Answer: A strong starting point is training on tethered oral tissues (TOTs), plus practical coursework focused on teaching nasal breathing and understanding how the sensory system can impact daily routines (including sleep). If you’re looking for courses for mouth breathing and sleep apnea, especially when snoring and disrupted sleep continue even after tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy, targeted continuing […]
TALKTOOLS LIVE WEBINARS 2.0: SHORTER, INNOVATIVE, RELEVANT
We are excited to present TalkTools live webinar offering 2.0! We introduced speech & feeding live webinars in May 2017, starting with subjects like Oral Placement Therapy, Feeding, Autism and Apraxia, reflecting TalkTools most popular courses in other Continuing Education options (live workshops and self study). We now have new courses that are offered exclusively as live webinars, in a […]
OCTOBER 2015 LIVE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
We have a very busy schedule this October with speech and feeding therapy workshops across the U.S. Our 1 and 2 day hands-on courses cover a variety of diagnoses including Down syndrome, Apraxia of Speech, Dysphagia, Autism (ASD), and Dyspraxia among others. Therapy techniques that improve speech and feeding by focusing on abdominal grading, tongue mobility, lip rounding, and jaw strength, stability and grading are demonstrated. Detailed workshop information and […]
Ask a Therapist: Cleft Palate & Feeding Therapy
Lori, I’ve taken your courses for Down’s syndrome and Assessment and Planning. I’m fairly new to feeding, but am having some success with Down’s clients (thank you and they thank you :). I just got a 15 month old with cleft on my caseload. He’s had lip repair and his palate only has a small hole after surgery […]
COURSE REVIEW: SOLVING THE PUZZLE OF AUTISM USING TACTILE THERAPY TECHNIQUES
We had a great course two weeks ago in Baltimore and received the below review on Robyn Merkel-Walsh’s course “Solving the Puzzle of Autism Using Tactile Therapy Techniques” and wanted to share. If you are interested in having Robyn visit your clinic or town just drop us a line! We love to chat with therapists and […]