This informative one-hour video provides step-by-step instructions on therapeutic bubble blowing.
Learn how this motivational therapy increases abdominal strength, prolonged oral airflow, tongue retraction and improves overall speech sound production.
Learning Outcomes
Participants will be able to:
Identify the hierarchical concepts within the context of bubble therapy.
Identify 3 ways that bubble blowing can be used to improve speech clarity.
Explain how bubble blowing tasks can be used to establish controlled oral airflow as a prerequisite for introducing oral nasal contrast exercises.
Describe how the bubble blowing hierarchy can be used to correct a tongue thrust.
The "Bubbles" course is an interactive, hands-on presentation. When taking this course as a self-study it is encouraged that you follow along with all of the activities.
TIMED AGENDA:
1. Introduction and Overview (5 min) 2. The Importance of Proper Positioning
Stability in the body (10 min)
Mobility in the mouth (10 min)
3. Bubble Blowing Therapy
The hierarchy (10 min)
Step-by-step description (15 min)
Demonstration with a client (5 min)
Encouraging parent involvement (5 min)
Content Disclosure: This presentation will focus on treatment methods related to the use of TalkTools® resources. Other similar treatment approaches will receive limited or no coverage during this lecture.
(pending AOTA approval)
Instructor:
TalkTools founder, Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, MS, CCC-SLP BIO