NEW DVD FOR PARENTS !

Sara Rosenfeld Johnson, M.S., CCC-SLP,  Founder of Talk Tools Innovative ® Therapists International, has put together a 3 hour DVD to help parents learn “hands-on” feeding and muscle based therapy techniques which can be incorporated in the home. Learn how to use horns, straws  and bubbles to increase muscle function and how it relates to speech production.  Maximise the child’s language skills by simply “engineering the home” for language stimulation.  A video presentation will be shown demonstrating a parent implementing feeding and muscle-based exercises/strategies in the home environment

By Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, M.S., CCC-SLP

Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson details the " how and why " of horn therapy.  Learn how horns work to improve abdominal grading, controlled oral airflow, velo-pharyngeal function and ultimately develop speech clarity.

By Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, M.S., CCC-SLP

Learn how Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson's unique straw hierarchy technique improves tongue retraction, lip rounding, feeding skills and the development of standard speech production.

By Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, M.S., CCC-SLP

This one-hour DVD features Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson taking you step-by-step through her techniques for therapeutic bubble blowing. Watch as she describes how this therapy increases abdominal strength, prolonged oral airflow, lip closure, and lip rounding, and improves overall speech intelligibility.

By Lori L. Overland, M.S. CCC/SLP

Lori Overland demonstrates pre-feeding techniques designed to prepare the oral musculature for breast, bottle, cup, straw, spoon and solid feedings.  Provides an excellent overview of the skills needed to be a successful oral feeder.

BY  LORI L. OVERLAND, M.S., CCC/SLP

Lori Overland addresses the impact of sensory issues on feeding, speech and language development and highlights assessment and treatment strategies for oral sensory dysfunction.  The goal of these exercises is 'normalizing'  the sensory system for feeding and speech development.

BY  LORI L. OVERLAND, M.S., CCC/SLP

This presentation focuses on the development of oral-motor skills in the Down syndrome population from birth to adulthood. Factors which potentially impact feeding are presented, along with an overview of therapeutic strategies to prevent long-term feeding problems. Assessment of sensory and motor skills are discussed, and a framework for developing sensory diets is presented.

By Robyn Merkel,  M.A. CCC/SLP

Robyn's SMILE Program ( Systematic Intervention for Lingual Elevation) is an effective way to help children remediate  articulation errors including persistent lisps, interdentalized productions of  t-d-l-n, and distortions of sh-ch-r when they are the result of a tongue thrust disorder. It is intended for use with children 7 years or older who have the ability to monitor their own swallow patterns.

By Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, M.S., CCC-SLP

Sara's unique tactile-sensory approach to speech therapy uses therapy tools 'disguised' as toys. See how 40 fun-to-use exercises can be used to improve phonation, resonation, and speech clarity. Interactive, hands-on demonstrations will focus on therapeutically sound techniques that develop the oral-motor muscles needed for improving speech clarity: abdomen, velum, jaw, lips, and tongue. Your clients (or your child) will actually want to do these exercises, because they're fun and they work!