From Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson:
The home-based therapist told this mother to press down on the child’s tongue blade with the spoon to stimulate retraction. Mom was also told to press in on the tongue tip whenever the child’s tongue blade was “hanging out of the mouth.” Mom followed this professional’s suggestions to a “T.” Guess what happened?
I’ll let you click over there to learn what happened. It wasn’t pretty.
Filed under: interventions, oral motor Tagged: | Down's syndrome, Trisomy 21
Interesting! I hope there will be some tips about how to properly feed. Usually I just drag the little spoon across the roof of my 10mo’s mouth and she smacks her lips/mouth happily and swallows (she has Down Syndrome). Now I’m wondering if I’m doing something wrong! And, truthfully, $400 is an awful lot to spend on a DVD.