Understanding Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) Home › General › Understanding Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) General Understanding Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) A comprehensive guide to improving speech clarity, feeding skills, and oral motor function through targeted tactile-proprioceptive techniques, designed for families, clinicians, and educators. TT TalkTools Editorial Team Clinical Education February 4, 2026 7 min read […]
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 together with dysarthria (specifically weakness of tongue and lips). So far his lip strength and movement has improved a lot, but I am really struggling with his tongue. He can protrude his tongue beautifully, retraction we are working […]