Eating | Drinking

Chewy Tubes help you teach chewing, biting and normalisation of oral habits which are essential for oral motor skills needed in an OPT program. The red, large-stemmed, T-shaped Chewy Tube is a therapy tool designed to promote jaw strength in oral motor exercises. It is integrated in a hierarchy with other tools in the Bite Tube Set and in numerous exercises described in our book Assessment and Treatment of the Jaw - Putting It All Together: Sensory, Feeding and Speech.

Chewy Tubes help you teach chewing, biting and normalisation of oral habits which are essential oral motor skills needed in an OPT program. The yellow, small-stemmed, T-shaped Chewy Tube is a therapy tool designed to promote jaw strength in oral motor exercises. It is integrated in a hierarchy with other tools in the Bite Tube Set and in numerous exercises described in our book Assessment and Treatment of the Jaw - Putting It All Together: Sensory, Feeding and Speech. Chewy Tubes also provide stimulation and exercise for clients with non oral feeding.

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.

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bolus formation and bolus positioning for transport and improve speech clarity regardless of when the diagnosis was originally made.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.

These cocktail forks are excellent for food placement and control.

ARK's Flat Textured Spoons have a very thin profile - perfect for individuals who have limited lip control and/or difficulty removing food from the spoon. Use them to introduce texture to puréed foods like yogurt, applesauce, stage 1 baby foods, etc. They're textured on one side and smooth on the other. Present the spoon textured side facing up to stimulate the upper lip, or textured side down to stimulate the lower lip and tongue. Use the end with lines for mild input, or the end with bumps for more input. Or start with the lines and eventually progress to the bumps for increasing tactile input.

Durable, lightweight spoons provide exceptional protection for teeth and gums during feeding. Small bowls help control food intake.

Durable, lightweight spoons provide exceptional protection for teeth and gums during feeding. Small bowls help control food intake.

ARK's proSpoon™ was specially designed by feeding therapist Debbie Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP to support easy feeding and food removal for young children. The size and shape of the spoon bowl are "just right" - big enough to hold an appropriate amount of food, but small enough to prevent the spoon from being overloaded with too much food. It's a rigid spoon, but it does have slight flexibility to it so that it's gentle on the teeth (in case someone has a bite reflex and bites down on the spoon).

ARK's proSpoon™ was specially designed by feeding therapist Debbie Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP to support easy feeding and food removal for young children. The size and shape of the spoon bowl are "just right" - big enough to hold an appropriate amount of food, but small enough to prevent the spoon from being overloaded with too much food. As an extra bonus: the back of the spoon bowl has gentle bumps to help transition children from puréed to textured foods. These sensory bumps also stimulate the tongue and lower lip and provide added tongue stability. It's a rigid spoon, but it does have slight flexibility to it so that it's gentle on the teeth (in case someone has a bite reflex and bites down on the spoon).

Self-feeding is an essential milestone in human development. Children learning to feed themselves are learning to master independence, fine motor skills, sensory regulation, and food exploration skills. Having appropriate utensils and tools can help with the transition from caregiver-led feeding to self-feeding.

TalkTools® is known across the globe for tools, training, and techniques developed and tested by speech and feeding professionals that provide evidence-based, next-day solutions for therapists and the families they serve. The Itsy™ Collection is no different. It is an inclusive feeding set inspired by TalkTools® founder, Sara Rosenfeld Johnson, and designed and tested by speech-language therapist-occupational therapist teams and their clients. It is the most comprehensive feeding platform for promoting self-feeding, including babies who may have challenges with transitioning to self-feeding (i.e., sensory processing, neurological, physical, or developmental differences).

The TalkTools® Itsy™ Spoon Set includes two spoons -- textured and smooth -- to accommodate where the baby is on their self-feeding journey. Ergonomically designed, the Itsy™ Spoon set allows your child to practice their grasping and fine motor skills.


