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    What Do I Look for in an Oral Motor / Feeding Assessment?(Post)

    What do I look for when I’m doing an oral motor / feeding assessment?   It's never a cookie-cutter check list.  It always depends on the individual and their skills and goals and where the evalua

    Easy Oral Motor Exercises to Try - Today!(Post)

    Oral motor therapy works on the oral skills necessary for proper speech and feeding development.  These skills include: awareness, strength, coordination, movement, and endurance of the lips, cheeks,

    5 Ways to Easily Assess Tongue-Ties Using ONE Simple Tool(Post)

    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

    Z-Vibe® Benefits, Background, & FAQs(Post)

    Why Does the Z-Vibe Work? Most of us are either visual or auditory learners. But when these two senses are not enough, you may need to physically direct the articulators for certain speech and feeding

    Button Pull Lip Closure Activity(Post)

    Lip closure - being able to create and maintain a seal with your lips - is a fundamental oral motor skill for successful speech and feeding development.   For feeding, it's how we do things such

    DIY "Birthday Cake" Fine Motor Activity(Post)

    The best therapy exercises are the ones where the child doesn't know it's an exercise, which is why every pediatric speech and occupational therapist's "bag of tricks" is mostly full of toys and ga

    Jaw Grading & Stability(Post)

    Jaw grading is the ability to visually judge how far you need to open your mouth to take a bite out of certain foods and to say certain speech sounds. For example, say "ooooo" versus "aaahh" - can you

    Pre-Feeding Oral Motor Exercises with SLP Angeliki Xygka(Post)

    Are you interested in learning more about feeding therapy skills?  You've come to the right place! Below is the video and transcript from a live webinar we hosted featuring Speech Language Path

    Using Gross Motor for Oral Motor - How Trunk Turning Exercises Can Improve Tongue Lateralization(Post)

    Tongue lateralization is the ability to move the tongue from side to side inside the mouth.  It's an important skill for feeding therapy and development, as the tongue lateralizes in order to manip

    How to Decrease Tongue Protrusion & Encourage Retraction(Post)

    Question: I have a 2 year old on my EI caseload, our program purchased a z-vibe kit for him. He is demonstrating some sensory aversion, drooling, and an open mouth posture with tongue protrusion. H

    SPD at the Dentist's Office(Post)

    Question:  Hi, I am a dental hygienist looking for ideas on treating patients with SPD in the dental setting.  Can you give me some suggestions?  Thank you! .  If the patient has sensory issues

    Oral Motor Skills & Dental Health in Children: They’re More Connected Than You Think(Post)

    As a speech-language pathologist, and the daughter of a dental hygienist, I grew up surrounded by conversations about teeth and oral health. Add in my own childhood experience with protruding teeth an