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Touch to Teach
Massage Helps Special Needs Children
Touch to Teach: Massage Helps Special Needs Childrenby Peggy Jones Farlow

Peggy Jones Farlow has designed a program that combines “massage with speech and language therapy” to help children "challenged by mental and physical developmental problems.”  Peggy Jones Farlow describes her Touch to Teach (Touch for Early Language, Attending, Cognitive development and Healthier children) program and traces her career from 20 years spent as a speech/language pathologist, attendance at massage school through her work with the Alabama State Department of Rehabilitation. Read the  success stories of Gracie, Brianne, Nicholas, Laura, Jared and Matthew - children who have all benefited from this program.