Re:anyone with oral defenive kids?

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Hi -

 

Josh used only the " ba " syllable for everything at the time I started him on

fish oils - 8 years ago.  He also does not move his tongue - muscle tone

issues, dysarthria, oral defensiveness.  He started saying words within 3 weeks

of starting on fish oils, hasn't stopped talking since, but still does not stick

his tongue out even with all sorts of therapies. As one SLP just explained it to

me when he went through yet another speech eval, the tongue is the most

sensitive area of the body with the sensitivies increasing toward the back of

the tongue - " ba " , then, is a really good thing since it uses only the front

part of the mouth and the outer part of the lips.  The ability to say the other

sounds, and use the tongue more, will come in time as the sensitivities are

dealt with.  What about your child's muscle issues?

 

Sherry and Josh