Helping People of All Ages to SPEAK, EAT, SIGN, LEARN, & PLAY! 

HELP ME SPEAK, LLC

Helping Infants/Children to Eat a Variety of Foods & Textures

Services Available:

· In-depth Eating & Oral Motor Evaluations

· Therapy for Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, Elementary-aged and Older Children

· Therapy for Adults

· Training/Coaching for Parents or Care Givers

· Help Me Eat classes/groups for any age

 

Therapy Techniques including:

· Talk Tools (Sara R Johnson) hierarchies

· Kay Toomey’s SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) approach to feeding

· Beckman stretches

· Suzanne Evans Morris’ Mealtime strategies

· Facial massage

· Other oral motor exercises

 

Therapy for the Following Needs:

· Support/teach techniques for difficult breastfeeding

· Assist with bottle drinking

· Teach general feeding skills

· Overcome swallowing difficulties

· Satisfy a “picky” eater

· Learn to eat textured  foods

· Transition from the bottle to the cup

· Drink from a straw

· Eliminate pacifier and thumb sucking dependency

· Transition from feeding tubes to oral feeding

· Swallowing safety

Phone: 410-442-9791

Fax:     410-442-9783

E-mail: barbara.taylor@helpmespeak.com

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Help Me Eat