Books | Charts

One of TalkTools most popular books, A Sensory Motor Approach to Feeding encompasses sensory processing and oral-motor skill development needed for safe, effective, nutritive feeding for all ages and ability levels. Lori Overland, MS, CCC-SLP, C/NDT, CLC & Robyn Merkel-Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP have put together their expertise and many years of experience in this practical, illustrated guide that is now a reference in the field of Feeding Therapy. Readers will learn how to identify a sensory-motor feeding disorder, complete an assessment and write a professional report.

Jennifer L.Jones, Ph.D. BRS-S combines models to create one framework for viewing gross and fine motor development in children from birth to six years old.

Is your client or child tongue tied? Tongue tie is a common type of Tethered Oral Tissues (TOTs) or ankyloglossia.

Authors, Robyn Merkel-Walsh and Lori Overland, have developed a comprehensive, evidenced-based program -- the Merkel-Walsh & Overland TOTs Protocol -- to assist in the identification and functional implications of Tethered Oral Tissues (TOTs) -- commonly referred to as "tongue tie" or ankyloglossia.

This practical speech and feeding program includes a pre- and post-surgical treatment plan to avoid long-term issues, such as scarring and reattachment.

Do you want to address drooling with a systematic method rather than juggling with various therapy tools you already own? The Drooling Remediation Manual has a step-by-step approach that doesn’t focus on behaviour but rather addresses the cause of drooling with a new set of eyes, Oral Placement Therapy. It can be implemented by therapists as well as parents.

One of Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson's seminal books focuses on the importance of jaw function for whole-body sensory organisation, feeding safety, elimination of oral habits (teeth grinding, tongue/finger suckling, dummies), and speech clarity. The jaw exercises are presented in a step-by-step format to ensure success. Sara demonstrates a variety of techniques, including activities with TalkTools Jaw Grading Bite Blocks and Jaw Exerciser

Ice Sticks promote thermal stimulation for oral movement. The program is designed for clients who cannot achieve lip closure, jaw closure or sufficient tongue retraction to mobilize a bolus back to achieve a swallow. These deficits are particularly seen in clients with Cerebral Palsy, Traumatic Brain Injury and Moebius Syndrome. Through direct stimulation of the lips, Ice Sticks’ multi-sensory exercises help develop prerequisite skills to implement an Oral Placement, feeding or speech therapy program.

This manual is a fun and practical resource to fix tongue thrust, together with the set of appropriate tools. The SMILE (SysteMatic Intervention for Lingual Elevation) Program, developed by Robyn Merkel-Walsh, targets speech and swallowing skills in a 14-step hierarchy. Designed for children 7-12, yet appropriate for teens and adults, the manual is illustrated with Mr. Smile pictures to better visualise the techniques.

After many years of clinical research including evidenced based practice and development, Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson has created a programme manual using tactile interventions to improve the oral preparatory phase feeding skills and speech clarity for teens, young adults and the older population for clients with any of the following diagnoses: dysarthria, apraxia, post oral cancer surgery, voice disorders, post CVA, Parkinson's disease as well as Down syndrome, TBI and Cerebral Palsy. This revolutionary approach will assist therapists, clients and caregivers to improve feeding safety including chewing of firmer textures, bolus formation and bolus positioning for transport and improve speech clarity regardless of when the diagnosis was originally made. Muscle skills can improve at any age and this book will add both new and exciting activities to your therapy repertoire.

The Sensory Stix Programme is designed to transition oral movement taught in oral-motor exercises into volitional movement for speech production. In addition, these exercises are useful in the remediation of tongue thrust and in improving oral resting postures. The Sensory Stick is used to place candy powder on the target articulator in order to provide a tactile and flavourful cue for stimulating specific jaw-lip-tongue placement needed for speech production and swallowing.

Word FLiPS with REAL words (and pictures) is a must for children with limited speech, unintelligible speech, and/or childhood apraxia of speech! Teach functional vocabulary words, such as greetings and requests (for example, "hi," "go," and "bye") while practicing up to three repetitions of sound sequences.

Results improve when clients do their homework. Use these handy charts to send weekly exercises home for practice.

• The forms can be filled out quickly, and are easy to follow.
• Clients and families alike will appreciate the clarity of their responsibilities in their home program.
• Designed for use with the Oral-Motor Progress Chart so you know exactly which homework to assign.

These charts will greatly simplify your note-taking during therapy, and will also help to establish IEP goals.

• Contains three forms to chart progress in Oral-Motor Skills, Feeding, and Speech Therapy.
• The forms correlate with Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson's book, Oral-Motor Exercises for Speech Clarity, and with the Oral-Motor Homework Chart as well.

Perfect for sending weekly exercises home with your client so therapy can continue between sessions.

• The easy-to-follow chart can be filled out quickly.
• Parents will appreciate the clarity of a standardised form describing their child's homework.

Feelings charts to help children and adults express how they feel in an easy to access way. During school lessons or speech and language therapy sessions. Our Speech and Language Therapy team have created these feelings charts to help children and adults express how they feel in an easy to communicate way.

Talk and Turn is a set of playing card sized cards incorporating a CV word and a representative picture to use in speech production therapy.

Talk and Turn is a set of playing card sized cards incorporating a CV word and a representative picture to use in speech production therapy.

Talk and Turn is a set of playing card sized cards incorporating a CV word and a representative picture to use in speech production therapy.

Talk and Turn is a set of playing card sized cards incorporating a CV word and a representative picture to use in speech production therapy.

SMILE (SysteMatic Intervention for Lingual Elevation) Program is an Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy program targeting speech, oral resting posture, oral habits and swallowing.

The Drooling Remediation Program has a step-by-step approach that does not focus on behaviour but rather addresses the cause of drooling with a new set of eyes, Oral Placement Therapy. Possible areas of saliva control deficit include: body posture, sensory awareness, lip closure and saliva retraction. The fun, motivational OPT activities are suitable for both children and adults, and can be implemented by therapists as well as families.