On Spot Therapy and Orofacial Myology

12/23/2025

No matter how you celebrate, we wish you and your family a happy and healthy Holiday Season!🎄🎁

Love, On Spot Therapy & Orofacial Myology

12/22/2025

January 2026 dates and times for Lactation Station!

The New Year is almost here, check out the first Lactation Station dates for 2026! 🎊 Please note the first week of January is a different date and slightly altered time.

Have a wonderful holiday season! 🎅🏼🎄⭐️

12/12/2025

Welcome to the world, Miss Maddyn! Our SLP Tyra and her husband welcomed their sweet baby girl a few weeks ago, and are settling in as a family of 3! We are so happy for them and this new chapter of life!🎀

12/09/2025

Tessa here! I want to tell you all about my little 10 month old client Carder! I’ve been seeing Carder since he was 28 days old! His mom felt that his feeding and oral skills were decreased, so she advocated for him and got a referral to OST. Her gut feeling was right.

Carder has made significant improvements with his feeding and swallowing since starting therapy! He can eat soft solids and puree foods without issues right now! He is still working on nasal breathing, but he has some respiratory issues being figured out. He will see a pulmonologist later this month.

Carder had RSV when he was just 1 month old. He was admitted to the hospital. Then at 3 months old, he was still struggling with adequate breathing and his primary wanted him to go to the hospital. While he was in the NICU for extra respiratory support because the RSV continued, a doctor recommended genetic testing for him to his parents. They followed through with the genetic testing and it was determined that Carder has CHARGE Syndrome. You can learn more about it here: https://www.chargesyndrome.org/overview/

Carder, as part of his syndrome, has significant to profound hearing loss in both ears. He finally got his hearing aids 18 days before this video. I want to remind you that this video was just last week and he is ONLY 10 months old. He is doing incredible! A huge shout out to his parents for pursuing the answers and taking him to all of the appointments. Many therapies and medical appointments are necessary for a lot of children with varying diagnoses. Parents are the true heroes for putting in so much time and effort. It truly is not an easy feat! Shout out to all these parents employers for allowing them to take the time away from work for all of these appointments too!

Carder is currently working on simple sign language, communication skills, learning all the words that he has never been able to hear until 3 weeks ago, and working on nasal breathing, reducing his high palate and drooling, and lip closure 3x per week. In the photo you can see he is using a Myomunchee BEBE to help work on his palatal width and shape, and jaw strength and he loves it. He also sees an OT and PT and has only been able to hold his head up independently since he was 8 months old. He is now sitting independently, crawling, rolling, and getting himself around independently!

Carder reminds me to enjoy the simple things, remain positive, and to never give up! ❤️ I am truly lucky to be his speech-language pathologist and watch him achieve all of these wonderful milestones!

12/07/2025

Great info!

12/02/2025

ONE year with Simon, and we're not sure we remember how On Spot Therapy got along without him! Simon brings the calm, the humor, the expertise, the kindness, and the friendship. He is more than just an incredible OT -- Simon is simply a supportive, caring, and generous human, to everyone he meets. We are so lucky that he joined our team last year! Congrats on ONE YEAR, Simon! Happy Anniversary! 👏🎉

11/30/2025

**No Lactation Station tomorrow!

11/28/2025

Did you know that a child's brain is most adaptable between birth and age 3? While intervention is beneficial at any age, early intervention is especially effective before the age of 3, when it is delivered consistently, and when it is tailored to the child's evolving needs.

Peace Academy Fargo's next Parent Education night is coming up this next Tuesday - check out their page for more information!

11/17/2025

Check out our Lead SLP, Bailey! 👏 Bailey graduated from MSUM in 2020 and has been with us ever since. In 2021, she became our anchor, our go-to Lead SLP, and teacher extraordinaire. She has had 5 incredible students over the course of the past 5.5 years, which has lead to us hiring THREE out of the FIVE of them! Bailey, you truly are remarkable, and we are so lucky to have you!

✨ Off-Campus supervisor spotlight on Bailey Fletcher ✨
Bailey, from On Spot Therapy and Orofacial Myology, loves the collaboration that comes from supervising SLP students and watching them discover their niche in the field. We’re grateful for all she does to support our future clinicians! ❤️

11/14/2025

It's Courtnie!! We know her!! We are constantly blown away by Courtnie's passion and expertise for helping others - her students, her clients, and her colleagues!👏

✨ SLHS Off-campus Supervisor Spotlight! ✨
Meet Courtnie Roesler, a 2021 MSUM SLP graduate who’s passionate about helping students grow their confidence as clinicians and celebrating every success—big or small! 💬❤️ We are grateful for all you do!!