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Halloween is a fun time of year, with tons of ways to make oral motor therapy more engaging with seasonal ideas. Here are 20 ways to add a spooky twist to practicing lip, tongue, jaw, and breath skills. One thing before starting: food-based activities depend entirely on the individual. Allergies, the textures they tolerate, and their current chewing and swallowing skills all matter, so please keep …

If you've spent time in an oral motor or feeding session, there's a good chance you already know the Z-Vibe. For more than twenty years it's been the vibrating oral motor tool therapists reach for and families keep coming back to. Today it grows! We'd like to introduce the Z-Vibe Plus. What the Z-Vibe does At its heart, the Z-Vibe uses gentle vibration to wake up the mouth. That input helps buil …

ARK turns 26 this month!  In celebration, here are 26 fun oral motor and feeding activities, all built around things you'd find at a birthday party - candles, frosting, sprinkles, party blowers, cake pops, crunchy snacks, silly faces, etc. Before you start - keep in mind that food-based activities depend entirely on the individual - allergies, textures they tolerate, and their current chewing …

Spring is a season of growth, renewal, and fresh beginnings, making it the perfect time to focus on tools that support steady progress in myofunctional therapy. As a myofunctional therapist, I am always looking for ways to support my clients at every stage of growth and development, and ARK Therapeutic tools are designed to do exactly that. In this blog post, I’ll be sharing several ARK tool …