Along with traditional treatment approaches, we offer
- Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT)
- Sequential Oral Sensory Approach (SOS Approach) to Feeding Therapy
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- PROMPT therapy
- Lee Silverman Voice Therapy (LSVT)
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy is a practice that works with the muscles of the lips, tongue, cheeks, face and their related functions (such as breathing, sucking, chewing, swallowing, and some aspects of speech). OMT is designed to improve tongue posture in the oral cavity and reduce tongue thrusting during swallowing. An Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder (OMD) may affect, directly and/or indirectly, breastfeeding, facial skeletal growth and development, chewing, swallowing, speech, occlusion, temporomandibular joint movement, oral hygiene, stability of orthodontic treatment, facial esthetics, and more.
(https://aomtinfo.org/myofunctional-therapy/)
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
AAC is a tool, strategy, system, or device which supports communication. Light-tech options include gestures, sign language, drawing, communication books, or picture exchange. High-tech options include using speech generating devices such as an app, iPad, computer, or tablet.
(https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/aac/)
Feeding Therapy and the SOS Approach
Feeding therapy helps children who are either hyper or hypo sensitive to food/drinks. This may look like picky eating, gagging during intake, limited repetoire of foods, or pocketting/over-stuffing. We use a combination of the SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory), food chaining, and child-centered approaches to feeding therapy. The SOS approch is researched driven and focuses on a stengths-based and family centered model.
https://sosapproachtofeeding.com/
PROMPT Therapy
PROMPT is an acronym for Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets. PROMPT therapy is a multidimensional approach to speech production disorders, which integrates the physical-sensory aspects of motor performance, with the cognitive-linguistic and social-emotional aspects. PROMPT is about addressing all domains and systems towards positive communication outcomes. It may be used (with varying intensity and focus) with all speech production disorders from approximately 6 months of age onward.
(http://www.promptinstitute.com)
Lee Silverman Voice Therapy (LSVT)
LSVT LOUD is an effective speech treatment for people with Parkinson’s disease and other neurological conditions. LSVT LOUD trains individuals to use their voice at a more normal loudness level while speaking at home, work, or in the community. This treatment approach improves vocal loudness by stimulating the muscles of the voice box (larynx) and speech mechanism through a systematic hierarchy of exercises. The treatment improves respiratory, laryngeal, and articulatory function to maximize speech intelligibility.
