Occupational, Physical, Speech Therapy
https://youtu.be/SAcKKOYUaIs Melissa and Julieanne discuss jaw weakness and how it effects speech and language, and how you can tell if your child may have jaw weakness. The masseter muscle helps move your jaw. Just like any other muscle in your
https://youtu.be/eUPyU53n700 Kelly and Audra discuss using bubbles in speech therapy. Some children may have weak muscels of the lips, or the orbicularis oris, so we need to work on “lip rounding”. You can also use bubbles for frontal air flow
https://youtu.be/MjG6-rPadAo Developmental milestones for speech and language are markers to determine whether a child has any delays and needs therapy. They are incorporated into evaluation testing, and let us specifically compare skills with a group of kids who have been
https://youtu.be/1CrmQ519reM Jenn and Jenny discuss common concerns among young children, broken bones due to high activity levels and the “astronaut training program” therapy technique. David broke his arm falling off a swing, and was already an occupational therapy patient. Once
https://youtu.be/GQnOhpD2vhI Megan and Jenny discuss some of the differences between physical and occupational therapy. Welcome back to Therapy Playground, I’m Megan Myrick, I’m a physical therapist. And I’m Jenny Holland, I’m an occupational therapist. And this is Micah. Micah receives
Leah and Ashley discuss a project to start seeing children in a social group setting for extended time with other age related peers. What do we exactly mean by “social group”? Social group concentrates primarily on social communication skills. We
https://youtu.be/pmKzEuaz5Ag Kelly and Leah discuss apraxia, which is a motor/speech coordination disorder that results in a person not being able to create words. At Therapy Playground, the treatment technique we use is the Nancy Kaufman approach with the “Kaufman Cards”.
In this episode, Julieanne and Leah discuss speech issues in a bilingual 4 year old who tested in both English and Spanish with severe receptive and expressive language delay. The parents wanted therapy to be done in English, even though