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10 Favorite Z-Vibe Tips for Oral Motor Therapy(Post)
Are you looking for a well-rounded set of Z-Vibe® tips for your oral motor therapy exercises? The Tip Kit is a collection of 10 versatile Z-Vibe tips that can be used to wo ...
Oral Motor Staples for Babies Who Have Down Syndrome(Post)Question: Hello! About 1 week ago my husband and I got a confirmed diagnosis of Down syndrome for our upcoming baby girl. I want to help my little flower as much as possible an ...
Feeding Problems - When It's Psychological(Post)Question: I've read your Food Refusal article, that feeding problems are usually related to oral motor or sensory problems. But can it be psychological? I’ve searche ...
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 goal ...
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, ch ...
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 ...
Goodbye Sippy Cups, Hello Straw Cup!(Post)Learning to drink from a straw is a developmental milestone that can support a child's oral motor skills, providing key benefits for feeding, swallowing, and even the muscles that help produce speec ...
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 t ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 Languag ...
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 yo ...