Monkey Mouths Pediatric Speech Therapy
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Specialized Treatment Approaches:

  • Auditory Verbal Techniques
  • Beckman Oral-Motor Program
  • Kaufman Method for Childhood Apraxia
  • Lori Overland Feeding Techniques
  • NDT training
  • Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
  • Sign Language for Learning
  • Sound Card System
  • Talk Tools Oral-Motor Program
  • Vincent Carbone’s ABA techniques
  • PROMPT (Pursuing Certification)
  • Kinesio Taping for the lips, jaw and muscles that support breath
  • Hippotherapy (Pursuing Certification)

 

 

 

The Basics of Hippotherapy

Hippotherapy literally means “treatment with the help of a horse”. In hippotherapy, the horse influences the child rather than the child controlling the horse. The child is positioned on the horse and actively responds to the movement. Benefits of hippotherapy include:

  • Increased abdominal tone and postural control for breath support,
  • Increased coordination,
  • Increased sensory motor function,
  • Increased limbic system function related to arousal, motivation and attention.

Monkey Mouths speech therapy has paired with Stajduhar Stables to provide hippotherapy to children who benefit from the effects of the horse.