Debbie's Blog
Sucking on Solid Food Instead of Chewing It
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 18th Apr 2018
Question: I am a speech therapist who works mostly with adults but a little in early intervention. I currently have a two-year-old who was fed and is still fed quite a bit through a fee
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An Overwhelming Need to Chew
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 2nd Apr 2018
Question: Hi Debbie - I work at a school for children who have special needs. I serve a lot of students (many tube-fed) who really crave oral stimulation to the point that it is diff
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10 Oral Motor Staples for Feeding Therapy
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 2nd Oct 2017
As a feeding therapist, there are a lot of different tools in my therapy bag. These are my favorites:
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PROBE
The
Probe is a simple but versatile tool for both
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What Is Chewelry?
25th Sep 2017
Chewelry is jewelry that's chewable (chew + jewelry = “chewelry”). If you crave chewing on non-food items for any reason, chewable necklaces and bracelets are a way to safely satisfy tha
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Using Chew Tools in Oral Motor / Feeding Therapy
30th Jul 2017
Most people know the Grabber, Y-Chew, and Guitar as non-food chewing tools that provide a safe alternative to nail biting, chewing on pencils, etc. But did you know they can al
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