Benefits and Features:

• Flexible but sturdy bowls offer safer self-feeding
• Guard flange has a stop-roll feature and keeps the bowl clean by elevating it above the eating surface

We designed 2 spoons to meet different stages and skill levels for beginning eaters. Textured Spoon

• the textured, grooved bowl provides additional sensory input and holds food in place
• sloped bowl safely channels food into the mouth
• symmetrical, bulb-shaped handle proportionally designed to encourage independent grasping and holding

Smooth Spoon

• smooth, shallow bowl limits portions, encourages safe self-feeding
• curved, bulb-shaped handle promotes grip control and arm-wrist rotation

Self-feeding is an essential milestone in human development. Children learning to feed themselves are learning to master independence, fine motor skills, sensory regulation, and food exploration skills. Having appropriate utensils and tools can help with the transition from caregiver-led feeding to self-feeding.

TalkTools® is known across the globe for tools, training, and techniques developed and tested by speech and feeding professionals that provide evidence-based, next-day solutions for therapists and the families they serve. The Itsy™ Collection is no different. It is an inclusive feeding set inspired by TalkTools® founder, Sara Rosenfeld Johnson, and designed and tested by speech-language therapist-occupational therapist teams and their clients. It is the most comprehensive feeding platform for promoting self-feeding, including babies who may have challenges with transitioning to self-feeding (i.e., sensory processing, neurological, physical, or developmental differences).

The TalkTools® Itsy™ Plate is an excellent mealtime solution for teaching your child to feed themselves


Benefits and Features:

• The symmetrical, circular design resembles a regular plate -- allows for appropriate food portions and can be rotated for sequential eating
• 4 sections with open triangular design accommodate selective eaters (who need food separated), as well as those eaters who want to explore foods and like to "mix and match"
• Volume lines assist with easy food measurements
• Curved walls to scoop
• A strong suctioned base keeps the plate in place
• Sized to fit all standard high chairs

Basic wedge design made from a latex-free material that doesn't degrade or get gummy when subjected to high heat sterilisation (autoclave).

Has a unique 'wrap around' handle to facilitate removal / positioning of the wedge without need for a second pair of hands; head and handle are permanently bonded together for safety and contains no metal parts

The SCC Open Wide® Reusable Mouth Prop with Wrap Around Handle comes with a sample disposable saliva ejector to show proper positioning through the mouth prop 'port'.

Basic wedge design made from a latex-free material that doesn't degrade or get gummy when subjected to high heat sterilisation (autoclave).

Has a unique 'wrap around' handle to facilitate removal / positioning of the wedge without need for a second pair of hands; head and handle are permanently bonded together for safety and contains no metal parts

The SCC Open Wide® Reusable Mouth Prop with Wrap Around Handle comes with a sample disposable saliva ejector to show proper positioning through the mouth prop 'port'.

Basic wedge design made from a latex-free material that doesn't degrade or get gummy when subjected to high heat sterilisation (autoclave).

Has a unique 'wrap around' handle to facilitate removal / positioning of the wedge without need for a second pair of hands; head and handle are permanently bonded together for safety and contains no metal parts

The SCC Open Wide® Reusable Mouth Prop with Wrap Around Handle comes with a sample disposable saliva ejector to show proper positioning through the mouth prop 'port'.

ARK's proBarbell™ Set is a fun and engaging way to work on lip closure and lip strength, fundamental skills needed for proper speech and feeding development. Using tongue depressors with pennies taped on either end has been a DIY oral motor exercise for many years. ARK's proBarbell set offers a fun, high quality upgrade of that oral motor activity - no more small parts or tape to worry about! Each proBarbell™ set includes two tools. The blue barbell has the equivalent weight of 2 pennies on each end, and the green barbell has the equivalent weight of 4 pennies on each end.

This drinks bottle allows you to control the flow of liquid into an Adult's mouth and encourages them to learn how to straw drink. You will appreciate the spill-proof lid.

This set of two colourful, spill-resistant cups comes with tight-fitting lids and are ready to use with our straw Hierarchy. Use the small cup for the shorter straws. Use the taller cup for the longer straws to prevent tipping. Helps teach the child to hold the cup, not the straw.

This colourful, spill-resistant cup comes with a tight-fitting lid and is ready to use with our straw Hierarchy. Helps teach the child to hold the cup, not the straw.

This colourful, spill-resistant cup comes with a tight-fitting lid and is ready to use with our straw Hierarchy. Helps teach the child to hold the cup, not the straw.

This colourful, spill-resistant cup comes with tight-fitting lid to fit the straws in the TalkTools Straw Hierarchy. Use this large cup for the longest straws to prevent tipping.

