Teaching Kids the Concept of Sucking (Not Blowing) through a Straw to Drink
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 26th May 2017
Question: Good afternoon! I'm a speech therapist working on straw drinking with a child who has Autism. We've done the first 3 steps of your How to Teach Straw Drinking blog post, but cannot proceed to the 4th because the child does not know what it means in general to take a sip. I cannot think of anything else to do. He closes the lips around the straw but doesn
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Oral Motor Straw Workout
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 7th Apr 2017
Below are directions for a Straw / Lip Blok program I've used with many of my kids over the years. I usually do this in conjunction with
tongue thrust therapy when their swallowing pattern needs to be changed. And it also helps work on oral tone and tongue retraction.
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What You'll Need:
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Krazy Straws. I typically use the ones in the picture below, in sequence f
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