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SOTB4: Tongue Thrust Therapy with Laura Powell

Speech therapists Carrie Clark and Laura Powell brainstorm ideas for helping a child eliminate sucking habits and remediating speech errors that result from tongue thrust. Links from Today's Episode: www.therapyu.org www.iaom.com Contact: Laura Powell at Laura@therapyu.org Ask a Question: www.speechandlanguagekids.com/ask More Resources for Speech-Language Pathologists: Looking for

SOTB3: Young, Unintelligible Children with Kari Vandongen

Speech therapists Carrie Clark and Keri Vandongen brainstorm therapy ideas for children who are young and highly unintelligible. These children are too young for traditional drill and practice so alternatives are needed! Links from Today's Episode: www.myspeechparty.com www.apraxia-kids.org EZ speech with David Hammer Ask a Question: www.speechandlanguagekids.com/ask

Speech Therapy Materials: What do I Need? (11 Free Therapy Materials)

Speech Therapy Materials and Tools: What Do I Need? Speech-language pathologists and assistants use a lot of tools and resources to teach speech and language skills to children. What speech therapy materials and tools do we need to do our jobs? And how can we find free

SOTB1: Speech Therapy Motivators with Guest Luke Barber

Welcome to the first episode of Speech Therapy: Storm of the Brains! I'm your host, Carrie Clark and today I will be brainstorming therapy ideas for keeping kids motivated in speech with my special guest host, Luke Barber from www.HomeSpeechHome.com. Links from Today's Episode: Luke's Star Cards and Teacher

Back-To-School Speech Therapalooza!!!

The Back-To-School Speech Therapalooza was a hit!! Watch the replay below and scroll down for the links: Carrie Clark www.SpeechAndLanguageKids.com How to Declutter and Organize your Speech Therapy Space Productivity (Computer) Tools for Speech Therapists Free Speech Therapy Games and Materials Become a Member of The Speech

RTI Speech Therapy: How to Use 5-Minute Sessions for MTSS Tier 2

RTI Speech Therapy: How to Use 5-Minute Sessions for MTSS Tier 2 Response to Intervention (RTI) is an approach to supporting children who are struggling to learn something from the general education curriculum. It is when we provide additional supports to those children outside of the special education

Resources for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants (SLPAs)

What is an SLPA? **This first part is about the roles of an SLPA. For resources, materials, and support: scroll down! Here’s what the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) defines as a speech-language pathology assistant (SLPA): “Speech-language pathology assistants are support personnel who, following academic coursework, fieldwork, and

Weak Syllable Deletion: Speech Therapy for Syllable Reduction

Weak Syllable Deletion: How to Treat Syllable Reduction in Children Unstressed syllable deletion, also known as weak syllable deletion or syllable reduction, is the phonological process that occurs when a child deletes one or more syllables from a multisyllabic word. For example, "umbrella" might become "brella". This is

Early Intervention Speech Therapy Activities

Early Intervention Speech Therapy Activities Early intervention is what we call therapy services delivered from birth-5 years of age. These are the years before kids enter Kindergarten and the public schools. These years are critical for communication development so if a child has communication difficulties, it is crucial

Speech Therapy Warm-Up

Still doing Non-Speech Oral Motor Exercises for Warm-Ups? Try this instead!! Click Here to Download a PDF of the Warm-Up Need some sources for this info? Dr. Loff shared these with me: http://lshss.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=1778841 http://www.researchgate.net/publication/248844490_Oral_Motor_Exercises_and_Treatment_Outcomes http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/19058121 http://www.citeulike.org/group/18272/article/12798999 http://sig16perspectives.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=1761803 http://lshss.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=1779061 Speech sounds that are stimulable are more likely to improve without

Frontal Lisp/Interdental Lisp | Speech Therapy Ideas & Word Lists

What Is a Frontal Lisp? Let’s start at the beginning. A frontal lisp, also known as an interdental lisp, occurs when a child says the /s/ and /z/ sounds with the tongue pushed too far forward. This causes /s/ and /z/ to sound more like “th”. Frontal

Final Consonant Deletion | Activities, Words, and Goals

What is Final Consonant Deletion? Final consonant deletion is a phonological process (pattern of speech errors) where a child drops off the ending consonants of all words. Final Consonant Deletion Examples: “dog” becomes “dah” “cat” becomes “ca” And “Please Mom, can I eat some eggs and toast?”

Speech Therapy Generalization: Boosting Self-Awareness to Increase Carry-Over

Speech Therapy Generalization: Boosting Self-Awareness to Increase Carry-Over In episode 25 of the Speech and Language Kids Podcast, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark discusses how to increase self-awareness and carry-over skills for children who do not pay attention to if they are saying things correctly or not.

How to Teach the /r/ Sound with Christine Ristuccia

In episode 24 of the Speech and Language Kids Podcast, Carrie Clark interviews speech-language pathologist Christine Ristuccia, founder of "Say it Right" about how to teach that tricky /r/ sound. This is great information for parents or SLPs! Who Is Christine Ristuccia? Christine Ristuccia, M.S., C.C.C.-S.L.P. is an

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

Apraxia of Speech: Speech Therapy Approach by Nancy Kaufman

Teaching Adjectives to Children: Activities and Worksheets for Helping Kids Learn Adjectives Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a rare, neurologically-based speech disorder where the child knows what he wants to say but the message gets mixed up in the motor-planning and execution phase so the sounds come

Initial Consonant Deletion: Minimal Pairs and Therapy Activities

What is Initial Consonant Deletion? Initial consonant deletion is the phonological process when a child consistently leaves off consonants from the beginning of words. For example, "stick" becomes "ick" and "tree" becomes "ee". While young children often leave consonants off of the ends of

How to Make Speech Therapy More Fun (At Home or in Therapy)

“If you’re bored, then the child is probably bored.” I once received that advice from a professor in college regarding our speech therapy sessions. And she was right. If I was feeling bored by a session, most likely the child was also bored and probably not doing his or

/f/ Sound Speech Therapy: Activities for teaching “f”

/f/ Sound Speech Therapy: How to Help Children Learn to Say the /f/ Sound Some children struggle to say the /f/ sound in conversational speech. We don't typically start working on the /f/ sound in therapy until a child is 4-5 years old as many children still struggle

Signs, Symptoms, and Diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Speech-Language Pathologist Barbara Davis joins us today to discuss the signs and symptoms of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) as well as how it is diagnosed. Click the play button below to listen to the entire episode or scroll down to view the show notes. Show Notes: