Swalloworks™ Third Edition A Comprehensive Therapy Program for the Oral Stage of Swallowing Here’s a statement for you: “We use our mouth for Swallowing and for Speaking—so they’re pretty much the same type of function, right?” Well, sort of. Okay, not really…. Swallowing is short in duration; speaking is an endurance function. Swallowing necessitates pre-swallowing intra-oral suction; speech is immediate. A swallow’s reason for being is to propel contents to the tummy; speech gives content a voice, a means of expression and communication. Swallowing occurs behind closed lips; speech smothers behind closed lips. Swallowing only occurs when necessary; speech occurs at the whim of a thought, or less.

With all that said, swallowing is relatively complex, extremely interesting, and while we use the same oral components, swallowing is actually quite a bit different from speaking. Effective, quality therapy requires the knowledge of several underlying principles and relevant information to personalize treatment exercises and activities.

Swalloworks™ literally contains everything you need to re-train an aberrant, tongue-thrust swallowing pattern. You receive an extensive rationale base, detailed therapy instructions, advancement criteria, a swallow comparisons chart, and numerous swallowing generalization tasks. At the heart of the program are twelve detailed, child-friendly lessons and practice sheets. All of this in one majorly informative and practical ebook! Just print out the info and therapy forms as needed.

“I have to say that swallowing therapy is extremely fun and incredibly rewarding. I think you’ll enjoy it!” -- Char

Char Boshart, M.A., CCC-SLP

146 pages

Customer Reviews:

Super, super, super. This is a great book for detailing the whole area of the swallow, and its importance to speech development. Thank you for taking the time to creat and publish it.