY IN NORWAY, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS DISTRIBUTOR, TALKTOOLS INSTRUCTORTALKTOOLS THERAPIST, TALKTOOLS THERAPY, TALKTOOLS TRAINED THERAPIST

Success Story: Beth & Heather

Oral Motor Therapy for Dandy-Walker Drooling: Beth & Heather Success Story Home › Blog › Oral Motor Therapy for Dandy-Walker Drooling: Beth & Heather Success Story Testimonials Oral Motor Therapy for Dandy-Walker Drooling: Beth & Heather Success Story SLPs Beth Marafiote and Heather Peterson share how TalkTools revolutionized their therapy practice — including a life-changing […]

March 17, 2016 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, ASHA, ASHA 2015, ASHA CONFERENCE, ASHA CONVENTION, BETH MARAFIOTECONTINUING EDUCATION, DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CONNECTION OF THE BAY AREADOWN SYNDROME THERAPY, DROOLING, FEEDING TOOLS, HEATHER PETERSON, OPT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH THERAPISTS, SPEECH TOOLS, SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS

Success Story: Terrance & Vanessa

Terrance & Vanessa: TalkTools Feeding Therapy Win Home › Blog › Success Story: Terrance & Vanessa Success Story Success Story: Terrance & Vanessa Therapist Vanessa Anderson-Smith shares how Terrance — a 26-month-old told he would ‘never chew properly’ — learned to eat everything at the family dinner table within 6 months of TalkTools OPT. TT […]

December 14, 2015 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANDERSON-SMITH SPEECH THERAPY, BUBBLE BLOWING HIERARCHY, BUBBLE KIT, CHEWING HIERARCHY, CHEWY TUBES, FEEDING THERAPYFEEDING THERAPY ASSESSMENT, HONEY BEAR, HORN 1, HORN HIERARCHY, JAW STABILITY, LIP ROUNDING, OPT, ORAL MOTOR THERAPYORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY ASSESSMENT, ORAL PLACEMENT THERAPY PLAN, PRE-FEEDING EXERCISESRED CHEWY TUBE, RENEE ROY HILL, SENSORY MOTOR SYSTEM, SPEECH THERAPY ASSESSMENT, SPEECH THERAPY PLANSPEECH THERAPY TREATMENT PLAN, STRAW #3, STRAW HIERARCHY, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS TRAINED THERAPIST, TERRANCETHERAPY SUCCESS STORY, TONGUE RETRACTION, VANESSA ANDERSON-SMITH, YELLOW CHEWY TUBE

Ella Under the Spotlight

Ella Under the Spotlight: Down Syndrome & Dance Home › Blog › Ella Under the Spotlight Success Story Ella Under the Spotlight Ella Kinder — daughter of TalkTools presenter Dr. Julia Pewitt Kinder — has Down syndrome and is a thriving dancer and singer whose story inspires inclusion at every performance. TT TalkTools TalkTools Blog […]

November 11, 2015 administrator Success Stories Comments (0) Details
Tags: CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME CONSULTANT, DOWN SYNDROME SINGING, DOWN SYNDROME SPEECH THERAPYDOWN'S SYNDROME, ELLA KINDER, GIRL SINGING, JULIA KINDER, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORROOTS ACADEMY, SPEECH CLARITY, SPEECH THERAPY FOR DOWN SYNDROME, SUCCESS STORIES, TEEN SINGING, TEEN WITH DOWN SYNDROMEUNCATEGORIZED

COME & VISIT WITH US AT THE 2015 ASHA CONVENTION – BOOTH 417

The annual American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention is just around the corner and we are as excited as ever here at TalkTools. The 2015 convention will be in Denver, Colorado, November 12, 13, and 14. We will be there in full force with our tools, techniques, & training all be represented by our expert staff. TalkTools is […]

October 7, 2015 administrator TalkTools News Comments (0) Details
Tags: #ASHA15, #SLPEEPS, AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION, ASHAASHA CONVENTION, FEEDING THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, ORAL-MOTORSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SUCCESS STORIES, TALKTOOLS, TALKTOOLS NEWSTALKTOOLS THERAPY