NOVEMBER 2015 LIVE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
We have speech and feeding therapy workshops across the U.S. this November. Our 1 and 2 day hands-on courses cover a variety…
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…
Success Story: Maddox
Maddox Before & After TalkTools® Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) After our daughter Maddox was born, one of the…
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Clinical Parameters of Oral Placement Therapy (OPT)
Authors: Robyn Merkel-Walsh M.A., CCC-SLP & Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson M.S., CCC-SLP Foreword: This article, in the original form, was published in Advance Magazine…
Podcast: A Case for Oral Placement Therapy (OPT)
Recently, TalkTools® Presenter Robyn Merkel-Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP joined Jeff Stepen, MS, CCC-SLP on his podcast, Conversations in Speech Pathology.…
Interning in Advocacy
I left everyone last month by saying that Elizabeth was going to school! What an accomplishment for her…
17 MONTHS: ATTENDING A COURSE AND IMPROVING HER EXERCISES
I recently attended the “Three-Part Treatment Plan for Oral Placement Therapy” and it was great. Monica was the presenter and I really…
Ask A Therapist: Jaw Stability Protocol for Severe Underbite
Hi Therapists, What do I do for a 19 year old student with a severe underbite (a gap…
Ask A Therapist: Proper Tongue Elevation & Retraction
I need advice please! I am seeing a 5 year old child with severe childhood apraxia of speech…
STEPPING OUT OF THE OASIS AND BACK INTO LIFE
It is funny or maybe not funny, but ironic that with a special needs child all the things you…