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Ask A Therapist: TMJ Sensory Feedback for Calming

Hey Sara, Recently you had a parent open question meeting in Corpus Christi, TX. I was there with my 8 month old baby. You were talking to a woman who’s 5-ish son with Down syndrome was repeatedly hitting his chin. You mentioned he was satisfying a feeling that was in his jaw by that action. […]

November 12, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BABY WITH DOWN SYNDROME, BITE TUBE HIERARCHY, BITE TUBE SET, BITE TUBES, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDINGFEEDING THERAPY, JAW STRENGTH, JAW WEAKNESS, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SENSORY FEEDBACK, SENSORY INPUT, talk tools, TALKTOOLS, TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT, TMJTMJ STIMULATION

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: Strong Gag Reflex

Tervehdys!   I am speech pathologist from Finland, took your class about Feeding Therapy: a sensory-motor approach at Helsinki last May. I am sending you an e-mail, because I met a new client shortly after the class and this case really bothers me. I have asked permission from parents, to send this e-mail and pictures/short video when […]

October 8, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, CHEWING SKILLS, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, GAG REFLEX, GAGGING, LORI OVERLAND, MASTICATIONORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTOR, POSTERIOR TONGUE TIE, talk tools, TALKTOOLS

ANNABELLE’S 1ST YEAR CONCLUSION

The past 12 months have taken us on a new and unexpected journey. We are so blessed to have the support of many as we reflect on Belle’s 1st year. At the top of our support list would be our inspiring Therapist, Whitney, as well as the knowledgeable staff at TalkTools. They have enabled us to […]

September 30, 2014 administrator Annabelle's Progress Comments (0) Details
Tags: ANNABELLE'S MONTHLY UPDATES, ANNABELLE'S PROGRESS, BABY WITH DOWN SYNDROME, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPYFINGER CUFF, INFANT TOOTHBRUSH, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTOR, SPEECH THERAPYSPEECH THERAPY AT HOME, talk tools, TALKTOOLS, THERAPY TOOTHBRUSH

Ask A Therapist: A Therapeutic Alternative to Mouthing Habits

Hi Sara,   It has been awhile since we have seen you in Richmond! James is doing well. His speech seems pretty normal to us at this point (maybe some subtle things remaining). I was emailing with a related question, and hoping that you can point us in the right direction.   James has had some issues […]

September 24, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT OF THE JAW, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, GUM CHEWING, GUM CHEWING PROGRAMMOUTHING HABITS, ORAL HABITS, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, STRAWS AS THERAPY, talk tools, TALKTOOLS, TEMPORO-MANDIBULAR JOINT, TMJ, TMJ STIMULATION

SEEING THE TREES IN THE FOREST: ELIZABETH GROWS BEYOND EXPECTATIONS

I can remember that I was living so deeply “in the forest” this year that I did not “see the trees” I was so deep in concentrating on Elizabeth’s sensory needs, her therapies and their follow-ups at home as well as our older daughter’s needs and well…LIFE that I don’t think I looked up to […]

September 11, 2014 administrator Elizabeth's Journey Comments (0) Details
Tags: BITE BLOCKS, DYSPRAXIA, ELIZABETH'S MONTHLY UPDATES, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, LIP BLOCKS, ORAL MOTOR THERAPYORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL STIMULATION, ORAL-MOTOR, PURPLE BITE BLOCKS, SENSORY FRIENDLY BITE BLOCKSSENSORY ISSUES, SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER, SPD, STRAWS AS THERAPY, talk tools

Ask A Therapist: Pre-Feeding Suggestion

Hi,   I was interested in a couple of your products and what would be suitable for both of my daughters.   Anne is 5 and a half and has Autism. She has been doing a Son-Rise program for over a year. We have seen some great progress with her responsiveness and social skills, but […]

September 10, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, AUTISM, DYSPRAXIA, FEEDING, FEEDING THERAPY, JAW STABILITY, MOUTH BREATHING, OPEN MOUTH POSTUREORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTOR, PRE-FEEDING EXERCISES, ROBYN MERKEL WALSHSON-RISE, talk tools, TALKTOOLS

Ask A Therapist: Bite Blocks & Bite Tubes for Trismus

Sara,   I have an adult woman who has had surgery for oral cancer and has had resection of right hard palate. I have been treating her for Trismus using the TheraBite. This has worked successfully as she was able to wear an obdurator.   She is now at a point where she can no […]

September 3, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE BLOCK HIERARCHY, BITE BLOCKS, BITE TUBE HIERARCHY, BITE TUBE SET, BITE TUBES, HARD PALATE, OBDURATORORAL CANCER, ORAL CANCER RESECTION, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTORSARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, talk tools, TALKTOOLS, THERABITE, TRISMUS

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: Therapy Cards & Bite Tube

Hi Sara, I am Jonathan’s speech therapist, his Mom and I had a few questions for you. 1. When working with your therapy cards should we provide jaw support due to his jaw sliding or just stay on lower level cards that don’t cause his jaw to slide until his jaw strengthens from the OPT […]

August 20, 2014 administrator Ask A Therapist Comments (0) Details
Tags: ASK A THERAPIST, BITE BLOCKS, BITE TUBE SET, BITE TUBES, CHEWY HIERARCHY, DOWN SYNDROME, FEEDINGFEEDING THERAPY, OPT CARD SET, OPT CARDS, ORAL MOTOR THERAPY, ORAL PLACEMENT, Oral Placement Therapy, ORAL-MOTOR, PROGRAM PLAN, SARA ROSENFELD-JOHNSON, SPEECH THERAPY CARDS, talk tools, TALKTOOLSTALKTOOLS CARD SET, THERAPY CARDS