Oral-Motor Therapy

	Oral motor exercises are occasionally necessary for weak articulators or muscles in the mouth and face for speech production. They sometimes need strengthening, need to move farther and/or have better coordination. These can help a child make speech sounds better as well as help with the eating/feeding/swallowing problems some children have difficulty with.
	Below are some sites on the web that provide information about and ideas for oral-motor therapy and home exercises.

	Clarian Health Oral-Motor Exercises http://www.clarian.org/pdf/neuro_oral_motor_exercises.pdf Exercises to increase strength and mobility of the articulators
	Innovative Therapists International - Talk Tools http://www.talktools.net/site/web-content/index.html Traditional speech therapy integrated with oral-motor therapy techniques designed by Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson
	Marvelous Mouth Music http://www.new-vis.com/fym/papers/p-lrn10.htm This recording gives children an opportunity to develop early pre-speech abilities in a context of musical fun
	New Visions http://www.new-vis.com/index.htm New Visions provides continuing education and therapy services to professionals and parents working with infants and children with feeding, swallowing, oral-motor, and pre-speech problems
	Suite 101 Oral-Motor Exercises http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/speech_language_disorders/41710 Oral-motor ideas for children
	Time to Sing http://www.apraxia-kids.org/resources/toyscds.html Slows down the pace of popular children's songs to enable children with speech problems to sing along, while maintaining musical integrity/professional quality