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When Should Children be Able to Say Certain Sounds? (And How Can We Help?)
When Should Children be able to Say Certain Sounds? (And How Can We Help? One of the top questions I get is about whether or not a child should be saying certain speech sounds. Let me tell you, there is a WIDE range of normal when it comes to
The Cycles Therapy Approach for Children who are Very Hard to Understand
The Cycles Therapy Approach for Children who are Very Hard to Understand If you haven't tried the Cycles Approach to phonology therapy yet, you're missing out! This is an amazing therapy method that is especially designed for children who are highly unintelligible and who have multiple phonological processes, or
Nasal Emission Speech Therapy Activities and Ideas
What is Nasal Emission? Nasal emission is a type of speech error where air is forced through the nose while producing sounds that don't normally require nasal air flow. When we say words with the /m/, /n/, or “ng” sounds, air comes through our nose. If a
Articulation and Phonological Therapy Approaches: How to Choose
Articulation and Phonological Therapy Approaches: What is the Best Speech Sound Therapy? It can be very difficult to figure out what type of speech sound therapy to do with a child. Today, I'm going to walk you through the four main types of therapy and when to
Cycles Approach for Speech Therapy | Steps and Therapy Plan
What is the Hodson Cycles Approach to Speech Therapy? An amazing speech-language pathologist named Barbara Hodson created the cycles approach, sometimes called the Cycles Phonological Remediation Approach as a way to help children with many phonological processes make faster progress in speech therapy. Hodson's research showed that
Phonological Processes: Definition, Examples, and Therapy
What Are Phonological Processes? Phonological processes are patterns of sound replacements that children use to simplify their speech. When a child is young, he hears the speech sounds of the language used around him, but he can't yet produce all of them. Children don't sound like adults when they
Speech Sound Resource Page
What Are Speech Sound Disorders? Most children naturally learn to say sounds correctly by hearing other people say them. There are certain sounds that are typically acquired earlier and others that come a little later. For example, it's perfectly normal for a small child to say "tat" for "cat"
Speech Therapy for Autism: Activities, PDFs, and Info
Speech Therapy for Autism: Activities, PDFs, and Info Autism, also called Autism Spectrum Disorder, is a diagnosis that describes a group of children with a common cluster of symptoms, though the degree of severity for each of those symptoms varies widely from child to child. These symptoms include
CV, VC, CVC, and CVCV Words | Free Flashcards (Real Photos!)
How and Why to Use CV, VC, CVC, and CVCV Words in Speech Therapy: When working with a child who is not able to speak long words, we can begin improving their speech by teaching them to produce sounds in CV, VC, CVC, and CVCV words. These are
How to Teach Speech Sounds: Step By Step Guide
How to Teach Speech Sounds: Step-by-Step Guide In this episode, I give a step-by-step guide how to teach sounds. Also, in the quick tip, I share how you can download my free e-book that gives you a step-by-step process for improving your child's speech at home. Listen
Speech Sounds by Age (and How to Teach Them)
Speech Sounds by Age: When and How to Teach Speech Sound Pronunciation Join The Hub (Free Trial Available) What are Speech Sounds? Speech sounds are the sounds in our language that we use to make up words. Each speech
Fall Speech Therapy Activities
I don’t know about you but I always get excited when the leaves start to change colors in the Autumn! The changing leaves mean cooler weather, delicious harvest foods, and the coming of family gatherings. Here are some great Fall speech therapy activities that I have put together that
5 Year Old Speech Checklist | Speech and Language Milestones
5-Year-Old Speech Checklist: Speech and Language Milestones This page is all about 5 year old speech and language skills. Keep in mind that these milestones are based on research about typically-developing children but this information is not meant to diagnose a speech-language delay or disorder. There
What Is Speech Therapy?
What Is Speech Therapy? Speech therapy is a type of therapy provided by a speech-language pathologist (SLP) to help a child learn how to produce specific speech sounds. SLPs also provide therapy for other skills, including language, fluency, social/pragmatics, etc. Often all of these therapies will be included under
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