ARK's Blog

I always love adding new tools to my oral motor toolbox, and the Bite Blocks are no exception.  These handy oral motor tools come in two different versions, both of which can be used to work on jaw grading and stability:   1.   Bite Blocks - a standalone non-vibratory set, as pictured below.  This version is nice when you don't need vibration.  Because each …

This wonderful guest blog comes to us from Elizabeth at This Little Home of Mine. When our oldest daughter was almost five months old, we received confirmation that Down Syndrome would be part of her story. In this post, we're excited to be partnering with ARK Therapeutic to share some of the tools that have accompanied us along the way. After learning of our daughter's diagnosis, I immedia …

This helpful guest blog post is courtesy of Susannah Silvia, MCD, CCC-SLP. The term tongue-tie has been thrown around a lot lately in homes and in therapy clinics.  With all the different names, effects, and treatments, speech-language pathologists and parents are often left confused in their own role of diagnosing. . Tongue-tie, or ankyloglossia to the medical field, is not a newly di …

A little ARK Trivia: How did we come up with the name for the  Z-Vibe?  Is it: A.  Because Debbie’s maiden name starts with Z B.  Because the Z-Vibe does everything from A to Z C.  Because it goes Zzzzzzzz D.  All of the above  . . The answer is C, that's how we came up with the name :) But, it also happens that B is true, too. You can use the Z-Vibe …