SafeSip fits virtually any drinking vessel. It keeps your drink in and everything else out. Price for one lid, blue colour.

The Honey Bear is a TalkTools® original that allows you to control the flow of liquid into a child's mouth and encourages children to learn straw drinking. It is used by speech and feeding therapists around the world to teach lip rounding, tongue retraction and other oral-motor skills. It can also be used by toddlers to transition from bottle feeding to cup drinking. The flexible straw and the squeezable body of this cup make it the perfect tool to wean a child from bottles or sippy cups.

The Honey Bear is a TalkTools® original that allows you to control the flow of liquid into a child's mouth and encourages children to learn straw drinking. It is used by speech and feeding therapists around the world to teach lip rounding, tongue retraction and other oral-motor skills. It can also be used by toddlers to transition from bottle feeding to cup drinking. The flexible straw and the squeezable body of this cup make it the perfect tool to wean a child from bottles or sippy cups.

The ARK Therapeutic's Bear Bottle features a unique valve that controls the direction of fluid - liquid flows up into the straw, but does not flow back down. Simply squeeze the bear's belly until fluid reaches the top of the straw and release.

Big things come in small packages sometimes! The removable Select-Flow Valve can be barely seen in the bottom of the straw, yet it makes drinking from a straw much easier. Liquid goes up into the straw, but does not flow back down into the cup. In other words, the straw always stays "full" of liquid, so you don't have to draw liquid up the full length of the straw and only a very small amount of suction is required to take a sip.

A smart alternative to 'Sippy' cups. An open rim cup that limits the flow of liquid allowing development of drinking patterns.

A smart alternative to 'Sippy' cups. An open rim cup that limits the flow of liquid allowing development of drinking patterns.

A smart alternative to 'Sippy' cups. An open rim cup that limits the flow of liquid allowing development of drinking patterns.

A smart alternative to 'Sippy' cups. An open rim cup that limits the flow of liquid allowing development of drinking patterns.

These shaped cups facilitate lip closure and tongue retraction to allow a child to drink effectively without spilling.

The Infa-Trainer Cup allows you to adjust the flow of liquid by twisting the lid, while the design of the lid also allows for stability without encouraging a suckle. This is the preferred alternative to a 'sippy cup.'

Appropriate for clients of all ages, the Recessed Lid Cup is a therapeutic alternative to sippy cups. It has two handles to help keep hands at midline and encourage self-feeding. Two lids are included. The recessed lid has two small holes which encourage cup drinking with tongue retraction and improved lip closure without extending your head and neck. The other lid has one bigger hole to allow for placement of a straw.

These flexible cups are designed to stimulate the lips & cheeks and allow someone to drink without head or neck extension. The generous open design allows easy viewing of lip and tongue movement.

These flexible cups are designed to stimulate the lips & cheeks and allow someone to drink without head or neck extension. The generous open design allows easy viewing of lip and tongue movement.

These flexible cups are designed to stimulate the lips & cheeks and allow someone to drink without head or neck extension. The generous open design allows easy viewing of lip and tongue movement.

This tool has a flat biting surface with a nubby rubber texture. The Probe can be used for a variety of sensory and pre-feeding goals, including oral stimulation and teaching a munch chew.

This is the original Z-Vibe tip, designed to produce a variety of sensory results.

These tips are designed for smaller mouths, and produce the same variety of sensory results as the original blue tips.

The round green Bite and Chew Tips are appropriate when a continuous rolling action is desired, without the texture of the Preefer tip.

The yellow spoon tips are constructed of hard plastic; use them to promote lip closure.

The blue spoon tips are constructed of a softer, flexible plastic; use them to promote lip closure. (Set of 3)

These are identical to the original yellow Spoon Tips, but with the added feature of a textured underside for those requiring additional sensory input during feeding. Sold in packages of three.

These are identical to the blue Soft Spoon Tips, but with the added feature of a textured underside for those requiring additional sensory input during feeding.

ARK's Spoon Tip attachments turn any Z-Vibe® into the ultimate sensory feeding tool. The Spoon Tip was specially designed by feeding therapist Debbie Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP to support easy feeding and food removal. The size and shape of the spoon bowl are "just right" - big enough to hold an appropriate amount of food, but small enough to prevent the spoon from being overloaded with too much food. When used with the Z-Vibe handle, the Spoon Tips can help "wake up" the mouth, increase awareness, and provide stimulation to the lips, tongue, cheeks, and jaw. A wonderful tool for any sensory mealtime treatment plan, these Spoon Tips have helped many therapists and parents get tube-fed children on their first solid foods. These are similar to the standard Spoon Tips, but with gentle bumps on the back of the spoon. This texture helps transition children from puréed to textured foods and provides added tongue stability.

