How to Practice Vowels & Jaw Heights
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 29th May 2018
Question: Can the bite blocks on the back of the animal tips be used to practice vowels?
I usually use the bite blocks on the back of the Animal Tips as a jaw grading exercise for feeding purposes (for individuals to practice gauging how far to open the mouth for food). But they can certainly be used to work on jaw grading for vowel sounds too. Assuming you are an SL
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Which Products Are Recommended for Apraxia?
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 21st May 2018
Question: My son hasn’t officially been diagnosed yet, but his doctor thinks he has Apraxia. I'm not really getting a lot of guidance on tools to help my son so I'm trying to do some research on my own. Can your products help with Apraxia?
I know all about doing my own research! It's good that you're looking in to this. Yes, our products can help with cert
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Using the Grabber to Assist Pointing / Joint Attention
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 27th Jun 2017
Back when my daughter was about 8 or 9 months old, I remember carrying her out to the car one day, and on the way she pointed up to an airplane in the sky. I immediately reinforced this by saying something along the lines of: "Yes, that’s right! That’s an airplane. Airplane. See the airplane?”
By pointing, she was sharing information with me. She was telling me that she saw
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Frequency of Speech Therapy Sessions
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 31st Mar 2017
Question: Do all children with speech problems have to attend regular speech therapy?
Not necessarily. Sometimes you can place mild cases on consultation to monitor their development and progress.
For example, I recently saw a child with an L distortion in a private school. She was four years old, and I knew the parents would be very conscientious about
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