Introducing Oral Motor Tools
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 7th May 2018
Question: I have some of your products (Z-Vibe, Baby Grabber, Baby Guitar, Bear cup) but my son seems to be having a hard time accepting them. He’s just now finally accepting the bear here and there, but he doesn’t really want to have anything to do with the chew tools or Z-Vibe. I've read in some of your literature that dipping them in sticky foo
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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 feeding tube, but who is able to chew and eat solid food now. However, she has a habit with all solid foods of taking one bite and then sucking the rest until she is either able to swallow it or she sp
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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 feeding and oral motor applications. It was the very first product my husband and I made together 18 years ago, and it’s still a staple in my therapy bag today.
The Probe has a white handle with a bl
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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 also be used to work on lots of different oral motor / feeding therapy goals?
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Here are some of our favorite ways to incorporate the Grabber, Y-Chew, and/or Guitar into your oral motor / fe
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