Fun Oral Motor Exercises for Children with Autism

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Shannon Penrod, Autism Mom, gives tips on how to make oral motor exercises more fun ? using food our kids love! Children with speech delays often need help strengthening the muscles in their face; as they develop language this will help them to be understood and increase the chance they will want to engage in more language. But how can we get our kids to do their oral motor exercises and really enjoy doing them? Shannon shares ideas to make these exercises so rewarding your children will want to do them again and again.

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