*Disclosure: I was sent the product(s) featured in this post in exchange for this review. The opinions are 100% my own.
ARK
Therapeutic began many years ago while Debbie was working in a
rehabilitation clinic in Columbia, South Carolina. At the time, there
were very few tools available specifically for oral motor therapy. Not
having the right tools was frustrating for her, not to mention a
hindrance for her patients. She knew that something needed to be done -
that we needed tools designed by a therapist for therapists.
Luckily for Debbie, she married an engineer! So she approached her
husband John with the idea of creating an oral sensory motor tool that
would be durable, affordable, and made out of 100% medical grade
materials. To make a long story short, together they created ARK's
Probe,
a quality tool for oral exploration and therapeutic stimulation. One
day while observing one of Debbie's therapy sessions, John saw her
rapidly tapping a child's tongue with the Probe and moving it back and
forth. When he asked what she was doing, Debbie said she was "trying to
make it vibrate." That was the beginning of what would later become
ARK's
Z-Vibe®, and
Z-Grabber™.
Since then, ARK Therapeutic has invented an extensive line of therapy
products for oral motor development, sensory integration, oral
defensiveness, texture aversions, fine motor, drinking, feeding,
chewing, and more. These tools have been successfully used in
therapeutic intervention for individuals of all ages and cognitive
abilities, particularly those with an articulation disorder, feeding
disorder, and/or sensory issue.
For review, we were sent the following items:
