DVD : Straws – Fun & Functional

Product Description

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Learn how straws can be used to improve speech clarity!

Run time is 1 hour.

Course Description

TalkTools’ innovative straw therapy is captured on this informative one-hour video.

Learn how unique straw hierarchy techniques improve tongue retraction, lip rounding, feeding skills and the development of standard speech production.

Learning Outcomes

• Apply hierarchical concepts in the context of straw therapy.
• List at least 3 ways that straws can be used to improve speech clarity.
• Explain how straws can be used to correct a tongue thrust.
• Use the straw hierarchy to reduce drooling.

The “Straws” course is an interactive, hands-on presentation. When taking this course as a self-study it is encouraged that you follow along with all of the activities.

Included:

Straw Kit

Instructor – Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, MS, CCC-SLP

Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson is an internationally known speaker on the subject of Oral Placement Therapy (OPT). She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of muscle-based disorders as related to speech clarity and feeding issues. In 1995, Sara founded TalkTools® as a speakers bureau and source for Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) and therapy tools. She has held seminars throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Europe, Australia, Africa, Latin America and Asia. Over the past 40 years, she has worked in public schools, hospitals, private practice and child development programs. Oral Placement Therapy for Speech Clarity and Feeding, Assessment and Treatment of the Jaw,OPT for /s/ and /z/, >A Therapist’s Guide to Rehabilitative Feeding and Speech Techniques for Teens and Adults, The HOMEWORK Book, the Drooling Remediation Program, and many other educational materials.