Ark Therapeutic Z-Vibe Oral Stimulator For Speech & Feeding Royal Blue

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Texture aversion: Children who have difficulty with feeding can have texture aversions which limit their ability to eat a variety of foods. A Z-vibe can have a variety of textured heads that are interchangeable to provide different sensations and textures that the child will learn to tolerate and over time will assist with helping a child tolerate different food textures. This should come WITH every z-vibe..it's a great starter kit for anyone and has information that is helpful to families as well as the therapist working with the child! Lobe this for my son who’s currently in eating therapy. It is helping de-sensitize the sides of his mouth to encourage chewing. Recommended by our speech/eating therapist. ARK’s “Grabbers” are tools that can be used for chewing and working on oral sensory/motor skills. They can be used with children of all ages (5-6 months and older) and are extremely versatile. Grabbers can be used for a seemingly endless list of reasons for both oral sensory seekers and avoiders, such as being a safe alternative to chewing on hands/shirts/pencils, an alternative to tooth grinding, decreasing oral defensiveness and food/texture aversions, satisfying the urge to chew for children who are fed through a g-tube, and providing increased proprioceptive input to kiddos who crave it. Many children with sensory processing difficulties use chewing as a means of calming, organizing, and focusing their bodies. Because of this, ARK’s Grabbers can also be used to assist with helping children calm in general, or they can even help them increase their focus when completing tasks such as homework. Usually we recommend going with the softest/standard level by default. Unless someone chews through or causes damage to anything else they chew on (chews through pencils, chews holes in shirts, etc.), in which case the XT level would be longer lasting.

ARK also makes a product called the Z-Grabber. Basically, it’s the same as the Z-Vibe but with an added Grabber loop attached to the Z-Vibe handle. The Grabber loop can be used as either a chew tool or a handle so children to assist with holding it during therapy. The Z-Grabber essentially gives you the option of adding vibration to the original Grabber. Very cool!Pencil - This attachment turns your Z-Vibe into a vibrating pencil! The vibration of the Z-Vibe is very smooth, so it doesn't create squiggly lines. Instead, it can help increase focus by providing more sensory input and awareness to the hand. i just started flipping through the book. I am so impressed by the amount of information. It is clear and logical and laid out in a useful format. It didn’t seem like I needed to dig for the information. You can tell a lot of effort was put into the book.

Yes! ARK Therapeutic was founded with the desire to serve the special needs community with quality products to improve their quality of life. We are one of the only companies in the industry registered with the FDA, and our products are listed with the FDA and manufactured in the USA. ARK products are also medical grade, FDA compliant, and contain NO lead, phthalates, PVC, BPA, or latex. Probe Tip - This is the most versatile & popular tip attachment. It's bumpy on one side and striated on the other side for different levels of sensory input (the bumpy side provides more input than the striated side).Combine the Pen Tip with the Z-Vibe® handle and you get the Tran-Quill Pen® - the ideal sensory tool to work on handwriting skills. There are a ton more great ideas for how to help children use Grabbers for mouthing, oral motor, feeding, and speech development in ARK’s handy little book Tips and Techniques for the Grabber Family. Button Tips (set): te ajută să exersezi închiderea buzelor și forța acestora. Ajută la îmbunătățirea abilităților de hrănire și de băut, controlul salivei, producerea sunetelor prin exersarea închiderii buzelor și întărirea forței lor, prin mișcarea de tragere ușoară a Button Tips.

The pencil adapter screws into the Z-Vibe® like every other tip, and the pencils fit nicely into the adapter. ARK manufactures the Z-Vibe® in the USA. It's medical grade, FDA compliant, and contains NO lead, phthalates, PVC, BPA, or latex. Most of us are either visual or auditory learners. But when these two senses are not enough, you may need to physically direct the articulators for certain speech and feeding skills. ARK's Z-Vibe® is anideal toolto help you do so. Therapists (and trained caregivers) can use it to provide targeted tactile cues within the oral cavity to teach tongue elevation, tongue lateralization, lip closure, rotary chewing, and much more. For example, use the Z-Vibe® to apply gentle pressure to the alveolar ridge (just behind the upper front teeth). Then remove the Z-Vibe® and instruct the individual to touch the same spot with his/her tongue tip. You can also follow up by prompting the individual to say the tongue tipsounds /t/d/n/l/.Each large tip measures about 3.4 x 1". The spoon bowl specifically measures about 1.75 x 1" (LxW). This size is best for older children and up through adults. Adults may find this spoon a little smaller than regular spoons. When used with the Z-Vibe handle, the Spoon Tips can help "wake up" the mouth, increase awareness, and provide stimulation to the lips, tongue, cheeks, and jaw. A wonderful tool for any sensory mealtime treatment plan, these Spoon Tips have helped many therapists and parents get tube-fed children on their first solid foods. Bite Tube Tip - These tips are similar to the Bite-n-Chew Tip, but with a hollow center so that you can put puréed foods (applesauce, yogurt, etc.) inside the tip for functional biting & chewing practice. Once you bite down on the tip, you get 'rewarded' with a taste of food. Caution: the Z-Vibe is NOT a toy. It is atherapeutic tool intended to be used by a professional therapist (or by parents trained by their therapist). Itcontains small parts (including a battery)that may pose a choking hazard: direct adult supervision is required at all times. Why It Works Caution: the Z-Vibe is NOT a toy. It is a therapeutic tool intended to be used by a professional therapist (or by parents trained by their therapist). It contains small parts (including a battery) that may pose a choking hazard: Direct adult supervision is required at all times.