ARK's Spoon Tip attachments turn any Z-Vibe® into the ultimate sensory feeding tool. The Spoon Tip was specially designed by feeding therapist Debbie Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP to support easy feeding and food removal. The size and shape of the spoon bowl are "just right" - big enough to hold an appropriate amount of food, but small enough to prevent the spoon from being overloaded with too much food. When used with the Z-Vibe handle, the Spoon Tips can help "wake up" the mouth, increase awareness, and provide stimulation to the lips, tongue, cheeks, and jaw. A wonderful tool for any sensory mealtime treatment plan, these Spoon Tips have helped many therapists and parents get tube-fed children on their first solid foods. These are similar to the standard Spoon Tips, but with gentle bumps on the back of the spoon. This texture helps transition children from puréed to textured foods and provides added tongue stability.

This is the original Z-Vibe tip, designed to produce a variety of sensory results.

This tip is designed for smaller mouths, and produce the same variety of sensory results as the original blue tip.

The round green Bite and Chew Tips are appropriate when a continuous rolling action is desired, without the texture of the Preefer tip. (single)

The yellow spoon tips are constructed of hard plastic; use them to promote lip closure. (Single)

The blue spoon tips are constructed of a softer, flexible plastic; use them to promote lip closure.

These are identical to the yellow Hard Spoon Tips, but with the added feature of a textured underside for those requiring additional sensory input during feeding. Sold in as singles.

These are identical to the blue Soft Spoon Tips, but with the added feature of a textured underside for those requiring additional sensory input during feeding.

The goal of a pre-feeding program is to develop the oral sensory motor skills to support safe, effective and nutritive feeding. This kit was designed in response to therapist and family requests for a comprehensive kit appropriate across the ages and for a variety of feeding issues. For detailed instructions of pre-feeding activities to implement with this kit, refer to the book A Sensory-Motor Approach to Feeding (Lori Overland, MS, CCC-SLP, C/NDT & Robyn Merkel-Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP).

• To be used with the TalkTools® Sensi™
• Used in careful feeding protocols, to promote lip closure and increase oral sensory awareness
• Wake up the mouth
• Constructed of a softer more flexible material
• Added texture for increased sensory stimulation
• Made in the USA
• Dishwasher Safe
• No BPA, PVC, latex, phthalates, or lead
• Therapist/Adult supervision required

• To be used with the TalkTools® Sensi™
• Used to improve biting and chewing skills
• Improve jaw strength, coordination, and mobility
• Elicit tongue lateralisation
• Also available in a smaller version Wee Chewy Tip
• Wake up the mouth
• Made in the USA
• Made from medical grade FDA compliant material
• Dishwasher Safe
• No BPA, PVC, latex, phthalates, or lead
• Therapist/Adult supervision required

• To be used with the TalkTools® Sensi™
• Designed to provide oral sensory stimulation to both corners of the mouth while simultaneous eliciting lip closure
• Ideal for pureed food -- pureed food pouches load easily
• Used in careful feeding protocols and to increase oral sensory awareness with spoon feeding
• Wake up the mouth
• Constructed of a softer more flexible material
• Made in the USA
• Dishwasher Safe
• No BPA, PVC, latex, phthalates, or lead

• To be used with the TalkTools® Sensi™
• Encourages lip rounding and protrusion
• Incorporate this tip for your Spoon Slurp Therapy
• Promotes tongue retraction
• Used in careful feeding protocols and to increase oral sensory awareness with spoon feeding
• Constructed of a firm material
• Made in the USA
• Made from medical grade FDA compliant material
• Dishwasher Safe
• No BPA, PVC, latex, phthalates, or lead

Designed for parents of special needs children with speech or feeding difficulties, this kit includes the tools and information you need to start using OPT (Oral Placement Therapy) in your own home. If you have heard the success stories resulting from OPT techniques, but are unsure how to begin, this introductory kit is exactly what you have been looking for.