A Day At Speech Therapy

[lty2k84]

Fantastic Material.. Thank you for posting this. Very educational.

[EaSiCerulVerde]

this kid is adorable-and the video is useful:) thanks for posting

[CynthiaAndrews]

Wow great material! Have you ever considered making a course on this topic. There is a site out there called, to point c, where with every student that takes your course you get paid.

[gerberdaisies]

It would have been better to watch/hear without the music.

[msroycee726]

Hi! I would like to share my opinion. Yes, oral motor exercises do not have a connection with the speech. But somehow it is still vital because through exercises, we develop endurance, not just in speaking but also in feeding. So just like with big muscles, if we do exercises for our oral peripheral structures, we would be able to help the child with his speech. This is especially important when the child is already at the higher level, when child needs endurance to produce longer sentences. :)

[samking12]

she dose seem realy good.. cleft lip/palate must be some thing in the envroment? or vacines? i been seeing it more lately whats it cause from???

[EmilyElle]

Babies are born with cleft palates. I really hope you don`t actually think that this is caused by vaccines. Nothing relating to speech disorders is caused by vaccines--which are harmless and a necessary precaution to take in order to protect ourselves, our children and those who cannot be vaccinated.

[chancherry]

I hope to be a SLT and seeing this video ensures me for what I want to be, although I don't know about techniques so I don't know what she's doing is right or not. But I am sure her intentions are good.

[Hannanmuslim]

doubt you are an SLP with Master's and CCC at your 20 years old:)this guy has a cleft palate, so first of all he needs non-speech exercises for his oral mechanism. when it develops good enough, he'll be ready for speech sessions. how will he be able to produce necessary sounds if his mouth won't allow him to do this? :)this SLP is amazing, so don't envy!

[sanfordette]

I am an SLP and this really frustrates me. Oral motor activities such as these only promote oral awareness, they do NOT promote the development of speech sounds, there is no research supporting these techniques!!!!

[katesmith64]

DON'T DO THIS!!!! I am an SLP and this is really disturbing. There is a large body of evidence showing that non-speech oral motor exercises do not help articulation, and may actually even slow the progression of therapy. Our profession will lose its credibility if we continue to waste our clients' money and time on therapy like this. Please read the research!!

[dirtrx]

I've heard similar comments, and yet I know from experience that oral motor exercises are sometimes helpful in specific instances. I understand the need to validate what we do with research, but I've also seen a lot of good practices get slammed by people jumping on the latest "research" bandwagon. I say keep good clinical data, keep an open mind and use your good judgment. It's not just the academics who have a say in this. Those of us in the trenches should be contributing too.

[Hannanmuslim]

doubt you are an SLP with Master's and CCC at your 20 years old:)this guy has a cleft palate, so first of all he needs non-speech exercises for his oral mechanism. when it develops good enough, he'll be ready for speech sessions. how will he be able to produce necessary sounds if his mouth won't allow him to do this? :)this SLP is amazing, so don't envy!

[ChopsyTheCat]

I think you'll find opinions on the matter are divided. Which usually translates as, it'll work for some, and not for others. I can tell you categorically that it helped a LOT for my daughter, who simply has oral/verbal dyspraxia without any physical impediments. So keep your hat on. Very engaging therapist, by the way - obviously very good at motivating the child. Cool stuff!

[Bayadere]

She is excellent. Great ideas for exercising the mouth! I'm am also going into SLP!

[Alt3ran]

Does Kai have cleft lip/palate?

[ohilda]

Yes, he is from China and was born with a cleft lip and palate.

[Deedreamz]

wow

[possumplayground]

I'm a communication disorders major and that just made me feel so good about what I'm learning about. Seeing it made it so much more real. She's an awesome SLP.

[KingOystar]

Im training to be a speech-Langauge Pathologist, and this is so nice to see

[KAAsista07]

IM A SLP MAJOR AND THIS IS AWESOME

[ninjamunk]

cool.. im studying to become a speech therapist myself.. she is good..

[nbordier]

She is an awesome speech therapist, hopefully one day i'll be as good as her