Debbie's Blog
Meeting Our Kids Where They Are, Anxiety Included
Posted by Guest Blogger Shae Lynn Watt on 26th Apr 2019
This wonderful guest post comes to us from Shae Lynn Watt.
What do you do when the reality of your kids conflicts with your imagined version? We all know it’s important to meet our k
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Oral Motor Therapy with Someone Who Is Visually Impaired
18th Sep 2018
Question: Do you have any specific tips for doing oral motor exercises with a child who is blind or visually impaired?
Almost all of the exercises we talk about (both in the
Z-Vibe b
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How the Z-Vibe Is Being Used In Functional Rehabilitation Performance Neurology
17th Aug 2018
Back in 2000, we originally conceived the
Z-Vibe as a speech therapy tool - a device that would provide sensory input to the mouth via vibration and tactile cues. Since then, the Z-Vi
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Which Products Are Recommended for Drooling?
Posted by Debra C. Lowsky, MS, CCC-SLP on 2nd Jul 2018
Question: I have a daughter (24 months old) who has low tone in her face, open mouth posture, and drools all the time. We are wanting to find a feeding therapist soon but also want
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Chewing through Pencil Erasers
26th Jun 2018
Question: I am looking for chews to help my almost 10 year old son stop chewing up and swallowing erasers (both large pink pearl type erasers and erasers on pencils). I did get him a&nb
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