TalkTools® Oral Placement Therapy (OPT) — Level 1 and 2 Trained
At TruHap Neuro-Development Center, we offer TalkTools® Oral Placement Therapy (OPT), a structured, evidence-informed approach that supports the development of the oral motor skills needed for feeding, speech production, and overall oral function. Using TalkTools’ systematic tool hierarchy and sensory-motor techniques, therapy focuses on building the strength, stability, awareness, and coordination of the jaw, lips, tongue, and respiratory system.
Oral Placement Therapy is individualized to each child’s needs and may be beneficial for children with feeding difficulties, delayed oral motor development, motor speech disorders, oral sensory challenges, and orofacial muscle dysfunction. Depending on the child’s assessment, therapy may address skills such as chewing, drinking from a straw or open cup, lip closure, tongue movement, speech sound production, and oral sensory regulation.
Following a comprehensive evaluation, TalkTools® Oral Placement Therapy is integrated into an individualized intervention plan and may be combined with Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, feeding therapy, and other multidisciplinary services to support meaningful improvements in communication, feeding, and everyday participation.
At TruHap Neuro-Development Center, our goal is to help every child develop safe, efficient, and functional oral motor skills that promote confident eating, clearer speech, and greater independence in daily life.
Developed by speech-language pathologist Dr. Sara Rosenfeld-Johnson, OPT uses a structured hierarchy of hands-on tools bite blocks, horns, straws, and tactile cues to give children a tactile and proprioceptive layer of feedback alongside traditional auditory and visual speech instruction. This training qualifies him to assess oral-motor strength, control, and awareness, and to design individualized, hierarchy-based therapy plans supporting speech clarity, feeding skills, and safe swallowing in children with apraxia, low muscle tone, autism, and other developmental and sensory-motor needs.
What is Talk Tools Oral_Placement Therapy?
Talk Tools Oral_Placement Therapy (OPT) is a specialized therapy that develops jaw stability, lip strength, tongue movement, and oral muscle coordination required for clear speech and safe feeding.
It complements speech therapy by strengthening the oral structures involved in communication.
Helps children with
- Speech Delay
- Feeding Issues
- Poor Chewing
- Low Oral Muscle Tone
- Autism
- Down Syndrome
- Apraxia of Speech
Benefits
- Clearer Speech
- Better Chewing
- Improved Swallowing
- Enhanced Oral Motor Control
- Better Communication
Frequently Asked Questions
Talk Tools Oral_Placement Therapy strengthens the jaw, lips, tongue, and oral muscles needed for clear speech and safe feeding.
Children with speech delay, apraxia, autism, Down syndrome, poor chewing, feeding difficulties, or low oral muscle tone.
No. It complements speech therapy by improving oral motor strength and coordination.
Yes. It can help improve chewing, swallowing, and oral muscle control.
Yes. Our certified therapists provide Oral_Placement Therapy as part of speech therapy services.
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Sathi Reddy complex, Hyderguda X Roads, Attapur, Pillar # 143, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500048.
Shalivahana Nagar, Friends Colony, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500036