Questions and Answers 2006-2010
Below is a quick guide to all the posted questions and answers, sorted in chronological order.
20061. Apraxia and Stubbornness2007
2. What does oral motor therapy have to do with speech?
3. /R/ and Vowels
4. Resonance
5. Drooling
6. Frequency of oral motor therapy?
7. Older Children With Apraxia and Dysarthria
8. Cerebellar Disorder
9. Guidance for Autism and Apraxia
10. Apraxia and Attention
11. What is oral motor therapy?
12. Computer software recommendations?
1. Tip R versus Back R2008
2. Nasal R
3. "Popping" and Voicelessness
4. Again, what does oral motor therapy have to do with speech?
5. An Apraxia Controversy - Is it or isn't it?
6. Oral-Motor Goals in IEPs
7. Vowels, Diphthongs, Choppiness, and Low Intelligibility
8. Tongue Back Elevation
8. Tongue Back Elevation
10. Stopping Prevocalic Sibilants
11. Denial of R Therapy: A Dialogue
12. Tongue-Ties and Speech
13. Differentiating the Apraxia Books
14. Assimilation in a Two-Year-Old
15. Stimulation Techniques for /k/ and /g/
16. Jaw Pain
17. Vocalic "L"
1. Spitting Out Toothpaste2009
2. A Classic 5-Part Problem
3. Oral Motor Therapy versus Non-Speech Oral Motor Exercises
4. Oral Motor Techniques in History
5. Two Different Motor Pathways Argument
6. Vowels in Late Talkers
7. The "Butterfly Position"
8. Pacifiers and Apraxia
9. Techniques for "Long E"
10. Very Limited Speech
11. Horn Programs and Articulation Therapy
12. Toddler With Autism
13. Patience and the Lateral Lisp
14. Elocution and Intelligibility
15. Autism and Mouthing Behavior
16. Time Off From Therapy
17. Becoming Verbal With Autism and Apraxia
18. Lisps and Missing Front Teeth
19. Inhibiting Lip Interference During Phoneme Learning
20. Orofacial Myology
21. The R Crisis
22. Oral Motor Treatment and NS-OME
23. EBP - Chopping Down The Trees to Save The Forest
24. Stimulating Lip Movement
25. Teaching Sh
26. Counseling Parents About Articulation Deficit
27. Sound-Activated Toys
28. Diagnosis of Apraxia: Necessary to Start Treatment?
29. The Essence of Therapy with Little Kids
30. CAS and Self-Esteem in Therapy
31. Childhood Apraxia and Dysrthria: Frequency of Therapy
32. Esteem vs. Rappprt
33. Feeding Therapy Resources
34. Teaching Phonemes: Advice to Preschool Teachers
35. ICD Codes for Oral Motor
36. Overlapping Stages of Vocal Development
37. Apraxia: What to Tell the Preschool Child
38. Jargon and Intelligibility
39. Jaw Lateralization and the Lateral Lisp
40. Facilitating Tongue-tip Elevation
41. PROMPT and Apraxia
42. EBP and Controversy Over Pam's Work
1. Appropriateness of Oral Motor Goals2010
2. Exit Criteria
3. Word Lists
4. Limiting Augmentative Communication Systems
5. Final Consonants
6. PROMPT
7. What To Practice At Home
8. Teaching /w/
9. Lateral Lisp, Palatal Expander, and Oral Habits
10. Frenectomy: Sample Referral Letter
11. Tongue-tip Interference During /p/ and /b/ Productions
12. From Isolated Phoneme to Conversation
13. Elocution
14. Drooling in Typical Young Children
15. Worried Mom of Toddler
16. Carryover Techniques
17. Nasality on /r/
18. Stimulating the Butterfly Position
19. Mobious Syndrome
20. Encouraging a "Real" Voice (Instead of a Whisper)
21. Habitual Open Mouth Rest Posture
22. Preschool Plateaus
23. Outgrowing a Lateral Lisp
24. Targeting "Un-Stimulable" Phonemes
25. Lighten up! ("Believing" in "Oral Motor")
26. Frontal Lisp and Reverse Swallow
27. Fear in Labeling Motor Speech Disorders
28. Diet Modifications and Apraxia
29. Three Challenges of the Lateral Lisp
30. The Nasal /r/
31. Short Lingua Frenum and /r/ Therapy
32. The Lateral "Sh"
33. Sanitary Procedures
34. Big Tongue
35. Lateral Lisp and Dysarthria
36. The Trouble with AAC's
37. Prevocalic Voicing
38. Age and the Frontal Lisp
39. Jaw Stabilization for the Lateral Lisp
40. Definition of Apraxia
41. Toddlers and the Frontal Lisp
1. Postvocalic /r/
2. Motivating /r/ Therapy
3. Articulation Procedure Basics
4. Getting a Two-Year-Old to Talk
5. What is Evidence-Based Practice?
6. What EBP Really Means
7. Sharing Ideas and EBP
8. Exercise Routines
9. "Sharp" or "Whistling" /s/
10. Sensory-Motor Processing
11. Cerebral Palsy and Intelligibility
12. Stimulability and /r/ Therapy
13. Stimulating /t/ and /d/ without /k/ and /g/
14. Quick Dismissal on /r/
15. OM Tool Kit
16. Refining /s/
17. The Roles of Oral Rest Posture and Neutral Position in Articulation Therapy
18. Giving a Prognosis to Parents
19. Hypernasal /r/
20. Assessment of Lisp
21. Oral Stability and the Frontal Lisp
22. Prosody Goals
23. Nasalized /l/ and /r/
24. Where to Buy Toys and Tools
25. Object-Biting Habit